David Roth became interested in relationships and sexuality when, as
a teen, he discovered Dr. Alex Comfort’s book The Joy of Sex. While
studying anthropology at Temple University he found an old library copy of
Malinowski’s classic The Sexual Life of Savages and his professional
interest in sexuality was secured.
David received his post-graduate training in sex and relationship therapy
at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/UMDNJ. He received his
doctorate from the University of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy in 1990.
During 2006-07, David was a Clinical Fellow in Psychoanalysis in the
Department of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine/NYU Medical Center.
He was also a facilitator at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s
annual Human Sexuality Week Formerly a professor of spirituality, David
also completed a residency in clinical pastoral care at Lehigh Valley
Hospital, the teaching Hospital of Penn State University Medical School,
in Allentown, PA.
He is a member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors
and Therapists, certified by the College of Pastoral Supervision and
Psychotherapy, and a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
David is also the author and co-author of five popular books on topics
unrelated to his day job. The most recent are on the benefits of raw food,
Eating in the Raw and The Raw 50, written with his friend, supermodel and
actress Carol Alt.
Throughout his career, David has always helped people as they strive to
find meaning, significance and satisfaction in their lives -- which is the
core definition of spirituality -- and most especially in their relationships
and sexuality.
A little about us...
Dr. David Roth
Asha Allen Roth, MSW
Carole Moretz is a fellow sojourner. She believes that we all long for intimate, sexually fulfilling relationships, that failure of intimacy produces immense personal pain and success is necessary for full humanness.
Carole is a clinical psychologist with a background in cognitive behavioral therapies. She received her doctorate in psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and her certification as a sex therapist from the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. In addition, she is a registered nurse and has earned master's degrees in marital therapy from Kutztown University and in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research and served as a facilitator at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s annual Human Sexuality Week that trains medical students and other clinicians.
Dr. Moretz will guide and walk along with others as they figure out how to succeed for themselves and for the persons they love. She will address sexual issues using an approach that combines time-tested therapies with new knowledge about how intimacy is constructed and maintained.
Carole Morets, MSN, PsyD
Asha has a passion for living an integrated intimate life and she believes that truly meaningful relationships are the fast path to personal growth. She is a clinical intern with the Center for Relationships and Sexuality. Her open-heartedness, integrity, experience and passion for excellence make her an invaluable asset to the team.
Asha received her Master of Social Work degree with honors from Arizona State University, and holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of North Texas. For eight years Asha intensively studied Chuluaqui Quodoushka, a traditional shamanic approach to spiritual sexuality. Asha is also certified as an instructor in both pilates and yoga.
She is the founding organizer of Phoenix’s very successful Sexuality and Intimacy Meetup group, and has been co-facilitating relationship and intimacy groups with David Roth for the past two years.
Asha is a member of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW) and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
Besides being a devoted mom, Asha has excelled as a bilingual and dual-language elementary teacher, owned and operated the Oxygen Life Spa, and a served as event coordinator for The Rudra Center for Enlightened Awareness, a long-established meditation and yoga center in Denton, Texas.
In addition to her involvement in the field of relationships and sexuality, Asha continues to seek opportunities to work as a humanitarian advocate. She cherishes truth and honesty, coffee in bed, hiking, traveling, love making with her amazing husband and cuddling just about anytime.
