Tovah Petra is a Trauma-Informed Relationship and Intimacy Coach.  

In her practice she uses a combination of focused conversation, experiential, and somatic methods in order to create a brave (safe) space, where she helps clients explore authentic connections and practice tools to help them deepen intimacy and have fulfilling relationships. 
Tovah guides individuals and couples globally on their journey towards deeply fulfilling relationships and pleasure-filled, deeply connected intimacy. Tovah’s own experiences with challenging and trauma life events have shaped her empathetic and non-judgmental approach, as she understands that unprocessed memories, energies and emotions get trapped into our bodies. She wholeheartedly believes in the healing power of being seen, heard, and accepted unconditionally.





Tovah believes the parts of ourselves we  fear the most can hold the greatest power and potential. With empathy and attunement, she  guides you through the territory of shame, celebrating and embracing suppressed aspects of yourself.  She will help you create a vision for your life beyond the trauma of your past, and to create and achieve tangible goals to help you move towards this vision you have for your intimate self, your professional ventures, and your relationships. 
She will support you in tapping into your own inner power to unfold, accept, and integrate all parts of yourself—so you can live as the most authentic and erotically expressed version of you.

To further embrace your truest self, Tovah will equip you with the tools of intimacy for genuine connection, increased joy, and heightened pleasure in your relationships with yourself and others.

Training

Tovah is a trained Somatica® Method Sex & Relationship Coach (Somatica® Institute, San Francisco) and holds a Masters degree in Human Development with an emphasis on Social Change.  Her knowledge of Human Development combined with her experience to hold sacred space influences her unique and holistic take on the Somatica® Method. 

Tovah is especially passionate about working with adult attachment, neurodivergent individuals, relational trauma, shame, and self-worth. She supports individuals and couples in creating deeply fulfilling relationships that nourish every area of life. With a blend of courage, compassion, and embodied guidance, Tovah helps her clients embrace their authentic selves, cultivate self-love, and step into more empowered, connected, and life-giving relationships.

In order to have successful relationships, it is essential that you  have the interpersonal skills around intimacy and touch to create lasting connections in your life. 

Using a 'relationship lab' technique, Tovah Petra works with individuals to practice real-life experiences within the boundaries of the Somatica® Method. 
Somatic (body-based) coaching differs from other therapy in that it emphasizes your connection to your body. It also emphasizes the importance of experiences (as opposed to thoughts) as the central vehicle towards deeper freedom and choice. While working together, there will be times when Tovah invites you to experiment with yourself, and with her around emotions, touch, intimacy, and connection. All of these experiments are in service of you having a deeper understanding of your own internal process. 
Touch is only used with your permission and you have the right to stop or change AT ANY TIME, for any reason, any touch or experience. Tovah will respond to your request respectfully and without question. While the focus of the work together is the improvement of your sexual and relational lives, there may be other areas of your life (i.e. work, school, family history, etc.), which inform your sexual and relational well-being, so you may need to discuss these and other realms in order to help you move through relationship and intimacy blocks.

Somatic sexology can work especially well when physical touch is a large roadblock to sexual well-being: overcoming sexual trauma, disability, impotence, body shame, and situations where it feels like your body is working against you.

  • Understanding and resolving childhood trauma
  • Understanding your triggers and helping to disarm them so you can respond rather than react out of pattern.
  • Understanding your attachment styles &  patterns and move towards secure attachment
  • Meeting and dating
  • Embodiment of desire
  • Libido discrepancy / Dwindling desire in couples
  • Navigating boundaries and consent
  • ED, PE, DE, and other related issues
  • Low desire
  • Eating disorders 
  • Any aspects of sexuality that is associated with shame
  • Neurodivergence 







Transform Your Life Today!

Tovah Petra's coaching, deeply informed by her Somatica training, offers a transformational experience that integrates emotional, psychological, and practical elements for a truly holistic development process.

If you’re at a crossroads, feeling stuck, or simply looking to elevate your life on multiple fronts, Tovah offers a compassionate, skilled, and effective partnership. Embrace the opportunity to transform under Tovah’s guidance and discover the enduring strength, wellness, and success that lie within you. Reach out for a discovery call today, and take the first step towards your personal growth journey!