Welcome to the VFL Coaching Referral Network. At some point, all people experience a need to improve or enhance their relationship -- their intimate-erotic connection. Academic Alley Certified Coaches are mental health professionals who have received training in the theory How Couples Develop an Intimate-Erotic Connection. They understand the delicate relationship between your feelings for your partner and how they affect your sexual relationship. Their training includes an understanding of how sexual desire ebbs and flows in a relationship but sometimes, even the most loving couple suffer differences in what each desires. Academic Alley Certified Coaches can help. Find ways to reconnect, learn to appreciate each other more both emotionally and sexually and recapture the romance that first seized your heart.

All AA Certified Coaches are mental health professionals who have completed at least a masters degree in a mental health field and advanced coursework from Academic Alley in the theory How Couples Develop an Intimate-Erotic Connection.  If you choose to use a AA Certified Coach, you will engage the professional directly. Please use your judgement to choose the AA Certified Coach that best fits your needs. This is a referral site only. Check our list of coaches below and click on their LinkedIn to learn more about them.  Set up a free 15 minute consultation to be sure you feel comfortable with the coach and then decide if you want to schedule an appointment.

Phone or Online Coaching versus Face to Face Counseling
Studies show that coaching, which combines phone and online technology, is as effective as in-person counseling.  Some of the benefits of phone counseling are:

• avoid the stigma of going to a mental health waiting room
• increase comfort and convenience talking on the phone rather than face-to-face
• ease of scheduling
• eliminates the need for child or elder care