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Therapy for Ethically Non-Monogamous (ENM) and Kink-Involved

Polyamory & Kink-Aware Therapist in Arlington, VA + Online Therapy in Virginia

Therapy for individuals and relationship systems who practice polyamory, consensual non-monogamy, or kink.

What Is ENM & Kink-Involved Therapy?

explore identity, challenges, and strengthen connection

ENM & kink-informed therapy is a space for individuals, couples/relationships, or polycules to explore identity, navigate challenges, and strengthen connection in relationships that exist outside of monogamy or normative scripts. We understand that your relationship choices are valid and valuable, and you shouldn’t have to educate your therapist to be seen.

This therapy supports those practicing polyamory, swinging, open relationships, kink, including those navigating new dynamics, long-standing structures, or community-related concerns. We also work with people exploring open relationships, kink, and more for the first time, and with partners that are unsure, concerned, or upset.

Sessions are tailored to your unique values, agreements, and goals. Whether you’re seeking support around emotional regulation, boundary-setting, or power dynamics, we hold space with respect, nuance, and curiosity, not judgment.

Why You Might Be Seeking Therapy

Because love, trust, and communication come in many forms.

When you’re in a polyamory, open relationships, kink, or other nontraditional structures, it can feel like the therapy world doesn’t speak your language. You might be moving through complex dynamics, negotiating trust, or trying to make sense of feelings like jealousy or shame in systems that don’t validate your way of living and loving.

This therapy is for you if:

  • You’re tired of educating therapists about kink or non-monogamy
  • You want help navigating emotional or physical boundaries
  • You’ve experienced stigma, shame, or isolation because of your identity
  • You're working through power exchange dynamics, consent, or role negotiation
  • You’re moving through ruptures, rule-breaking, or rebuilding trust
  • You need a place to explore identity, relationships, and desire without judgment

Your relationships are real, complex, and valid. Therapy can help you process what’s hard, strengthen what’s working, and move forward with clarity and confidence.

How Therapy Can Support You

Support that honors your identity and your relationships

Our clinicians are kink-aware, poly/ENM-affirming, and experienced in the complexities of these relationship models. We support you in owning your desires, making values-aligned choices, and resolving challenges within your unique dynamic.

Here’s how we support you:
  • Resolve communication or boundary challenges in poly or kink dynamics
  • Navigate the emotional impact of stigma, disclosure, or outsider judgment
  • Explore evolving needs, desires, or identities within a safe therapeutic space
  • Process trauma, power dynamics, or relational ruptures with care
  • Build self-awareness, resilience, and tools for intentional connection

About Rising Sun Therapy & Wellness

A Practice Where You Don’t Have to Shrink to Be Supported

Rising Sun Therapy & Wellness was founded with a simple but powerful belief:
 Healing is possible when we feel seen, safe, and supported.

We specialize in trauma-informed, identity-affirming therapy for individuals navigating anxiety, perfectionism, trauma, grief, neurodivergence, or major life transitions. Many of our clients are LGBTQIA2S+, neurodivergent, or part of polyamorous and kink-involved communities, and they’re looking for a therapist who truly understands their lived experience.

Whether you’re exploring your identity, recovering from burnout, or processing deep emotional pain, we’re here to walk with you, not rush you.
 Therapy here isn’t about “fixing” who you are. It’s about helping you return to yourself.

Therapy that honors your pace, your truth, and your wholeness.

Warm and welcoming therapy environment focused on healing, safety, and self-discovery

Collaborative, Not Prescriptive

You’re the expert on your life. We bring clinical skill, deep listening, and honest reflection, but we move at your pace and prioritize your goals.

LGBTQIA2S+ affirming therapy supporting gender and sexual identity exploration

Affirming & Identity-Centered

Whether you’re LGBTQIA2S+, navigating nontraditional relationships, or exploring neurodivergence or trauma, we affirm your full self, without judgment or assumptions.

Trauma-informed therapy space offering inclusive and affirming mental health care

Trauma-Informed & Somatic-Aware

We understand how the body holds stress and how systems shape our stories. We integrate gentle nervous system tools, emotional processing, and parts work where helpful.

One-on-one therapy session focused on emotional healing and self-understanding

Warm, Grounded, & Real

Therapy doesn’t have to be cold or clinical. We show up as real people, offering presence, perspective, and support you can feel.

We’re here to walk with you while you remember how whole you already are.

In-Person & Online Therapy Options

We offer in-person sessions in Arlington, VA. For those outside the area or who prefer the flexibility of virtual care, we also provide secure telehealth therapy across Virginia, Maryland, DC, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Florida, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Maine.

ENM and Kink-Involved Therapy FAQs

What makes your practice kink-aware and poly/CNM-affirming?
Our therapists are trained in nontraditional relationship models and understand the language, community norms, and emotional realities of these dynamics.
That’s totally okay. Therapy can help you explore what’s coming up and make intentional, values-aligned decisions as you navigate new experiences.
If you’ve had a difficult or harmful experience in therapy, you deserve real credit for even considering returning. No one deserves mistreatment from a mental health professional. There are other options, and Rising Sun offers a space to begin healing from what happened.
Yes. We offer secure online therapy across VA, MD, DC, NC, MA, FL, RI, VT, WV, and ME so you can access support wherever you are.
Ami Lynch LCSW providing trauma-informed and LGBTQIA2S+ affirming therapy in Arlington VA

Therapy is personal and finding the right therapist matters.

That’s why we offer a free 15-minute consultation, so you can get a feel for how we work, ask questions, and decide if this space feels right for you. There’s no pressure to commit. No need to have all the answers. Just a conversation. And if we are not the right practice for you, we can help you find a better fit using our network.

Ready to explore therapy?

Let’s connect and see if we’re a good match.

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* 5-minute walk from the Rosslyn Metro Station

Online & In-Person Therapy in Arlington, VA

You can work with us in whatever way feels most comfortable, in-person in Arlington, VA or online across Virginia, Maryland, DC, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Florida, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Maine.
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