Influential Woman · Mental health psychotherapy

Jessica Reis

Founder and Clinical Director | LMFT & Certified Sex and Financial Therapist, The Intimacy Room

Boca Raton, FL

Certifications · Degrees · Memberships

Degree Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy Degree Syracuse University Degree Bachelor's degree with double major in Finance and Accounting and minor in Economics Degree Hofstra University Degree ASECT Sex Therapy Certification Degree Modern Sex Therapy Institute Degree Financial Therapy Certification Degree Financial Therapy Association Degree Doctorate in Human Sexuality (in progress) Degree Widener University Cert Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Cert Certified Financial Therapist (Financial Therapy Association) Cert ASECT Certified Sex Therapist Cert Certified Yoga Teacher Member American Association of Sexuality Educators Member Counselors Member And Therapists (AASECT) Member Financial Therapy Association (FTA) Member American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

Her Story

About Jessica

I started out in finance, originally gearing towards becoming a financial analyst, and worked at a few financial companies before deciding that wasn't the path for me. I went on a journey to actually become a yoga teacher, which I did for a few years while I went back to grad school at Syracuse to become a marriage and family therapist. During that time, I always knew I wanted to work with couples. That's where I went to get my certifications in sex therapy, and I'm also a certified financial therapist. I use my combination of my previous career in finance with my new career as being a couples therapist, talking to couples about their sex and financial life. I have my own private practice called The Intimacy Room, and my day-to-day is that I see about 4 to 5 clients, 4 times a week, which is my sweet spot. I leave some room for consults that I would see, and I'm also building some digital products that can help couples within their financial conversations. On my website, I have something called The Naked Ledger, which is essentially an Excel Google Sheets spreadsheet that allows couples to input what they make, what their expenses are, but there's also questions that allow them to go deeper into financial conversations. It's completely automated, so once you put a number, it automatically populates and carries over into the next month, and it has what they're looking for for their future up to 10 or 15 years. I'm really proud of opening up my own private practice, but I'm especially proud when I meet with couples and they get that aha moment of why they're not getting along, why they're not being intimate, and we can figure that out with them. I love it when I can almost graduate couples.

Quick Facts

IndustryMental health psychotherapy
Based inBoca Raton, FL
Specialty Financial therapy for couples
- Sex therapy for couples
- Marriage and family therapy
Volunteers with Pro bono and sliding scale therapy services for couples

Her Interview

Ten minutes with Jessica

01What do you attribute your success to?

I would say not feeling stuck. For example, when I felt that my calling wasn't to be a financial analyst, I was fortunate enough to just get out of it and try something else. I would say just going for it, and not feeling like my life has to be planned out at a certain age, because I know that a lot of people feel that way now. You don't have to have it figured out at a specific age. I would say taking risks is what has put me in the position that I am today. I was just fortunate enough to be able to make those changes and pursue what truly called to me.

02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?

I would say try it all, and figure out what you want, and you don't have to have it figured out at a certain age. Try it all, figure it out, do different things, change your career as often as you want. And put yourself first. I don't know if a lot of people say that, but I would say put yourself first. I also think that especially with women in general, we have to be each other's cheerleader. Society likes to pit women against each other, and you have to really be a girl's girl in the world. Put yourself first, but also cheer your friends on. Celebrate wins, celebrate anything, just make the community, make the connection, and just go for it.

03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?

I would say the challenge is that obviously with owning your own practice and having your own practice, you really have to hustle to find clients. Because of the internet, everyone claims to be a coach or a therapist, and the therapy field is pretty regulated while coaching is not. So I will say the challenge can be finding clients, though I do seem to find clients, thank God. I'll also say keeping up with ever-changing information as well. AI specifically has changed a lot of the field with therapy, and also the way that we interact with each other, so constantly keeping up with the ever-changing technology environment that we're in is a major challenge.

04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?

I would say honesty is probably the most important value to me. I expect my clients to be honest with me, I expect myself to be honest with people, and I do think honesty can get you anywhere in life. If you're your true self, I really believe good things will happen to you because of that. Being authentic and honest with yourself and others is what allows you to build genuine connections and succeed in both work and life.

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