Mary Jo Rapini MEd, LPC

Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC is a psychotherapist specializing in intimacy, sex and relationships, and maintains a private practice in Houston, TX. Additionally, she is a renowned lecturer, author and television personality.

Mary Jo has appeared on the national scene on The Steve Harvey Show, The Today Show, Nightline, Dateline, Montel and in 2 seasons of the TLC series Big Medicine. She contributes on-air for CNN’s Prime News, CBS up to the Minute, and Fox National Morning News. Mary Jo was also featured in a Discovery Channel show about Near Death Experiences (first air date Jan. 4, 2010). Locally, she appears on KRIV Fox 26 Houston in her own segment, Mind, Body & Soul with Mary Jo, and on Saturday morning’s Relationship Challenge.

Mary Jo is a contributing expert for Cosmopolitan Magazine, Women’s Health, First, The New York Daily News, Seventeen Magazine, Men's Health, Redbook, YourTango.com, MiddlesexMD.com and Self Magazine’s “Love and Relationship” section. Additionally, she is a “City Bright” blogger for the Houston Chronicle, and is a contributing columnist for HealthNewsDigest.com, Prime Living Magazine and Houston Family Magazine.

Mary Jo is a high-energy and popular keynote speaker. Her dynamic style, passion and enthusiasm is particularly engaging for those dealing with intimacy issues and relationship challenges, or those simply hanging on to un-asked questions about sex in relationships.