About Dalia Perez

I'm Dalia, a somatic sex and relationship coach based in Washington, D.C. passionate about helping people feel liberated in their expression of sexuality. I was once a client of this work, and found it so incredibly transformative in my own life and how I show up in the world. I believe everyone holds this potential and I wish for the same expansion for my clients today.

My story

Having faced my own process around sexual shame and shutdown, I deeply understand and empathize with individuals experiencing low sex-drive, dissociative behaviors, or emotional overwhelm when engaging in sexual intimacy. In my teens and twenties I experienced low desire, and it wasn’t long before I labeled myself as “just not a sexual person”-- just like my mother had for herself.

It wasn’t until I was in grad school to become a Marriage and Family Therapist that I first encountered the profound transformation that somatic coaching has to offer and learned how to listen to my body's cues, cultivate self-worth, and invite space for desire, movement, and pleasure. Most importantly, I learned to love my expression of my sexuality, and know that it is enough.

Now, my work with clients is a blend of what I learned through Marriage and Family Therapy, Somatica, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and The Hakomi Method. It has many of the components of talk therapy, blended with experiential exercises to take you into the deep wisdom the body has to offer. Clients often describe me as warm, receptive, embodied, gentle, affirming and safe, which are reflected in their personal testimonials.

Qualifications:

Core Faculty at The Somatica Institute (Spring 2022- Fall 2023)

Masters Degree in Holistic Counseling Psychology (John F. Kennedy University 2013)

Certified Sex and Relationship Coach (Somatica Institute 2013)

Completed Trainings:

Internal Family Systems Therapy (2022)

Trauma-Informed Sex Positive Therapy (2019)

Deep-Body Journey: Embodying the Feminine Genius (2019)

The Embodied Study Program (2017)

Mindfulness Centered Couples Therapy (2016)

Somatica Couples Training (2015)

The Hakomi Character Map (2015)