Demir Crone Sex and Relationship Therapy

Demir Crone sex and couples therapist Portland Oregon

Telehealth Only in Oregon

Couples Therapy

Couples therapy is for when you are finally tired of the same old fights you’ve been having, finally tired of the drama, or ready to divorce proof your marriage.

Couples therapy can also be for recovering from infidelity or betrayal, getting your sex life into order, becoming a team again as parents, or addressing any of a myriad of deeply ensconced unhelpful patterns between the two (or more) of you.

I’m here to help if you want to learn the skills necessary to be a united front, effective in repair, unstoppable as a team, or steamy in bed.

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy can be a slow, grating process with unclear goals and lots of feel good energy leading nowhere.

That’s not me.

If you’re here, then you are looking for focused, goal oriented, structured work that will root out your trauma, your unhelpful patterns, your roadblocks to being fully you. I bring extensive training from ITSDP in particular, an evidence based therapy with proven efficacy.

Therapy can be deep, collaborative, and inspiring. Reach out if you are ready for a real change.

Sex Therapy

Sex issues run the gamut from erectile dysfunction to low libido to porn addiction (fun fact: the research shows it’s not really an addiction, but could be more accurately be termed out of control sexual behavior).

I provide a deeply informed, nonjudgmental space where we can take an honest look together at why you keep getting stuck where you don’t want to. And then we can work together to remove the blocks keeping you from your freedom to be the sexual being you desire (which includes asexuality).

Wherever you are, let’s bring every tool and technique to help you achieve your goals.

I draw from three major approaches depending on what we together feel will support you in your goals the best:
- PACT: Here, we ask how can you be on the same team? How can you be in each other’s care? What are the policies, agreements, and values you as a couple have? Drawing from a social justice framework as well as a psychobiological lense, PACT is about learning to have each other’s back and understand each other’s care manual.
- Developmental Model: This model is highly practical and can be very skills based. We explore three key considerations to a great relationship: Do you know what do you want and feel? Can you share what you want and feel with your partner in an open and non blaming way? Can you hear your partner’s wants and feelings while staying curious and open yourself? Here, we teach the skills to do all three and practice them together under my collaborative and watchful guidance.
- AEDP/ISTDP/EFT: What is getting in the way of your goals? What is getting in the way of being close? These models get into the nitty gritty of what your negative cycles are and how to get out of them, while teaching the skills of effective communication and closeness creation.
Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is a highly robust therapy with over 250 high quality studies showing its efficacy for a wide range of psychological disorders and issues. ISTDP gets to the core of what needs to be addressed while remaining collaborative and deeply honoring of your will. Studies show the therapy creates deep and lasting change that often continues to improve after therapy ends for years afterwards.
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) is another profound psychodynamic approach like ISTDP. AEDP emphasizes compassion, attunement, and safety within a supportive therapeutic relationship.
Sex Therapy is for couples or individuals. I have specific training as a sex therapist via Martha Kauppi’s ATSIP Program. I offer detailed, specific, and targeted support for a wide range of sexual issues, from erectile dysfunction to desire difference in couples and beyond.

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Approaches

(all trauma-informed and attachment-based)

AEDP (Individual/Couples)

ISTDP (Individual/Couples)

EFT for Couples

Sex Therapy (ATSIP Graduate)

PACT (Couples- Stan Tatkin)

Developmental Model (Couples)

Out of pocket fees

Individual therapy: $195 (sliding scale if needed)

Couples therapy: $195 (sliding scale if needed)