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Center for Intimacy Recovery

We support individuals & families to overcome defenses to intimacy.

02/15/2026

February often focuses on grand gestures, but lasting love is built in quieter way, through safety, trust, and being fully seen as you are.

At Center for Intimacy Recovery, we believe love deepens when there’s room for honesty, boundaries, and compassion.

Because real intimacy begins where you can be yourself. 🤍

02/12/2026

Meet Hannah Salazar, LCSW
Intimacy & Trauma Specialist | Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Guide | IFS & Harm Reduction Expert

Hannah brings over a decade of clinical experience supporting individuals and couples in breaking free from intimacy avoidance, self-sabotaging patterns, and relational ruptures. Fordham-educated and psychoanalytically trained, her work blends depth-oriented therapy with innovative approaches like Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, and harm reduction.

With warmth, curiosity, and a nonjudgmental lens, Hannah creates space for clients to shed shame, process trauma, and build more authentic, emotionally safe connections.

🤝 Now accepting clients
📍 Trauma-informed | Intimacy-focused | Couples & individual therapy | Psychedelic integration | Harm reduction

02/10/2026

Compulsive behaviors often aren’t about lack of willpower. They’re about protection.

When intimacy feels unsafe or overwhelming, the nervous system looks for ways to create distance, sometimes through overworking, constant distraction, or serial relationships. These patterns can serve as a way to avoid closeness while still appearing “functional.”

Awareness is the first step toward change. ⭐️

02/08/2026

Intimacy isn’t about getting it right. It’s about feeling safe enough to be real.

At Center for Intimacy Recovery, we believe connection begins with emotional safety, where your experiences are respected and your story is met without judgment.

Healing happens when you don’t have to hide. Save this if it resonated with you!💙

02/05/2026

Everyone comes into therapy with a different story, history, and set of messages about intimacy.

This philosophy centers on meeting people where they are and creating a space where their experiences can be explored safely, without shame or assumptions.

At Center for Intimacy Recovery, we believe understanding comes before healing.

02/04/2026

Intimacy isn’t something you perform. It’s something you build.

For many people, intimacy begins with emotional safety, not pressure, perfection, or expectations. Trust takes time. Communication takes practice. Boundaries take courage. And being truly seen requires an environment free from shame or judgment.

If intimacy has ever felt complicated, overwhelming, or out of reach, that doesn’t mean you’re broken. It often means your nervous system learned how to protect you.

At Center for Intimacy Recovery, we help individuals and couples understand intimacy through a trauma-informed lens, so connection can feel safer, steadier, and more authentic.

02/02/2026

When the body feels safe, connection becomes possible.

Healing intimacy isn’t about forcing closeness, it’s about restoring regulation, trust, and emotional presence over time.

This work is subtle, layered, and deeply human.💙

01/29/2026

Intimacy isn’t created through intensity or effort, it grows through consistent emotional safety. When safety is present, the nervous system can soften, and real connection becomes possible.

01/24/2026

What happens between sessions matters.

Join founder Gary Katz, LCSW and Sarah Gwilliam for a live webinar exploring how AI tools can thoughtfully support clients, extending care, reinforcing skills, and enhancing engagement, without replacing the therapist’s role.

Featuring a real grief case study and practical guidance you can use immediately.

🗓 Feb. 13 • 12–1 PM CST • 1 CE

Link in bio to register ✨

01/22/2026

Fear of intimacy isn’t about not wanting connection.

It’s often about protection, learned responses shaped by past experiences, attachment wounds, or trauma.

With awareness and support, these patterns can be understood and gently shifted.

01/19/2026

Are patterns from the past showing up in your relationships today? You deserve connection that feels safe, grounded, and authentic.

Our Women’s Love & Sexual Addiction Group is a 12-week, virtual journey designed for women who want to:
- understand how beliefs & attachment shape intimacy
- unpack relational patterns without shame
- build communication skills and healthy boundaries
- create deeper connection with themselves and others

This isn’t about fixing you, it’s about learning, growing, and moving forward with support. Every week, we blend psychoeducation + experiential reflection to help you better understand your patterns and change what hasn’t been working.

🌿 Guided by Nicole Amesbury, LMHC & CSAT-Candidate
🗓 Mondays • 6:00–7:30pm EST
💻 Virtual

If you’re ready to feel more present in your relationships (with yourself and others), this group is for you.

🔗 Learn more & register: www.intimacyrecovery.com/mondayloveandaddictiongroup
📩 Questions? Email: info@intimacyrecovery.com

You don’t have to walk this path alone.

01/15/2026

Intimacy struggles are often about safety, not effort.

When the nervous system doesn’t feel secure, closeness can trigger protection rather than connection. Shutdown, avoidance, and distance aren’t failures, they’re learned responses shaped by past experiences.

This is why healing intimacy doesn’t start with pushing harder or communicating better. It starts with regulation. With helping the body feel safe enough to stay present.

Safety is the foundation of intimacy.
And healing begins in the body.

Save this if it resonates.

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353 Lexington Avenue 3rd Floor Office #12
New York, NY
10016

Website

https://www.intimacyrecovery.com/

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