Cairns EMDR Goes beyond Talk Therapy. Counselling is an effective step towards wellbeing. It helps to talk, but sometimes, despite all the talking and doing the ‘right’ things - nothing changes. This is where Transformative Trauma Therapies like EMDR Therapy Cairns...
How to Feel Beautiful
The ancient Goddess and Earth Religions understood the sacredness of the body; they worshipped nature and embraced the cycles of birth, life and death. They saw beauty in the bloody mess of menstruation, sex, birth and death.Before Tantra came on the scene, most of...
Everyday Moments As Ritual
I have a prayer for you, or really an invitation.. That you may deepen into the everyday moments- and turn them into little pieces of ritual. Taking every chance to recognise the exquisite ecstasy available to us in this playground of existence. Seize these little...
Having a great sex life- Advice for Women, and People who love them.
As a Clinical Sexologist, I have the privileged opportunity to know the intricacies of many people’s sex lives. Therefore, I can say directly that there is no ‘normal’ or right number of times a month or ways of being intimate that are right for everyone. What is...
Why scheduling sex is a great idea
Many people think scheduling sex sounds boring and makes it dull, however scheduling sex can have enormous benefits. Sex often happens late at night when both are in bed at the end of the day. This can be lovely and orgasms can promote a lovely restful night’s sleep,...
What’s the difference between a counsellor, a psychologist and a psychiatrist
As a counsellor, people often ask what is the difference between what I offer and seeing a psychologist. Counsellors have been trained in the art of listening and supporting people. Counsellors do not put as much focus on mental health diagnoses or use as many...
How can emdr help me to heal?
People come to counselling for a wide range of reasons. Some want to heal from traumatic experiences in their past such as childhood abuse, sexual assault, growing up with critical parents or other specific events. But many people see a therapist because they just...
Help! I have no libido
One of the most common reasons for seeking a sex therapist is a perceived lack of libido. Libido is another word for ‘sex drive’, how driven you are towards being sexual and how often you feel sexual desire and arousal. It can be helpful to understand that desire and...
Can relationship counselling help recover from an affair
A common reason that people seek couple counselling is at the revelation of an affair. The knee-jerk reaction is to ask the person who betrayed to leave and end it there, but many couples choose to try counselling first and see if healing may be possible. And yes...
Chakras and Relationships – vishuddha
Tantric practitioners have a different understanding of Chakras than that of the new age system. Rather than seeing chakras as spiritual organs that open and close, chakras are understood as different levels of consciousness available to us as part of the human...