Many people find it difficult to talk about sex. Others are comfortable talking about sex, but worry that the professional they face won't be, or worse that they may not consider sex as an important part of life. I aim to set you at your ease if you want to talk about sexual issues and to welcome your view of how you want sex to fit into your life and your relationships.
To further support you, I have undertaken further training so that I can appropriately address and skillfully work with a broad variety of sexual issues that commonly arise in psychotherapy and couples counselling. These include desire issues, sex pain, arousal issues, difficulties achieving orgasm and sexual satisfaction and how to improve sexual function. I can help you address the sexual, physical, emotional and relational aspects that may be involved and I recognise when and where to refer for medical intervention.
I can support you to understand healthy sexuality; fact and falsehood regarding pornography; important elements and nuances of consent; sexual health; diverse sexual practices and the different meanings you may have for sex. I can also debunk common myths about sex for you.
I can provide detailed information about sexual anatomy including structures related to pleasure, so that you can optimise your sexual pleasure and arousal. We can dive deeper into sexual physiology, so you can appreciate how multiple body systems work together to create great sex, and I can share powerful strategies for improving sexual health in all body systems.
I can help you identify which body systems and common diseases may be implicated in sexual problems such as vaginal atrophy, vaginismus, low sexual arousal and orgasmic response, premature ejaculation and delayed ejaculation. I can indicate how you can address these: either through treatments from your medical providers, or through non-pharmacological psychosexual and relational interventions that I can share with you.
I can explain how the cultural norm for sex creates dysfunction, and how an alternative circular model will help you create a healthy, satisfying sexual relationship over your lifetime. I can also share how the dual control model of sex helps you to experience curiosity rather than shame or fear about sexual differences. I can support you to have normalising conversations about blocks to desire and arousal and to desire discrepancy.
You will become better informed and clearer on your sexual desires, boundaries and possibilities. And I will support you to hold steady through difficult conversations about sex, intimacy and sexuality with others.
"Katrina was very helpful in supporting me to discuss some sexual difficulties.
She was very knowledgeable, easy to talk to and made me feel quickly at ease.
Katrina helped me to explore my sexuality and the problems I was
having in a sensitive, kind way. I feel better equipped going forward."
