The vision of Somafire Wellness is supporting people in moving toward healthy, fulfilled intimacy and sexuality and more joyful, whole-body well-being.I offer coaching to individuals, couples and groups, and bodywork (touch-based) sessions to individuals. I work with people simply seeking greater pleasure as well as those struggling with intimate, relational and sexual challenges. I offer a shame-free, non-judgmental space for healing and moving toward the intimate life you desire.
I arrived here as part of a healing journey of my own. I discovered somatic sex education in 2015 and it profoundly changed my life. My personal work in this modality has created space for connecting with and loving my body, communicating desires, developing healthy boundaries, healing old trauma and releasing shame. It has increased my sense of pleasure, connection and well-being, not just sexually, but in all aspects of my life. My work with people combines the unique and powerful tools of somatic sex education with counseling (verbal processing and healing work), sex and intimacy coaching (personalized guidance to reach your goals), and client-centered support. My goal is to meet you right where you are, and provide support that is most helpful for you and your unique situation. |
I hold a master's degree in counseling from Oregon State University. I have worked in private therapeutic practice since 2014 and have supported individuals and couples of all kinds. I am an Erospirit certified intimacy educator, and I am in the final portion of my training for certification as a somatic sex educator and sexological bodyworker.
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What is somatic sex education?
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Somatic sex education is a holistic, body-based approach that supports healing, pleasure and erotic empowerment. It is a client-centered, trauma-informed modality that teaches people to connect with their own bodies, tune in to desires and create personal pathways to authentic pleasure. In contrast to a cookie-cutter list of instructions for better sex from a "sexpert," it empowers people to recognize and listen to their own inner wisdom. Because everyBODY is different.
Despite the title, somatic sex education is not just about sex! It supports people in listening deeply to themselves, and releasing the trauma, shame and internalized oppression that stifle our full human potential. The experiences available in somatic sex education can create meaningful, empowering change in all aspects of your life. |
Combining interpersonal neurobiology, anatomical knowledge and practices that empower choice and voice, somatic sex education practitioners guide clients in the reclaiming of their bodies and their pleasure, and support liberation from the ongoing effects of sexual oppression, trauma, neglect, limiting beliefs and dysfunctions. Somatic sex education offers a new way of understanding our bodies, our sexuality, and our erotic capacities; weaving the scientific understanding of human sexuality together with spiritual practices of erotic energy cultivation." |
