Couples Therapy
& Sex Therapy
in Pittsburgh & Online
(PA, NJ, NM, RI)
Jonah Taylor, LCSW,
AASECT Certified Sex Therapist
Most who find this site have already done some thinking. You’ve read, reflected, maybe tried therapy before. You’re not looking for someone to tell you what you already know or hand you a worksheet.
You’re looking for a therapist who actually understands the thing you’re dealing with — and who will be precise about it rather than vague and reassuring.
That’s what this practice is for. I work with couples who feel stuck in the same painful dynamic, men who are struggling with sex, desire, shame, or avoidance, and individuals who want psychological depth rather than coping skills.
Most couples arrive having had the same argument for years, or having stopped arguing altogether, which is often worse. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to get underneath the fight to the fear that drives it. Once that fear can be said plainly, the fight has much less to run on.
Is Your Relationship Stuck in a Loop? How EFT Can Help
I work with individuals, many of them men, on anxiety, avoidance, shame, and relationships that keep ending the same way. Some come in with a clear complaint; others only know that something is off. My approach is psychodynamic, attachment based, and shaped by mindfulness practice, so we look closely both at what’s bothering you now and at the history that produced it.
The Switchback Trail to Self: How Therapy Accesses Your Unconscious Mind
Some people come because desire has disappeared, or because their body stopped cooperating during sex. Others want to want sex and don’t. As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, I treat the psychological and relational side of these problems.
Spectatoring: Why Watching Yourself Have Sex Kills Desire
Many men come in sure that something is wrong and unsure what to do next. It might be anger that flares up or goes cold, distance in a relationship, anxiety that shows up as overwork, or sexual behavior that feels out of control. Once we understand what these patterns protect, they tend to loosen, and you get more choice in how you respond.
The Gilded Cage: When Your Success is a Defense Against Your Past
Some patterns follow people from one relationship to the next: idealization that collapses, an intensity that drives others away, a steady sense of emptiness or of being a fraud. I see these as ways of coping learned early, often for good reasons. I work with individuals and their partners to trace where these patterns began and what pain they were built to manage.
Are You a Narcissist? (And What if That’s the Wrong Question?)
Meet Jonah Taylor, LCSW
I’m a psychotherapist in Pittsburgh. Most of my work is with couples and with sexual and intimacy problems.
My background includes formal training in Psychodynamic Therapy from the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center, AASECT Certification in Sex Therapy, and advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). I also draw on mindfulness and Buddhist contemplative practice, mostly for what they teach about attention: there is a real difference between analyzing an experience and living through it. In sessions I watch closely what happens inside you and between the two of us, because old patterns tend to repeat right there in the room, where we can catch them as they happen.
If you’ve been to therapy before and left feeling it was too general, and you’d like someone who will be direct and specific, we’ll probably work well together.
Learn more about my background and approach
How I Work
- My practice is narrow on purpose: couples, sexual problems, and men’s psychology, three areas that often overlap.
- I’m interested in why problems persist: the patterns, defenses, and relationship history that keep them going.
- I’m private pay: I don’t bill insurance, so no insurer decides the pace or scope of treatment, and nothing goes to one unless you choose to submit a superbill for reimbursement.
- I see clients at my office in Pittsburgh’s East End (East Liberty/Shadyside area) and via secure telehealth across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Rhode Island.
- I offer evening and Sunday appointments for people who can’t step away from work during the day.
A free 15-minute consultation is the easiest way to find out if this is the right fit. It’s a short phone call: you give me the outline of what’s happening, and you can ask me anything about how I work.
Call or Text: 412-206-9080
From the Blog
A few starting points if you’re trying to figure out what’s going on:
Serving Pittsburgh’s East End
My office, The Center for Mind and Relationship, is in East Liberty, an easy trip from Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, Point Breeze, Oakland, Bloomfield, Lawrenceville, Highland Park, and the rest of Pittsburgh. I also offer online therapy across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Rhode Island.
