Welcome to The Dress Rehearsal
Creating spaces to workshop life’s big moments through sex + intimacy coaching, sexuality education, and intimacy direction.
Hi, you! I am so glad you’re here.
I’m Veronica Dress, the heart and curls behind The Dress Rehearsal.
Certified Sexuality Educator, certified coach, and theater-kid turned intimacy director, I am a sucker for the rehearsal space. In a world of “fake-it-til-you-make-it” and “everyone-knows-what-they’re-doing-but-me,” a rehearsal space is a sweet exhale. It’s a space where you get to be curious, imperfect, learn, and try out new ways of thinking + being in your sexuality and relationships. Maybe— just maybe—you’ll discover information and ideas that support you in living a life of sexual and intimate authenticity. A life teeming with pleasure, connection, and play! I can’t wait to join you in crafting that life on your terms. Let’s begin!
Yours in pleasure,
Veronica Dress, CSE
What if you had a space where you didn’t have to “get it right?” A space where you could ask big questions with self-compassion, rehearse big conversations with your values at the center, and work to build relationships centered in radical authenticity and pleasure?
Intimacy, communication, gender and sexuality are core parts of who we are, but—spoiler ahead!—we live in a world that makes us nervous (even ashamed) to approach these parts of ourselves, especially if we move through society in marginalized bodies. But not here.
Welcome to the Dress Rehearsal!
Through coaching and education, we will try a different way with curiosity, tenderness, and—dare I say— pleasure!
Okay, but what is
sexuality coaching?
fair enough.
If the idea of sex coaching conjurs the image of someone with a whistle standing next to your bed, correcting your form… then our brains work similarly! I used to think the same thing. As a long-time educator, I had a hard time imagining what coaching looked like in practice (maybe it’s because my experience with actual sports coaches was minimal).
Have you ever left therapy with a deep cathartic breath, with fresh insight into your healing, with a goal in mind and wondered, “but… how, specifically?”
Coaching is a space where we get to dig into the “how” of your goals. How to get where you want to go in ways that feel authentically, sustainably, confidently you.
(This is also why coaching and therapy complement each other so well!)
Want to reconnect with your partners in ways that feel pleasurable, but not like a performance? In our coaching sessions, we would explore the details. We’d notice what, specifically, makes sex feel like a performance, identify ways to disrupt those things, and get curious about practices or specific approaches that get you feeling present and connected. Plus, we’d explore ways to pivot when in the moment!
The “how” is my speciality as your creative intimacy co-conspirator.
Who can benefit from sex coaching?
Anyone who wants to create a life of fulfilling intimate relationships, embodiment, and sexual satisfaction.
I work with folks of all genders and sexualities. Monogamous, polyamorous, in a relationship(s), single, or anything in-between.
Coaching with me might be a good fit for you if…
you find yourself wanting to enliven + deepen the intimacy in your relationships in ways that feel authentically you.
you want a nonjudgmental, safer space to get to know your sexual self worth… maybe for the first time or in a new way!
you feel failed by the way society taught you to relate to your sexuality, your intimate partner(s), or your body. You want to unlearn shame and replace it with meaningful connection!
you want to live a life dripping with pleasure + connection— from savoring a cup of coffee to savoring a date night!
you’re looking to build confidence in communicating: your boundaries, desires, and values—from the board room to the bedroom!
