About the Presenter
Leona Fallas is the Assistant Clinical Director at Center for Healthy Sex. She is passionate about guiding clients and couples on their journey of managing feelings of shame and cultivating deeper connections with themselves and others. She was recently featured as a guest on the podcast Menopause Unscripted, hosted by HeyDrHeidi and a featured speaker at the October 2026 CAMFT Symposium. Leona specializes in helping individuals heal from sexual and relational trauma, sex and love addiction. She is heavily influenced by the work of Pia Mellody, Richard Schwartz, and Alexandra Katehakis. In addition to her clinical work, she also provides professional clinical training for sex and love addiction treatment and sex therapy.
Leona’s educational background includes a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Southern California. She is an active member of the Los Angeles California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, CAMFT, the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), and completed her CSAT training through the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP).
Center for Healthy Sex is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Center for Healthy Sex maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
