Georgetown and upper Northwest
Sex therapy in Georgetown, DC
AASECT-certified sex therapy for Georgetown, in person and by secure video.
Who you would be working with
Vanessa Cushing, LPC, NCC, MS — AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, MS from Johns Hopkins University, Certificate in Sex Therapy from the University of Michigan. Fewer than one in a thousand licensed therapists in the United States hold AASECT certification.
Georgetown and upper Northwest bring the District's most established households — long marriages, university and hospital faculty, families where everything looks handled from the outside. The sexual relationship is usually the one thing that has gone unspoken for years, and the pattern is rarely a crisis. It is competence covering a quiet absence.
What Georgetown clients most often bring
- Long marriages where sex quietly stopped and nobody named it
- Perimenopause, menopause and sexual change after medical treatment
- Medication side effects, including SSRIs, affecting desire or orgasm
- Couples who are excellent partners and no longer lovers
That list is not exhaustive — it is what actually comes through the door from Georgetown and upper Northwest. The full range of concerns treated is on the Washington, D.C. page.
How it works from Georgetown
Both in-person and video sessions are available in Georgetown. Most clients end up choosing video after the first few weeks, because the exercises are practised at home and the commute stops being worth it.
Sex therapy is talk therapy and structured homework. No examination, no contact, no observation — not in this practice and not in any legitimate one. If a provider anywhere suggests otherwise, that is the end of the conversation.
Areas served around Georgetown
Georgetown · Burleith · Glover Park · Foxhall · Cleveland Park · Woodley Park · Palisades · and everywhere else in Washington, D.C..
Common questions from Georgetown
Are you actually located in Georgetown?
Yes — this is the practice's home base, and in-person sessions are available here alongside video.
Which areas around Georgetown do you see clients from?
Anywhere in Washington, D.C., including Georgetown, Burleith, Glover Park, Foxhall, Cleveland Park, Woodley Park, Palisades. The licence is state-wide, so the only requirement is that you are physically in Washington, D.C. during the session.
Will anyone find out I am doing this?
Sessions are held over a HIPAA-compliant platform, notes are kept to the clinical minimum, and nothing is billed through insurance unless you specifically ask for a superbill to submit yourself. If confidentiality is the thing standing between you and starting, raise it in the free consultation and get a specific answer rather than a reassuring one.
How long does this take?
Sex therapy is usually shorter than people expect. Many concerns — performance anxiety, desire discrepancy, restarting after a long avoidance — move meaningfully within eight to sixteen sessions. Longstanding pain conditions or work following trauma generally take longer, and you will be told which category you are in rather than left to wonder.
Nearby and related
- Sex therapy across Washington, D.C. — the state-wide page
- Sex therapist in Dupont Circle
- Sex therapist in Capitol Hill
- Vanessa Cushing's credentials — AASECT certification, Johns Hopkins, and where to verify both
Read next
- What sex therapy actually is
- AASECT-certified vs. non-certified
- Individual vs. couples sex therapy
- Does insurance cover sex therapy?
Fifteen minutes, free, no obligation. Bring the question you have been avoiding asking anyone.