Meet Our Team

  • Judith Sachs

    Judith is Founder and Director of ANYONE CAN MOVE, an adaptive movement program in Philadelphia, PA. She is the certified Dance for PD® teacher  and a certified A Matter of Balance (MOB) teacher in Pennsylvania. Her goal is to get everyone moving, whether in a chair or across the floor. See more at www.anyonecanmove.com.

    She is the 2025 recipient of a Parkinson’s Foundation community grant and a Penn Medicine Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Center grant for Date Night & Intimacy.

    In 2020, she was awarded a Parkinson’s Foundation COE grant for her innovative program, CLOSE CONTACT for COUPLES® with PD to work with improved partner communication with couples living with Parkinson’s, and also received a 2024 Pacing4Parkinson’s award from Johns Hopkins. CLOSE CONTACT was a poster presentation at the Barcelona World Parkinson’s Congress in 2023. She also teaches qigong and balance classes through the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders at Penn Medicine and for elder groups in Philadelphia. 

    She is the author of THE HEALING POWER OF SEX (Prentice Hall, 1990) and the co-author with Dr. Sandra Leiblum of GETTING THE SEX YOU WANT: Becoming Proud, Passionate and Pleased in Bed, Crown 1998).

  • Robert Cochrane

    Dr. Robert Cochrane is a graduate of UNLV's Interdisciplinary Health Sciences program. He continues to test and research the effect of improvisation and storytelling on Parkinson’s disease. He has received grants from the Parkinson's Foundation and support from the Davis Phinney Foundation. He is a popular, unique and high energy Keynote speaker, bringing joy, optimism and practical tools for all people in the PD community to thrive today. His new book, Acceptance, which is available on Amazon, has been called "honest", "heroic", "passionate" and "legacy in the making".

    He has a background in filmmaking, with the Artisan Entertainment release, The Playaz Court, and two Stephen King-based short films among his credits. His father, Dan, was diagnosed with PD in 2001, which shifted Robert’s artistic lens to health. He made his first documentary, the award-winning Boys of Summer in 2004. There are two follow up films in the series with the fourth film coming in 2025. 

    He moved his family back to Walnut Creek, CA, and is a proud care partner for his amazing parents. He lives there with his beautiful wife, two teenagers, and a rambunctious Maltipoo named Stella - though it’s usually pronounced “STELLAAAAA!”

  • Kelly Rees

    Kelly Rees

    I am a certified Sexologist and wrote my dissertation on teaching sexual health in recovery from addiction.

    I focus on intimate relationships, sexual expression, disparate desire, shifting intimacy, alternative relating styles, polyamory. Many of my clients are in the LGBTQIA2+ community. This often includes performance issues, the impact of aging and menopause, dealing with grief and jealousy. I have experience working with differing abilities and my clients range in age from mid-twenties to mid-nineties. I also work with those in recovery from drug/alcohol addiction and their specific issues around sex and relationships. I aim to engage the mind and heart while centering on the body. Pleasure is important and a great way to learn!

    There is no age at which sex becomes inappropriate. Conversely, in our hyper-sexual culture we often feel pressure to be something we are not. Sexually speaking we are better off accepting our authentic preferences. What is normal? I create a safe container to explore delicate topics and vulnerable feelings.