Full Name: Kian de la Cour

Location: Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Position statement around Vaginismus:

Kian is a Certified Wheel of Consent® Workshop Facilitator, Somatic Sex Educator and structural integration bodyworker. He is passionate about sharing the joys and trials of greater embodiment with the world.

The dream that guides his work is creating a world that cherishes erotic embodiment as a guiding principle. He sees this work is vital to counteract the cultural tendencies toward performative sex and to connect with our genuine curiosity and unique passions.

Kian is CEO of the School of Somatic Sexology and Chair of the Association of Somatic and Integrative Sexologists (ASIS).

Service: Certified Somatic Sex Educator & Wheel of Consent Facilitator

Languages you speak: English

Website:

https://www.kiandelacour.com

https://www.somaticsexology.school

https://www.the-asis.org

Email Address: kian@seaschoolofembodiment.com

Social Media: https://linktr.ee/kiandelacour

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Full Name: Sheena Lawless

Location: County Westmeath, Ireland

Position statement around Vaginismus:

She is a Holistic Integrative Therapist and Coach with expertise in Sex Therapy, Individual Counselling/Psychotherapy, and Couples Therapy.

Her therapeutic practice is sex-positive, GSRD-affirming (Gender, Sexuality, and Relationship Diverse—including LGBTQ+), neurodivergent-aware, and both trauma- and shame-informed. She offers a space that is free from personal bias, judgment, religious dogma, and imposed societal norms—a space where safety is not only created but nurtured.

Her goal is to support clients in discovering or restoring their optimal mental, physical, spiritual, and sexual well-being.

How you work: Talk therapy

Languages you speak: English

Website: www.sheenlawless.com

Email Address: sheenalawless@yahoo.co.uk

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Full Name: Cyd Crossman

Preferred Pronoun: nil

Location: Byron Bay

Position statement around Vaginismus:

Vaginismus is a psychological/physical condition that can also be worked on from a relational perspective; your body holds the score, your sense of self began in utero, and all of your life experiences have informed your sense of self, body, mind, and brain.

Our sexual health is of great importance to our sense of wellbeing. As a Somatic & Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist specialising in sexuality, I offer a confidential and safe space where we can gently get to know all aspects of you and your sexuality. I work as a talk therapist, and I work longer-term with patients, 1-2 years and beyond. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is interactive and humanistic and incorporates linguistics, self-psychology, intersubjectivity theory, trauma theory, attachment theory, contemporary neuroscience, and memory systems theory. It is always evolving as our relationship evolves in the therapeutic space, helping you create lasting change and a much more fulfilling way of living.

Service: Somatic and Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy

How you work: Talk therapy

Languages you speak: English

Website: https://cydcrossman.com/

Email Address: cydcrossman@gmail.com

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Full Name: Lillie Brown

Preferred Pronoun: She/ Her

Location: NSW, Australia. I welcome clients via Telehealth from across the globe.

Position statement around Vaginismus:

Maybe it was Catholic school, or maybe it was Friday night sleepovers watching Girls of the Playboy Mansion, but she has always been fascinated by all things sex and pleasure—why we have it, how we experience it, and how we can invite more of it into our lives.

In her sessions, she works with everything related to sex, relationships, and intimacy. She understands that experiencing unwanted pain during sex can be deeply distressing, and many of her clients come to her feeling broken or betrayed by their own bodies. She is especially passionate about supporting individuals and couples navigating painful sex, including vaginismus, and helping them rebuild a positive, trusting relationship with their bodies. With the right support, tools, and resources, she believes it is absolutely possible to move from pain and fear toward a place of pleasure, ease, and vitality.

Her approach begins with embodiment practices that gently shift awareness from the mind into the body, creating a grounded sense of presence in the shared space. She works somatically and through experiential practices—meaning clients learn by doing. To help integrate what arises in each session, she offers a personalized Pleasure Prescription: a curated collection of home-based practices and resources for continued exploration.

Each session is fully guided by the client’s needs and pace. Clients have complete agency over what is explored, with their body leading the way.

Service: Sex therapy, sex education, embodied counselling

How you work: Lillie Brown combines talk-based and somatic approaches via Telehealth. All sessions are hands-off, clothes on.

Languages you speak: English

Website: https://www.lilliebrown.com/

Email Address: howdy@lilliebrown.com

Social Media Link:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexwithlillie/

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Full Name: Yedidya Zion

Preferred Pronoun: He/ Him

Location: Israel

Position statement around Vaginismus:

As a Somatic Sex Educator, he believes in the human capacity for change. He sees the potential to transform discomfort and pain into their complementary counterparts—ease, pleasure, and joy.

He is dedicated to raising awareness and providing support for individuals experiencing vaginismus. His work emphasizes comprehensive education that addresses the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of the condition.

He advocates for individualized treatment plans that integrate pelvic floor exercises, counseling, mindfulness techniques, and medical interventions. His goal is to empower those affected by vaginismus by equipping them with the tools, resources, and support networks needed to overcome the condition and reclaim their sexual well-being.

Service: Inviting you to meet by Zoom to create a personalized plan

How you work: Zoom

Languages you speak: English and Hebrew

Email Address: yedidyabzion@gmail.com

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Full Name: Susan Stark

Preferred Pronoun: She/ Her

Location: Brisbane

Position statement around Vaginismus:

As a counsellor and bodyworker with over three decades of experience in the fields of trauma and sexuality, she is passionately committed to supporting individuals in reclaiming choice and healing through pleasure.

Her approach is gentle, offering practical tools to help people reshape their relationship with their bodies and sexuality. She meets individuals wherever they are in their experience of vaginismus, and together, step by step, they work to gently address obstacles, build confidence, and expand choice through body awareness, information, and skill-building practices.

She has a special interest and long-standing commitment to working with survivors of sexual trauma and boundary violations. It is her deepest joy to walk alongside and support this valuable journey of re-membering the body and healing one’s relationship with sex.

Service: Susan Stark offers individual and couple sessions as well as workshops, groups and festivals.

How you work: Talk therapy, Hands on, Zoom and In-person

Languages you speak: English 

Website: https://susanstark.com.au/

Email Address: susan@susanstark.com.au

Social Media Link: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susan.stark.714

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Full Name: Georgia Grace

Preferred Pronoun: She/ Her

Location: Sydney

Position statement around Vaginismus:

In session you can expect an integration of talk based approaches, traditional eastern practices such as embodiment, meditation and mindfulness, with the pioneering insights of neuroscience and somatic learning theory. You will have the opportunity to discuss, share, process, learn and feel as we work with a range of modalities, tools and frameworks.

These sessions are co-created and client led, you have the time and space to explore, heal, get curious and discover. I’m a big believer in learning by doing – at the end of each session I offer options for take home practices to implement everything we’ve worked through in session.

All people are welcome and respected, sessions are LGBTQIA+ inclusive and safe.

• Sexual desire: desire discrepancy (aka mismatched libido), changes in desire, sexual frequency concerns
• Individual inquiries: sexual confidence, dating confidence, sexual stress or anxiety, feeling more present during sex, orgasm concerns, anatomy & pleasure, eroticism & sexuality
• Relationship dynamics: Communication skills, Non Monogamy, building trust, creating safety, learning about each others needs, having better sex, exploring new things, boundaries & consent, expressing & voicing desires, relationship choices and dynamics
• Sexual Function: premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, pre-orgasmia, difficulties with orgasm & climax, performance anxiety
• Painful sex: Vaginismus, general pain and discomfort, fear of pain leading to anxiety around sex
• Trauma: a body-mind and somatic approach to working with trauma Can’t figure out whether your concern falls into these areas?

Get in touch and I’ll point you in the right direction

Service:

• Sex therapy
• Embodied counselling

How you work: Not hands on, Talk therapy, Zoom and In-person

Languages you speak: English

Website: https://www.georgiagrace.co/

Email Address: hello@georgiagrace.co

Social Media Link:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gspot._/

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Full Name: Stella Topaz

Preferred Pronoun: She/ Her

Location: Sydney and Port Kembla, NSW

Position statement around Vaginismus:

The experience of pain with sex, including vaginismus, can be overwhelming, and it might feel like your body is letting you down. It can be helpful to notice the relationship you currently have with your body and with sex, and to identify what you want and hope for.

With your self-knowledge and intention setting, and my skills as a sexological bodyworker and erotic coach, together we can design a plan. This might include information and education, mapping out support networks, and planning a range of practical activities you can do by yourself, and/or with a partner, and/or in session with me.

A key part of this work can be slowing down; finding and honouring your body’s pace, in a process of affirming sexual and bodily wellbeing.

Service:

• Sexological Bodywork
• Scar Remediation
• Erotic Education
• Wheel of Consent®

How you work: Zoom or In-person, and for in-person, I offer hands-on

Languages you speak: English

Website: https://www.stellatopaz.com/

Email Address: stella@stellatopaz.com

Social Media Link:

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/abundantbody

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abundant_body/

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Full Name: Shannon Schultz

Preferred Pronoun: She/ They

Location: Big Island Hawaii

Position statement around Vaginismus:

Service:

I am a hands on hands in therapist

How you work: Talk therapy, Hands on, Zoom, In-person

Languages you speak: English

Website: https://shannonschultzsomatics.com/ Pacific Center of Somatic Sexology

Email Address: Shannonschultzsomatics@gmail.com

Social Media Link:

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Full Name: Kai Silver

Preferred Pronoun: He/ They

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Position statement around Vaginismus:

He offers a safe environment to explore and experience, to work on issues, and to take you on a journey to your inner potential and show you how to unlock more pleasure to create the life you deserve. He brings a multitude of approaches to this domain—drawn from their lived experience, knowledge of sacred sexuality, traditional Swedish massage, and understanding of embodied counselling and somatic regulation.

Their formal experience includes how to work with vaginismus, Swedish massage, studies in Sexological Bodywork, professional disabilities awareness training, as well as being trained as a Master and Dom to embrace and work with BDSM and kink in a safe, risk-aware, and consensual way to explore all aspects of the body and mind.

He meets you where you are presently in your journey with your body and desires, and steer a course which will be tailored to you and your own needs.

He welcomes everyone, all gender expressions (LGBTQIA+ friendly), multiples, and disabilities.

Service:

He offers the whole range from Companion and Escort to Hands on Sexological Bodywork to Domination (BDSM and Kink) to individuals and couples.

How you work: Hands on, Video chat, In-Person

Languages you speak: English and Swedish

Website: www.KaiSilver.com.au

Email Address: contact@kaisilver.com.au

Social Media Link:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaisilveraustralia/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaiSilverAus/

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Full Name:Dr. Martha Tara Lee

Preferred Pronoun: She/ Her

Location: Singapore

Position statement around Vaginismus:

Service:

Dr. Martha Tara Lee is a highly respected and sought-after expert in the field of positive sexuality. With a Doctorate in Human Sexuality and a Masters in Counseling, she founded Eros Coaching in 2009 to empower individuals and couples to lead self-actualized and pleasurable lives. Dr. Lee’s extensive experience includes working with couples facing unconsummated marriages, individuals with sexual inhibitions, discrepancies in sexual desire, as well as men with erection and ejaculation concerns. She is also an ally for members of the LGBTQIA+ and kink communities.

Dr. Lee’s visionary leadership has guided Eros Coaching to win the Most Supportive Relationship Coach 2025 award at the Singapore Business Awards, presented by APAC Insider in January 2025. Under her direction, Eros Coaching has grown to become a pioneer in offering relationship counseling and clinical sexology services, with a deep commitment to helping clients achieve personal and relational fulfillment.

As the only certified sexuality educator by the  American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) in the region (since 2011), Dr. Lee is a pioneer in her field. In addition, she is an AASECT certified sexuality educator supervisor (since 2018), further demonstrating her commitment to excellence and ongoing professional development. Dr. Lee welcomes individuals of all sexual orientations and offers both online and face-to-face consultations in English and Mandarin.

How you work: Online and In-person

Languages you speak: English and Mandarin

Website: https://www.ErosCoaching.com/

Email Address: drmarthalee@eroscoaching.com

Social Media Link:

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/eroscoaching

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sgeroscoaching/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drmarthalee

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Full Name: Jassy Rennie

Preferred Pronoun: She/ Her

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Position statement around Vaginismus:

If penetration feels impossible, like your body’s shutting down or saying no even when your brain is trying to say yes, you might be dealing with vaginismus.

It’s more common than people think, and it’s rarely spoken about properly. This is for anyone who’s felt like they’re doing something wrong, or that their body is betraying them. You’re not broken. You’re not too far gone. You just haven’t been given the right kind of support.

This 1:1 program is here to help you reconnect with your body in a way that’s safe, slow, and actually grounded in pleasure. We’ll focus on understanding vaginismus, reducing fear, building safety, and supporting you if and when you want to use dilators. No pressure. No timelines. Just real tools and space to feel like yourself again. If you’ve tried clinical approaches that left you overwhelmed or missed the emotional side of it completely, you’re in the right place.

Service:

Jassy (She/Her) is the founder of Second Base—an online sex therapy clinic and education platform that exists to make conversations about sex, pleasure, and intimacy way more accessible, inclusive, and actually useful.

She is a certified Somatic Focused Sexologist with a background in mentoring, somatics, and yoga—and she has spent the last eight years helping people feel more at home in their bodies, more connected in their relationships, and more confident in their sex lives.

These days, she specialises in supporting folks with vaginismus and painful penetration. It’s work that’s close to my heart—because so many people feel stuck, broken, or alone when sex feels painful or impossible. She has completed professional training specifically in vaginismus support, and she offers a 1:1 program that’s practical, pleasure-based, and nervous-system-aware.

She has been mentored by one of Melbourne’s leading Clinical Sexologists and completed an internship with POSMO, a well-loved sexual wellness brand. She holds qualifications through the Australian Institute of Somatic Sexology (AISS), is a member of the Somatic Sexology Association of Australasia, and is currently completing her Bachelor in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Since founding Second Base, she has supported over 100 clients and couples with challenges ranging from low desire and sexual shame to communication blocks. Her work has been featured in Body + Soul magazine. Outside of work, she can usually be found surfing, sipping oat capps, or diving into feminist and fantasy reads.

She values curiosity, courage, and connection—and believes that pleasure is our birthright.

How you work: Zoom

Languages you speak: English

Website: https://msha.ke/second__base

Email Address: Admin@secondbase.online

Social Media Link: https://www.instagram.com/second__base_

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