Shamaree
Brissett, MS, LPC.
A Black therapist specializing in relationship and sex therapy for couples and polycules — with particular attention to Black and POC clients.
LPC · Connecticut · Relationship & Sex Therapy
This practice was created with particular attention to Black and POC clients - because intimacy, desire, and relational healing deserve to be held with cultural awareness, not just clinical protocol.
I know what it's like to search for a therapist who gets it — who understands intimacy as more than technique and doesn't pathologize your patterns.
I looked for that kind of care myself and couldn't find it.
So I became it - for myself and for the people who were looking for the same thing.
I've been on both sides of this work — searching for support and holding space for others.
That shapes how I show up: grounded, human, and willing to sit with what's hard.
If this is the kind of care you've been looking for, the next step is understanding what kind of support actually fits your relationship.
Find the right place to start →I love relational systems.
I'm drawn to the complexity of how two (or more) people create a shared world — how they communicate, repair, avoid, desire, and define intimacy on their own terms.
But a lot of couples therapy often treats sex and desire as secondary - something to get to later.
And culturally attuned care, especially for Black and POC couples navigating intimacy in a world that hasn't made space for softness or pleasure, is hard to find.
This work centers intimacy and desire as part of relational health - not an add-on.
It honors patterns shaped by culture and survival, and treats pleasure as a right, not a reward.
"Intimacy doesn't have universal rules.
Every relationship is its own ecosystem — and the work here reflects that."
— Shamaree Brissett
Relational, not prescriptive.
You define what your relationship looks like.
I help couples identify the patterns that drive disconnection — the ways you've learned to protect yourselves that now keep you apart.
What still serves you?
What no longer does?
And what do you want to choose moving forward?
I don't pathologize cultural patterns or survival strategies.
If you've learned to be strong, self-reliant, or emotionally guarded because the world required it, that's not dysfunction — that's adaptation.
This work requires participation.
Each partner has a role in what's happening - as well as in any shift.
I won't fix your partner, and I won't take sides. That's not how this works.
I will hold space for honesty, accountability, and intimacy built on truth instead of performance.
For Black and POC partners, relational patterns carry more weight than most therapy accounts for.
They're shaped by forces that don't show up in standard models — but still impact how intimacy is expressed, withheld, or avoided.
- Cultural expectations around strength, loyalty, and sacrifice
- Generational silence around sex, pleasure, and emotional expression
- Racialized stress, hyper-independence, and emotional labor
- Survival-based strategies that were necessary — but may no longer fit
This practice doesn't pathologize those patterns.
It honors them - and helps you decide what still fits and what doesn't.
Not what you inherited.
Not what's expected.
What feels true for you.
This work is about intimacy beyond survival - and relationships built on mutual care, presence, and pleasure.
Grounded in clinical care. Responsive to lived experience.
My work draws from systemic and attachment-based frameworks, along with sex therapy training that address both the emotional and physical dimensions of intimacy.
I approach this work in a way that's culturally responsive, grounded, and attuned.
Healing happens through both insight and embodiment — understanding your patterns and learning how to move through them differently.
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) (# 009541), Connecticut
- MS in Mental Health Counseling, Barry University
- MS in Marital, Couple & Family Therapy, Barry University
- BA in Psychology, Connecticut College
- BA in Human Development, Connecticut College
- Sex Therapy Certificate, The Buehler Institute
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1
This work is both structured and relational - grounded in clinical training, but responsive to what's actually happening between you.
The person behind the practice.
Outside of sessions, you'll probably find me traveling with my husband, baking something sweet, doing a puzzle, or listening to 90s and 2000s hip hop and R&B.
I care about creating the kind of life and relationships that feel intentional, grounded, and true — and that shows up in how I work.
I also curated an erotic playlist for people who want to stop overthinking and start feeling. Pleasure, On Repeat. Listen on Apple Music → | Listen on Spotify →
Palm Springs, 2020
Ready to do something
different?
The first step is a complimentary 20-minute consultation. A space to talk through what's been happening and see if this feels like the right fit.
Schedule your 20-minute consultationAfter the call, you'll know whether this feels aligned - and what moving forward could look like.
No pressure. Just clarity.