Deeper conversations for a more connected life

Essays on relationships, sex, and the human experience —From a chicago therapist

Relationships

The loneliness of successful couples.

Dating

Why We Keep Looking for Something Better

Sex

When Wanting Becomes Complicated

What happens when sexual desire, stress, and neurodivergence meet?


Hi, I’m Jess.

I'm a Chicago-based therapist, writer, and researcher.

Love & Lakeshore is where I explore the questions my clients bring into the therapy room - and the ones I've always been asking about love, connection, sex, grief, and what it means to feel human.