Opening the Doors to Intimate Connection
Personalized coaching and horizon-broadening events to grow your capacity for intimacy.
About Two Open Doors
Your Path to True Intimacy
Do any of these situations feel unpleasantly familiar?
- Do you feel awkward or unconfident in pleasuring your intimate partner?
- Do you long for intimate connections that go beyond just physical pleasure?
- Are you daunted by the challenges of keeping your core relationships healthy and satisfying?
- Do you feel trapped in the "rut" of a relationship that is feeling stale and increasingly unsatisfying?
Hi, I’m Dr. Claude Cruz. My mission and my passion is to help people overcome these and other obstacles to deep connection between people.
From an early age, I’ve been fascinated by what it is that makes each person unique, and how a world full of unique individuals can nevertheless come together to support and validate one another in community. Having grown up in a family full of love (as well as plenty of human foibles), I’ve sought to help others savor the joys that love can bring. I'm dedicated to working with those who lead a self-examined life, in order to develop themselves to the limits of their desire and capacity.
As a lover and student of Nature, my earlier life included a long career in the sciences and engineering. That career honed my analytical skills. My core interest, though, is in the richness of human relationships. I combine my “heart-centered” coaching with my analytical skills, to help my clients fill their lives with satisfying and intimate relationships.
I pursue my Two Open Doors work through my podcast (see below), through social-media posts, through workshops and events addressing many aspects of relationship and intimacy, and through my individualized coaching sessions. Please use the information on this site to take advantage of these many services!
My Philosophy
Two Open Doors explores the proposition that deep connection— genuine and caring human relationship— is the essence of living a happy and fulfilling life. We humans are a very social species; we’re interdependent. If we cut ourselves off from that reality, suffering is sure to follow.
I see the human capacity for sensuality, sexuality and intimacy as essential components of who we are. This led me to acquire a PhD in Human Sexuality, as well as a Professional Sex Coach certification. I use these, and my life-coach training, to help people explore and embrace their sensual and sexual sides, as well as their capacity for emotionally-intimate relationships. To address both the male and female energies in intimate relationships, I include my insightful wife Penny in my coaching, as invited by my clients.
I believe that "Two Open Doors" relationships, in which both partners are fully available and receptive to one another, are the most satisfying and enduring means for bringing meaning into one’s life. I’m passionate about helping to create, nurture and support such relationships.
My Mission Statement
I help my clients find deep holistic intimate connections
By overcoming their internal barriers to receiving love,
By enhancing their ability to express love,
And by actively and effectively seeking the love they deserve.
My Ideal Clients
My practice supports those who value physical pleasure (sensuality and sexuality), as well as those who seek emotional intimacy and deep connection. I see these diverse pursuits as closely-intertwined.
Given these focus areas, I feel especially able to help mature and life-seasoned individuals and couples who
- Wish to expand their sensual and sexual possibilities (e.g. by better understanding sex, or through the "lifestyle", or swinging);
- Wish to enhance emotionally-intimate connections in their lives (e.g. through ethical non-monogamy or alternative love-styles);
- Are experiencing challenges in their intimate relationships;
- Wish to revitalize their existing long-term relationship.
Online Payments
For your convenience, you can pay online for Two Open Doors services and events.