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AVID Intimacy, LLC

We’re a Chicago-based practice that specializes in relationship and s*x therapy.

02/18/2026

Many people are taught to see commitment as something that only exists in one shape. Anything outside that shape gets framed as avoidance, instability, or fear of responsibility. But commitment isn’t defined by exclusivity alone. It’s defined by how people show up, tell the truth, repair harm, and care for the impact they have on one another.

Polyamorous relationships don’t escape the work of intimacy. In many cases, they make that work more visible. They ask people to talk about power, limits, time, and care in ways that monogamy can sometimes leave unspoken. Like any relationship form, what matters isn’t the structure itself, but whether the people inside it are treated with dignity, consent, and accountability.

02/16/2026

Hard conversations don’t fall apart because people don’t care. They fall apart when nervous systems get overloaded and everyone keeps pushing anyway.

Small pauses like these aren’t about avoidance or shutting things down. They’re ways of protecting connection so the conversation can actually land. Staying present is a shared capacity, not a personal failure, and sometimes the most relational move is slowing the moment enough for care to catch up.

02/14/2026

Intimacy is often quieter than we expect. Not something staged or performed, but something that forms slowly in everyday moments of presence, care, and being allowed to exist as you are.

02/12/2026

Meet Sophie Tobin, AMFT, one of the wonderfully talented Relationship and S*x Therapists here at AVID Intimacy.

In Sophie’s words: “Starting therapy can be an incredibly daunting process, and I am here to help you through it. I look around at our world and see a place full of joy, suffering, and everything in between. In my therapeutic practice, there is room for tears, laughter, and even silence. It is an honor to hold space for all of these feelings and moments with my clients.

Together, we will walk through your family history, your culture, and your experiences to gain a better insight on where you stand today and how you got here. We will embrace the past versions of yourself with gratitude, as they have carried you to this point in your life, all while welcoming new and future versions of you as they come to fruition.”

To book a session with Sophie, visit our website.

02/08/2026

Stress isn’t the only thing that makes conversations go sideways. Time pressure plays a role too. When people are rushed, accuracy drops, and in relationships that often shows up as urgency to resolve things, name everything immediately, or get reassurance right now. Most of the time, that urgency comes from care.

But the impact can be defensiveness, shutdown, or missing each other altogether. Slowing the timeline isn’t the same as avoiding the conversation. It’s often what allows honesty, consent, and real repair to happen in the first place.

02/04/2026

Urgency often comes from care. It can be nerve-wracking when things feel unresolved in the relationships that matter most to us.

But wanting to talk and being ready to talk aren’t always the same thing.
Some conversations need steadier ground.

They land differently when there’s time, capacity, and space to stay present with each other. Sometimes, care can look less like pushing through, and more like coming back when both people can really be there.

02/03/2026

When we talk intimacy, we almost exclusively talk about romantic relationships. But those aren’t the only relationships where intimacy lives. Platonic relationships
hold real intimacy, depth, and commitment, without needing to become something else.

For many of us, our friendships are where we let our guard down, share our secrets and dreams, giggle over popcorn and wine or cry together over a loss.

Those friends may have seen many versions of us over the years and loved us through them all.

Maybe it’s time we start giving credit to the beautiful intimacy that lives in those relationships.

02/01/2026

“We need to talk about this”

Words we’ve all said during a fight when we’re agitated and angry. The promise that if we talk, we’ll come to a resolution and we’ll feel better and everything will be ok. It’s understandable. It’s nerve-wracking to fight with someone you love and that closure, that reconciliation offers the promise of relief from that anxiety.

But sometimes that conversation needs time or the resolution isn’t immediate. And that’s ok. The question is, how can you practice reconnecting with your partner EVEN when things aren’t all wrapped up nicely in a bow? Can you be there for each other and know that, even though this is unresolved, you’ll figure it out when you can. Can you allow yourself to let the discomfort of uncertainty pass, to lean into your relationship WHILE you work through the challenge? Whatever the “thing” is, chances are that resolution will be infinitely easier if you’re working together on it.

01/28/2026

It seems like a lot of relationship goals sound like self-improvement plans.

Work on yourself. Fix the thing. Be different.
Don’t get me wrong. I have no qualms with self-improvement. However, when we’re talking relationship improvement goals we need to talk about what happens BETWEEN us, not just WITHIN US:
- How do we speak when we’re overwhelmed?
- How we handle conflict without hurting each other?
- How we come back after something breaks?

This isn’t a replacement for self-growth. It’s a reminder that growth happens in the context of safe, loving relationships.

01/27/2026

S*x positivity is often framed as being open or confident, but in real life, it’s shaped by power, history, and social norms. Sometimes we hold a idea of what s*x positivity “should” look like, and struggle when how we feel doesn’t match that idea.

Real s*x positivity is about knowing your s*xual values and recognizing their impact on others, while ###XX

It asks us to focus on what intimacy actually feels like, not what it’s supposed to look like, and to pay attention to how safety, choice, and accountability are moving between us.

When s*x positivity is grounded in responsibility, not performance, it can hold complexity, difference, and truth.

01/25/2026

Isolation is often described as a lack of connection, but many people experience it inside relationships where honesty or difference comes with a cost. When showing up requires self-monitoring, emotional restraint, or managing another person’s comfort, the body learns to stay guarded even in proximity.

Understanding isolation as a response to relational conditions rather than a failure to connect reframes the work: it becomes less about trying to be more open and more about noticing which environments allow presence without penalty. This shift offers a clearer way to understand why some relationships create ease and others create vigilance, and why connection is possible only where a person’s full self can exist without threat.

01/23/2026

Conflict happens.
Connection is what you build after.

The post-fight moment matters more than winning, proving a point, or replaying the argument in your head. It’s where repair, understanding, and intimacy actually grow.

These 5 tips are about what to do once the heat has cooled—so conflict becomes a doorway to closeness, not distance.

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939 W North Avenue Suite 620
Chicago, IL
60642

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 7pm
Tuesday	10am - 9pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+13126000409

Website

http://www.avidintimacy.com/

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