What’s the difference between Somatic Counselling and Intimacy & Embodiment Coaching?

Intimacy & Embodiment Coaching focuses on education and skill-building in service to a specific learning objective or goal. It is informed by my training and experience in Somatic Sex Education and Sexological Bodywork, is built around experiential, embodied learning, and may incorporate touch where relevant or supportive.

Somatic Counselling is a therapeutic modality that focuses on presence and process rather than orienting around outcome or goals. We practice bringing attention to the body and in-the-moment experience and how your intention for the session or any challenges you’re bringing are showing up for you, working with them as they unfold.

Across both services there may be a focus on creating change, however in Intimacy & Embodiment Coaching this tends to happen through education and the introduction of specific tools and practices, whereas in Somatic Counselling this tends to happens through deep listening and holding whatever’s here together, supporting the nervous system and engaging in curious, open-ended exploration.

I am newly offering these services at the same price point in order for us to be able to flow between these ways of working depending on what’s called for in the moment. There are often elements of coaching in Somatic Counselling, and elements of counselling in my Intimacy & Embodiment Coaching. The thread that runs through them both is that I am here to support and accompany you on your current journey, around whatever it is you’re experiencing or bringing to the table. 

Can I do sessions online?

Yes. Online sessions are available worldwide, alongside in-person sessions in Brunswick East.

Can I see you if I’m exploring kink, ethical non-monogamy, or non-traditional relationships?

Absolutely. I offer a non-judgmental and affirmative space for all relationship styles, sexualities, and identities.

Do you work with trauma?

I work with people living with trauma and my work is trauma-informed, however what I offer is not a trauma-treatment model. Somatic modalities can create greater regulation in the nervous system, expand capacity, and build resilience, however if your day-to-day is impacted by active trauma I recommend seeing a trauma-specialist alongside our work together.

Do you work with couples?

Yes. I also work with relationships of more than two (triads, quads, polycules, etc).

Do you use touch in your sessions?

I am a Certified Sexological Bodyworker and have extensive training in the Wheel of Consent®, both of which inform my use of touch in-session, however I use it sparingly, only where relevant, and through discussion and agreement. All touch is client-led - unlike conventional bodywork approaches where the practitioner leads and the client remains passive, any use of touch in this work invites you to be actively engaged—learning to feel, choose, and communicate in each moment. The emphasis is not on what is done to the body, but rather on supporting and developing your skills and empowering you to reconnect with their own body’s wisdom, curiosity, and desires.

Do I need to have a sexual concern to do Intimacy & Embodiment Coaching with you?

No - Intimacy & Embodiment Coaching can support anyone wanting to learn or build skills around embodiment, touch, relational skills or eroticism. Sexual concerns are one reason among many that people may engage this service.