Hi, I'm Kaycee.
Sex therapist, clinical social worker, maternal health leader, speaker, and content creator. My work centers on women's wellness, from pleasure to every season of life.
A journey years in the making.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you,” Maya Angelou wrote. I first saw the truth of that in my very first job as a social worker, sitting with formerly incarcerated women, and I've been making room for women's untold stories ever since. That calling carried me from a bachelor's in sociology to a master's at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and into community agencies, schools, and medical facilities.
Along the way, I was on my own journey of sexual liberation, and I discovered a passion for sex education (and not the kind you had in fifth grade). I went back for postgraduate training in sexual dysfunction and sex therapy, and in June 2019 I founded Kaycee Polite PLLC, a private practice specializing in sex, pleasure, and intimacy.
Today I also serve as Chief Operating Officer of Viola's House in Dallas, working to transform maternal health outcomes, and I share everyday sex education with a growing community online.
Chief Operating Officer, Viola's House
I serve as COO of Viola's House, a Dallas nonprofit founded in 2008 as a maternity home for pregnant teens and young adults facing homelessness or unsafe living situations. Today it provides stable housing and wraparound services that address the social drivers of maternal and infant health: its Maternity Home and transitional housing, care coordination and case management, parenting education through its "Earn While You Learn" program and Baby Benefit Boutique, job readiness support, and a mobile unit that brings services into the community.
Why maternal health is my fight
I've spent my career helping women reclaim their bodies, their pleasure, and their voices. But I can't talk about women's wellness without talking about the moment so many of us are most vulnerable: pregnancy, birth, and the months after.
In this country, Black women die from pregnancy-related causes at about three times the rate of White women. Even more heartbreaking, more than 80% of these deaths are preventable. That's not fate. It's a system that too often doesn't listen to Black women, doesn't believe our pain, and doesn't catch the warning signs in time.
As a therapist, I also know that postpartum depression and perinatal anxiety are some of the most common complications of having a baby, and among the least talked about. Too many mothers suffer in silence because they're afraid of being judged or simply don't know that what they're feeling has a name and can be treated.
That's why I serve as COO of Viola's House, where we walk alongside young mothers and help them build stable, healthy lives for themselves and their babies. And it's why I'm bringing this conversation to every stage, panel, and room I'm invited into.
Because every mother deserves to be heard. Every mother deserves to survive. And every mother deserves to thrive.
Sources: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Hoyert DL. Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2024. NCHS Health E-Stats No. 113, March 2026. CDC, Preventing Pregnancy-Related Deaths ("More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable"), based on Trost SL, et al. Pregnancy-Related Deaths: Data from Maternal Mortality Review Committees in 36 US States, 2017–2019. CDC, 2022.
In 2024, Black women in the U.S. died of maternal causes at a rate of 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, about three times the rate for White women (14.2).
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Hoyert DL. Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2024. NCHS Health E-Stats No. 113, March 2026.
Shame-free. Culturally informed. Practical.
Permission first
So many of us were taught to be quiet about desire. I help people give themselves permission to be curious, ask questions, and want more.
Whole-woman wellness
Sexual and maternal well-being are part of overall well-being. I connect intimacy, mental health, and the social drivers of health to the way women live, love, and parent.
Real-life tools
Clinical expertise translated into language and strategies people can take home tonight: clear, warm, and a little bit fun.
LCSW clinical supervision
As an LCSW-S, I offer clinical supervision for social workers pursuing their LCSW, with a strengths-based approach to case conceptualization, treatment planning, and ethics.
Limited spots each cycle.
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