Welcome!
Hi, I’m Sarah ‘Figs’ Filgueiras, LMHC, CST
I help adults untangle heartbreak, anxious–avoidant loops, and intimacy roadblocks—so relationships feel safer, sex feels kinder, and you feel more you.
I offer telehealth across Florida, in English or Spanish. If familiar patterns keep pulling you in, we’ll name them—and build differently.
SERVICES
1.
What Sex Therapy
Is (and Isn’t)
Sex therapy acknowledges that your sex life—or your choice not to be sexual—is part of identity, healing, and growth.
2.
LGBTQ+ affirming
Sex therapy
Emotion-Focused Therapy + sex education through a minority-stress lens. Consent-forward care; collaboration with medical teams when relevant; community-oriented planning that respects identity shifts over time.
3.
Kink-Aware
Sex Therapy
Non-pathologizing, kink-affirmative stance. Practical skill-building (negotiation checklists, traffic-light systems), sensate focus adapted for kink, and structured repair protocols when things go sideways.
4.
Non-Monogamy (CNM/ENM)
Sex Therapy
Emotion-Focused Therapy for attachment needs + systems thinking for multi-partner dynamics. Practical tools: agreement templates, metamour boundaries, decision trees for opening/closing, and STI-informed protocols. We expect fluidity across the lifespan and design structures that adapt.
5.
Individual
Psychotherapy
Grounded conversation + concrete work: pattern and trigger maps, values-based boundary scripts, behavioral experiments, journaling homeworks, sober-sex plans, and compassionate accountability between sessions.
6.
Couples
Counseling
I confront with kindness. I blend Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for attachment needs and repair, DBT-informed skills for regulation and communication, and sex-therapy tools when intimacy is part of the work. Trauma-informed, culturally responsive, queer-affirming, kink-aware; recovery-oriented when substance use is part of the story.
About Figs
I’m Sarah “Figs” Filgueiras, a Florida-licensed LMHC and AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist. I help adults untangle heartbreak, anxious–avoidant loops, desire mismatches, shame, and the “why do I keep picking the same person?” pattern—so intimacy can feel safer, kinder, and more you.
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My style is warm, straightforward, and sex positive. We’ll map what’s happening and practice new moves you can use between sessions, so yes, I give out homework! I blend Emotion-Focused Therapy and attachment work with DBT-informed skills, always trauma-aware and evidence-based. Sessions are collaborative, practical, and humanistic: less jargon, more tools, and it feels like we are having a normal conversation.