Addressing Sexual Intimacy & Relational Wellness
​Mindful Awakening, PLLC, led by Kate Gotelli, LCSW, provides specialized sex, couples, and relationship therapy for partners and individuals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Fully licensed to practice in North Carolina (License #C003625), Kate Gotelli, LCSW integrates evidence-based relational frameworks with somatic awareness. She helps clients navigate sexual concerns, communication breakdowns, and intimacy blocks, and the impact of trauma to restore deep connection and relational trust.  (If your trauma is impacting your relationship, you may also benefit from her Trauma Resolution services.)
Is Your Relationship Experiencing Disconnection, Conflict, or Intimacy Wounds?  
Couples Counseling & Relational Cycles
Sex Therapy & Intimacy Blocks
Learn to step out of reactive or defensive communication and relational loops.  Kate Gotelli helps partners navigate conflict and relational struggles from a place of nervous system regulation, allowing you to break negative patterns and build a more secure attachment.​
  • Learn skills to resolve communication conflicts and put an end to repeated arguments that lead to emotional shutdown
  • Increase your awareness of relational patterns
  • Strengthen your attunement and sense of security in your relationship as a couple
  • Move through roadblocks to experience greater vitality, connection, pleasure and fulfillment​
  • Navigate life transitions, parenting stress, or non-traditional relationship structures
  • Expand your capacity for embodiment & presence 
  • Uncover your authentic sense of Self and bring that into your lived experiences with your partner and others
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My Approach to Embodied Sex & Intimacy
  • Holistic
  • Person-centered
  • Sex-positive
  • Goal-oriented
  • Dynamic
  • Collaborative
  • Non-hierarchical
  • Empowering
  • Attachment-focused
  • Trauma-informed​
  • IFS-informed
Address the physical, emotional, and psychological barriers to sexual connection. Kate Gotelli, LCSW provides a safe, non-judgmental space to explore your sexual and intimate desires, experiences, fantasies, concerns and insecurities - all without shame.

Kate's approach is deeply collaborative and transformative, drawing on her expertise as a Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner (SEP), a Daring Way™ Trained Facilitator, and a Certified Sex Coach™. Utilizing the MEBES© Model—developed by Dr. Patti Britton—we attend to the whole of who you are: Mind, Emotions, Body, Energy, and Spirit. Together, we tune into sexual discovery and healing of your whole Self as you:
  • Address mismatched sexual desire, orgasm difficulties, sexual dissatisfaction, intimacy discrepancies or s​ex after childbirth
  • Move from anxiety, shame, or physical discomfort surrounding sex and intimacy, towards a sense of safety & joy in your body 
  • Explore next steps for sexual trauma resolution
  • Heal body shame and body image issues and develop tools for greater self-acceptance, shame resilience and overall well-being
  • Tackle questions or concerns about your sexual orientation or attraction​​
  • Recover from affair trauma or broken relationship trust

Sexual concerns are rarely just about sex; more often, they are about the relationship we have with ourselves and our partners. In our work together, you will have a dedicated space to explore, learn, and implement tools for greater intimacy, sexual well-being and pleasure - all vital components of a whole, healthy life.
​As a Prepare/Enrich Facilitator, Kate works with couples who are dating, committed partners, engaged, or married to help them:
  • identify their relationship strengths
  • gain understanding about the underlying dynamics that influence their communication
  • develop skills to improve their growth areas

Prepare/Enrich Facilitators work with couples in facilitator/couple relationships, small groups, retreats, marriage mentor programs, and many other settings.
​Interested in taking the next step ​towards
greater vitality, pleasure & fulfillment?
​Contact Kate directly at (919) 525-1743
​or 
​Mindful Awakening, PLLC | Kate Gotelli, LCSW, SEP
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (North Carolina License #C003625)
📍 Chapel Hill, NC & Telehealth Across North Carolina
📞 [919-525-1743] | ✉️ [[email protected]]
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