Therapy in Shadyside
Jonah Taylor, LCSW | AASECT Certified Sex Therapist
If you live or work in Shadyside, you know the neighborhood pulls in a particular kind of person — thoughtful, engaged, often professionally accomplished, attuned to quality and to the aesthetic details of daily life. That same attentiveness that draws you to this part of Pittsburgh can also be what brings you to therapy. You notice things. You feel things. Sometimes you want to understand them differently.
Therapy is not about fixing what is broken. It is about understanding what you are doing, why you are doing it, and what becomes possible when that understanding deepens. Whether you are in a relationship that has lost its footing, dealing with desire or sexuality that feels complicated, or working through something on your own — the work itself is the same: honest conversation in a room with someone trained to help you see what is actually happening.
My office is at 134 S Highland Ave in East Liberty, a short walk or drive from Shadyside. I work with individuals, couples, and anyone wrestling with questions about desire, sexuality, or how they show up in their most intimate relationships. What I have found is that people often know something is off before they can name it. Therapy is where you name it, understand it, and decide what to do about it.
What I Work With
I specialize in couples therapy using Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is less about communication tricks and more about understanding the cycle you are in together and what each of you actually needs. When couples come in, they are usually stuck in a pattern — one person pursuing, the other withdrawing, both feeling hurt or unheard. EFT is about recognizing that pattern and learning something different.
Sex therapy is part of what I do with both couples and individuals. Desire does not live in a vacuum — it is connected to how you feel about yourself, your partner, your body, your history. Whether it is avoidance in the bedroom, performance anxiety, or deeper questions about sexuality, this work requires psychological attentiveness and actual clinical training, not advice from the internet.
For people struggling with compulsive sexual behavior — whether it is pornography, affairs, or something else — I work from a framework that treats this as a symptom of something deeper, not a moral failing. I also work with individuals on depression, anxiety, and the kinds of questions that do not fit neatly into a category but matter profoundly. If you prefer to work online, I offer that as well.
If any of this resonates, the next step is a free 15-minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.
Schedule a free consult →How to Begin
There is no prerequisite for starting. You do not have to have it all figured out. You do not have to know exactly what you want to work on. A free 15-minute consultation gives us both a chance to see whether this is the right fit. I take private pay clients only, which means you are in charge of your own treatment — no insurance, no prior authorizations, no records sent to third parties. Just direct conversation between two people focused on what actually needs to change.
About Your Therapist
I am Jonah Taylor, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist based in Pittsburgh’s East End. My clinical training is in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, sex therapy for individuals and partners, and psychodynamic approaches to individual work. I hold a Master of Social Work from Rutgers University and have specialized post-graduate training in treating compulsive sexual behavior, desire disorders, and relationship distress. I am direct, psychologically minded, and genuinely interested in understanding what drives the patterns people find themselves stuck in — and what it takes to change them.
Office Location
134 S Highland Ave, 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 — located in the Eastside Office Center in East Liberty, a short walk or drive from Shadyside via Highland Avenue.
