Welcome to Access To
A place where pleasure is centered through sex and intimacy occupational therapy. Where your wants, needs, desires, and enjoyments of life are listened to and valued. Where the main goal is for you to have ACCESS TO what is important to you.
How can an Occupational Therapist help me with sex & intimacy?
An occupational therapist is a medical professional who is holistic, science-based, and patient-oriented. Basically, what’s important to you is important to us. Typically, in traditional settings, such as hospitals, outpatient clinics, schools, and rehabilitation facilities, occupational therapists will work with clients on activities of daily living, functional mobility, instrumentalized activities of daily living (cooking, cleaning, driving, shopping, etc.), sensory processing, and overall helping clients attain their desired level of independence.
Within the sex and intimacy realm, occupational therapists provide a unique skillset to evaluate, assess, and provide solutions to help the client reach their sex and intimacy related goals. By holistically evaluating a client’s personal factors, performance factors, and motivations, occupational therapists take a pleasure-focused approach to work with clients so they can engage in sex and intimacy after recovering from illness and/or injury, along with navigating chronic illness. Occupational therapists can help educate clients on making adaptations to their environment, create routines to support client participation in sex, utilize assistive equipment as needed, and help a client understand & support their sensory needs.
Quick Frequently Asked Questions
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We offer sex and intimacy occupational therapy and can address returning to sex after injury or illness, chronic illness, or improving satisfaction with sex. This can include orthopedic injuries, concussion, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, sensory processing disorders, cardiovascular illnesses, decreased sexual satisfaction, and many more. Please reach out if you have questions regarding your particular injury, illness or condition.
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At this time we do not provide pelvic health therapy. If you are looking to address bowel/bladder incontinence, pelvic pain, or postpartum recovery, please reach out to a certified pelvic health occupational or physical therapist.
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We offer virtual only occupational therapy sessions on a HIPAA compliant platform for individuals and/or partners located in the state of Oregon.
Stay tuned as we will be adding Pleasure Coaching soon to meet more needs!
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Either through the contact form on this website or by email located below at hello@access-to.org
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We do not work with insurance in order to provide individualized treatment that is determined between the client and therapist instead of from an insurance company. We instead offer a community-focused tiered payment system similar to a sliding scale to work with people of all socio-economical statuses.
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Kendel Wheat OTR/L, CSOT is the sole occupational therapist working and running Access To. Kendel completed her Doctorate of Occupational Therapy at the University of South Dakota, is licensed to practice in the state of Oregon, and has received certification as a certified sex and intimacy occupational therapist.
