Sexual Medicine
“"Women don't want to be 'free' to adopt the male model of sexuality; they want to be free to find their own." -Shere Hite
We focus on pleasure, satisfaction, joy and connection - with oneself or with a partner or partners.
Female sexuality has been long mis-understood, mis-diagnosed, un-diagnosed, ridiculed, and de-valued. We take a biopsychosocial approach, intertwined with teachings from Betty Dodson, Shere Hite, Andrea Dworkin as well as modern learnings through the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM), and The Menopause Society. As an AASECT Certified Sexuality Counselor, Christina takes great pride in overlapping sexuality counseling with sex medicine.
We are experienced and skilled at identifying and treating:
Desire disorders
Orgasm disorders
Pelvic pain - vulvodynia, vestibulitis, deep pelvic pain
Lichen sclerosus
Vaginal dryness
Recurrent vaginal infections (yeast, BV, DIV, CV)
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause
As well as managing:
STI treatment and prevention (PReP/DoxyPep)
Counseling around disconcordant HIV or HSV partnerships
We perform any recommended procedures such as:
Vulvar biopsy
Lysis of clitoral adhesions
Pelvic floor neurotoxin
Sex Medicine
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Offering hormonal and non-hormonal options for contraception including fertility based awareness. We specialize in providing contraception management both for contraception purposes and not. Most American women, in fact 58%, use contraception for other reasons than birth control.
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Diagnosis and management of vaginitis including recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV), recurrent yeast infections, recurrent vaginitis that has been tricky to diagnosis. We also manage you and your partner for STIs.
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Offering PReP and DoxyPep for at risk women.
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Helping to diagnosis chronic vulvar pain, vulvodynia, vestibulitis, that has been undiagnosed or misdiagnosed previously. Aiding in diagnosis, sometimes biopsy is recommended which we perform. Most chronic vulvar pain cases require a team of specialists, which we can help facilitate. These include pelvic therapy, dermatology, interventional pain management, and therapy.
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Sometimes sex hurts when we don’t want it to, and that is not normal. We help to get to the bottom of why sex (of any kind) or orgasm hurts.
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We specialize in diagnosing and managing female sexual health concerns such as low desire, trouble with orgasm (absent or “weak”), issues with arousal or lubrication. Our approach is centered on the biopsychosocial model meaning we take into account the psychosocial aspects as well as biological aspects.
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Providing same or next day availability for UTI, UTI like symptoms (burns when you pee), vaginitis (vaginal discharge or pain), or STI exposures.
*dependent on provider availability
Get your women’s health concerns addressed here.
“I’ve never felt more seen and heard by a healthcare provider than I have with Christina. I was moved to happy tears when I realized that the seemingly small issues I had been dealing with could actually be addressed—and in ways that previous providers never considered. Christina is incredibly personable and friendly. She listens with genuine empathy, and you never feel rushed. She treats you as a whole person, not just a collection of symptoms. I wholeheartedly recommend her to all my friends who are navigating midlife health concerns. I’ve made her my primary care provider and appreciate that she can refer me to specialists within my insurance network. The choice was easy once I experienced the exceptional level of care and support she offers.”
— PATIENT
