All Things Love and Intimacy with Katie Ziskind

What does it really mean to be in a polyamorous or open relationship? How do couples decide rules around sex, boundaries, jealousy, and emotional connections? How do couples come out to family and friends? What if coming out is not the right choice, leaving partners hurt or sad? And what happens when betrayal, secrecy, or broken agreements occur in non-monogamous relationships? And how do couples maintain emotional safety when more...

In episode 132 of All Things Love and Intimacy, Katie Ziskind explores the complex connection between neurodivergence and porn addiction. If you or your partner struggles with compulsive pornography use and identify as ADHD, autism, or is neurodivergent, this episode offers clarity without shame. Instead of framing porn addiction as a moral failure, Katie unpacks how dopamine regulation, sensory processing differences, trauma histo...

In this powerful and compassionate episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, Katie Ziskind dives into a topic so many women struggle with silently: difficulty with orgasm, low libido, disconnection from their bodies, and anxiety around intimacy. If you’ve ever felt broken, ashamed, numb, or frustrated in your sex life, this episode is for you.

Sex specialized therapy for women in Florida is about so much more than mechanics. It’s abo...

In this powerful and deeply validating episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, licensed marriage and family therapist Katie Ziskind explores the lasting impact of purity culture and religious trauma on women’s sexual desire, pleasure, and emotional intimacy. This conversation is especially for women who were taught to be “good girls,” remain virgins until marriage, suppress sexual curiosity, and associate arousal with shame, fear,...

In this episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, Katie Ziskind, certified sex therapy informed professional, Gottman Level Two trained marriage specialist, and somatic trauma specialist, explores what happens when love starts to feel heavy, distant, or depleted—even when two people deeply care about each other. Emotional burnout is one of the most overlooked challenges in long-term relationships, and many couples don’t realize they...

Are you curious why sexual desire can feel elusive, even in a loving relationship? In episode 128 of All Things Love & Intimacy, therapist, sexuality coach, and sex educator Katie Ziskind dives into emotional foreplay—the often-overlooked foundation of female arousal, clitoral engorgement, orgasms, and lasting sexual satisfaction.

Most women don’t just need physical touch—they need emotional safety, connection, the feeling of be...

In Part 2 of this conversation on All Things Love and Intimacy, Katie Ziskind continues exploring how marriage therapy intensives for neurodivergent couples in Melbourne, Florida support deeper healing, repair, and reconnection—especially when trauma, ADHD, grief, or chronic stress have shaped relationship dynamics over time.

This episode focuses on what happens beneath the conflict. Many neurodivergent couples find themselves stuck...

Relationships are challenging—even in the best of circumstances. When ADHD, neurodivergence, trauma, grief, PTSD, or C-PTSD are part of the relationship, conflict can escalate quickly and feel confusing, exhausting, and deeply painful. You may love your partner fiercely and still find yourselves stuck in the same arguments, wondering why it feels impossible to slow things down or feel understood.

In this episode of All Things Love a...

What happens to intimacy when one or both partners are neurodivergent, highly sensitive, or high functioning on the autism spectrum—and no one ever taught you how your nervous system actually works?

In this episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, we explore why conflict, emotional disconnection, and sex can feel so intense for sensitive and neurodivergent nervous systems—and why slowing down is not avoidance, but essential for safe...

Many people believe they struggle with chronic anxiety, digestive issues, panic attacks, or OCD—yet traditional coping skills don’t bring lasting relief. In this episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, trauma specialist and trauma therapist, Katie Ziskind, explores how fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses are often misunderstood survival strategies rooted in early emotional stress, relational trauma, or unmet attachment needs...

Retreats are designed for couples who feel stuck in painful cycles they cannot break on their own. You may love each other deeply, yet feel like enemies during conflict. Experience intense arguments, emotional shutdown, resentment, or a growing sense of loneliness in your marriage? Constantly walking on eggshells, or like nothing you do is ever enough?

If your fights feel bigger than the present moment — or if small issues quickly ...

In this powerful and compassionate episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, Katie Ziskind, LMFT, RYT500, infidelity and complex trauma specialist, guides you through what it actually takes to rebuild trust and repair the couple bubble when you’re the partner who cheated.

Infidelity doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Infidelity often reactivates old wounds from childhood. There are attachment wounds, coping patterns, avoidance strategies, a...

Welcome to All Things Love & Intimacy with Katie Ziskind, LMFT, RYT500, infidelity specialist, complex trauma therapist, and sex-positive educator. In this powerful episode (part 1), we dive deep into the hidden roots of affairs, porn addiction, and emotional disconnection—revealing how these patterns are often not random mistakes, but learned behaviors passed down through generations. We discuss complex post-traumatic stress d...

Welcome to episode 120, dedicated to couples who are navigating porn addiction, betrayal trauma, emotional disconnection, or intimacy challenges — and who are ready for a deeper, embodied path to healing. Hosted by Katie Ziskind, LMFT, a somatic, sex-positive, kink-aware couples therapist and founder of Wisdom Within Counseling & Coaching, this episode explores how somatic couples therapy retreats can help partners rebuild trus...

The holiday season is often portrayed as a time of joy, laughter, and connection—but for many, it can feel overwhelming, exhausting, or even painful. If you find yourself dreading the holidays, struggling with family dynamics, coping with grief, or feeling isolated in your marriage or relationships, you are not alone. On this episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, we explore the emotional challenges that come with the holidays an...

In this episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, Katie Ziskind dives deep into how Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) can help couples heal from childhood trauma, C-PTSD, emotional neglect, infidelity, and deep attachment wounds. Feeling frustrated and exhausted, feeling stuck in repeating cycles of conflict, withdrawal, invalidation, and emotional disconnection? These patterns often have roots in early childhood trauma experiences,...

In this deeply healing episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist, Gottman Level II specialist, and certified sex therapy-informed professional, explores the hidden emotional roots beneath porn addiction, alcoholism, infidelity, and betrayal trauma. This episode is for couples and individuals who are tired of surface-level advice like “just stop watching porn” or “just communicate...

The Gottman Method is based on over 40 years of relationship research. It helps couples build what Dr. Gottman calls the Sound Relationship House—a metaphor for emotional connection, conflict management, and shared meaning. Trust is the foundation of this house. Every betrayal is like a crack in that foundation—but the good news is that it can be repaired, brick by brick. Gottman’s approach offers clear, actionable steps for rebuil...

In this episode of All Things Love and Intimacy, Katie Ziskind, LMFT, RYT500, Certified Sex Therapy-Informed Professional, and Imago Relationship Therapist, explores the deep emotional symptoms of betrayal trauma after infidelity or sex addiction.

When infidelity, lying, or sex addiction shatters trust and breaks down your couple bubble, it creates deep emotional pain known as betrayal trauma. In this episode of All Things Love and...