Martha Kauppi, LMFT, CST-S

About

Martha Kauppi, LMFT, CST-S, is a marriage and family therapist, educator, author, speaker, and AASECT-certified sex therapist and supervisor. Her private practice in Madison, Wisconsin, specializes in complex relational therapy, sex issues, and alternative family structures. As the founding director of the Institute for Relational Intimacy, Kauppi provides unique educational offerings to help therapists all over the world become comfortable, confident, and competent working with sex issues. She is also the author of Polyamory: A Clinical Toolkit for Therapists (and Their Clients) (Rowman/Littlefield).

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Recent Posts

How Are You Dating?

Finding a great partner isn’t easy. These three questions will help you check in with yourself as you search.

Sex and Stress

Parenting? Medical challenges? Marginalization? Daily stressors can change our relationship with ourselves and with our partners.

How to Pick the Right Partner

You’re auditioning people for the role of potential mate, so embrace the power of screening out those who aren't a good fit.

Supporting Your Clients in Acting Relationally

Our client’s natural self-protective behaviors have a tendency to sabotage their relationships. Here’s how you can help.

Resolving Disagreements: The Power of Acting Relationally

It’s about the journey, not the destination.

Desire Discrepancy in the Early Parenting Years: The High-Desire Partner

You want to connect with your partner, but since having kids, everything has changed. What’s a higher-desire partner to do?

Desire Discrepancy in the Early Parenting Years

The changes that come with a new kid can be tough on the parents’ sexual connection.

Why Bringing in the Fun Is Key to Therapy

Change is hard. Fun and play keep us moving toward change.

Practicing Honest Communication in Intimate Moments

You can try this at home

A Gentler Approach to Desire Discrepancy

Why I don’t tell my clients to “just do it” and what I recommend instead