I am a sexological bodyworker, erotic coach and sex educator.
As well as being a sexological bodyworker, I have over thirty five years experience in healthcare and community work, with qualifications in nursing, health counselling, health policy and sexual and reproductive health. I am certified in sexological bodywork by the Institute of Somatic Sexology, a certified facilitator for the Wheel of Consent, a graduate of the Urban Tantra Professional Training program, and have certification in working with vaginismus. I am also a certified STREAM practitioner: Scar Tissue Remediation Education and Management.
I bring my own experiences – and gaps – of living queer, feminist, white and female in the world. Embracing and loving the body I am in, contributing to community building, taking my role working against injustices. I take care to live with compassion, gratitude, accountability and presence. And pleasure.
Sexological bodywork can work to celebrate and strengthen us in who we uniquely are, beyond restrictive roles, norms and social structures. It can also connect us, in building relationships and communities grounded in respect, awareness and delight.
I live and work on the unceded lands of Wodi Wodi people, part of the Dharawal Nation, and I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the traditional custodians of this continent, with continuing connection to land, waters, language and community.
Who do I see?
I welcome people of all bodies, sex, sexuality and genders, and abilities and disabilities. I have a special affinity for queer, genderqueer, intersex, transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay people and communities, and people exploring new ways of expressing and relating. I enjoy connecting with people…
- beyond binaries (beyond the idea that there are only male/female, gay/straight)
- beyond hetero-normativity (beyond the notion that heterosexuality is the ‘norm’, the ‘correct way’)
- beyond assumed monogamy (beyond the belief that being in a monogamous couple relationship is the ‘ideal’ way, rather than one way of many).
My approach welcomes, celebrates and honours all kinds of bodies, relationships and expressions of self. I want my work to contribute to our communities; for us to be conscious, curious, free, ethical, loving, playful and kind, in our expressions of ourselves, and with each other, as sexual and social beings.
Read more about my professional code of conduct and ethics here.NURSING / HEALTH QUALIFICATIONS
2015 – Reproductive & Sexual Health – Clinical Accreditation Program
Family Planning New South Wales, Eora Country, NSW, Australia
2014 – Masters in Health Policy
Faculty of Medicine, Sydney University, Eora Country, NSW, Australia
1987 – Graduate Diploma in Health Counselling
South Australian Institute of Technology, Kaurna Country, SA, Australia
1984 – General Nursing Certificate (Registered Nurse)
Royal Canberra and Woden Valley Hospitals, Ngunawal Country, ACT, Australia
CERTIFICATION RELATED TO SEXOLOGICAL BODYWORK PRACTICE
2020 – Certificate in Working with Vaginismus
12-week online course with written and practical assessment
Led by Dr Martha Tara Lee – Eros Coaching – Relationship Counsellor and Clinical Sexologist
2019 – Certified Facilitator of Wheel of Consent
5-month online course with practical assessments
Led by Betty Martin and the School of Consent
2018 – Certified STREAM Practitioner – working with Pelvic Pain
(Scar Tissue Remediation, Education and Management)
8-month online and in-person intensive
Led by Ellen Heed and Kimberly Johnson (Los Angeles)
2018 – Graduate of Like a Pro
5-day in-person training for practitioners in the ‘Wheel of Consent’, (Eora Country, Sydney)
Led by Betty Martin (Seattle, Washington)
2017 – Certificate in Sexological Bodywork
6-months training, online and in-person, with supervised practice
Institute of Somatic Sexology Australia / New Zealand
Led by Deej Juventin and Uma Ayelet Furman
2014 – Graduate of Urban Tantra Professional Training Program
6-days intensive in-person workshop (Eora Country, Sydney)
Led by Barbara Carrellas (NYC)
PRESENTING AND ASSISTING, AND RELEVANT EVENTS ATTENDED
2021: Presenting at: Burn Out and Justice Doing: for health & community workers and others doing care
Facilitating the open and closing activities for this two hour online event
Everybody Massage and Dan Mei Kaplan (Eora Country, Sydney, Australia)
2021: Presenting at: Generation Women
Generation Women, online storytelling event, wrote and read a story on the topic of Wisdom
2021: Assisting in: Online Training Courses for Wheel of Consent
Including Like a Pro Foundations, Working with Individuals, Working with Groups
The School of Consent, international particIpants
2020: Assisting in: Like a Pro x 2 in Australia, in-person training for practitioners
5-day in-person workshops on the ‘Wheel of Consent’ in Perth, Wajuk Country, Australia (Feb) and Melbourne, Woiworung Country, Australia (March)
Led by Betty Martin (Seattle, Washington)
2019: Facilitated and Organised: Introduction to the Wheel of Consent workshops
3 separate half-day in-person workshop events, Katoomba, Newtown and Bondi Junction
2019: Presenting at: Generation Women
Generation Women, wrote and read a story as part of this regular in-person storytelling event, (Eora Country, Sydney)
2019 – Assisting in: Urban Tantra Professional Training Program
6-days, intensive in-person workshop (Woiworung Country, Melbourne)
Led by Barbara Carrellas (NYC)
2019 – Assisting in: Urban Tantra Experience
2.5-days in-person experiential workshop, (Woiworung Country, Melbourne)
Led by Barbara Carrellas (NYC)
2018 – Presenting at: FEAST – Festival of Embodiment And Sexual Transformation
2.5-days in-person workshop program event, (Eora Country, Sydney)
Ran x 2 workshops for all bodies ‘Vulvarama Wonderland’ and attended the full workshop program
2017- Assisting in: Urban Tantra Professional Training Program
6-days, intensive in-person workshop, (Eora Country, Sydney)
Led by Barbara Carrellas (NYC)
2016 and 2015 – Attendee at: Festival of Really Good Sex
2.5-days, in-person event, (Eora Country, Sydney)
2014 – Attendee at: Radical Ecstasy
2.5-days intensive in-person workshop, (Woiworung Country, Melbourne)
Dossie Easton (California)
WORKPLACE HISTORY
Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, Warilla, Dharawal Country, NSW – Registered Nurse
The Albion Centre, HIV and Sexual Health, Darlinghurst, Eora Country, NSW – Sexual Health Nurse
CheckOUT Clinic (Acon and Family Planning NSW) – Registered Nurse
National LGBTI Health Alliance, Newtown, Eora Country, NSW- National QLife Project Manager
RPA Sexual Health, Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, Eora Country, NSW – Sexual Health Nurse
NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, Waterloo, Eora Country, NSW – Professional Officer
Holdsworth House Medical Practice, Darlinghurst, Eora Country, NSW – Nursing Unit Manager
The Bridge HIV care, Sydney Local Health District, Glebe, Eora Country, NSW – Nursing Unit Manager
Twenty10, Glebe, Eora Country, NSW – Youth Advocate
Port Youth Accommodation Program, Port Adelaide, Kaurna Country, South Australia – Program Manager
ShineSA (sexual & reproductive health services), Adelaide, Kaurna Country, South Australia – Team Leader
Women’s Feminist Community Health Centres, in four locations, Kaurna Country, South Australia – Women’s Health Nurse
Pregnancy Advisory Centre, Woodville, Kaurna Country, South Australia – Registered Nurse