Unlock gentle growth, connection, and clarity in how you relate.
Unlock gentle growth, connection, and clarity in how you relate.

Sex and intimacy are natural parts of being human; they’re how we connect, express love, and experience pleasure. Yet, these experiences can also be complex and sometimes challenging to navigate.
How we relate to others begins with how we relate to ourselves — to our bodies, beliefs, values, emotions, and ability to experience pleasure and connection, with or without another person.
Sometimes challenges with intimacy involve medical or physical factors that benefit from support from other health professionals. Many people don’t know who to see or how to access help. I can guide you in identifying the right professionals and work alongside them to help you feel better sooner.
With the right support, understanding, and adult sex education, you can explore your sexuality in ways that feel safe, authentic, and fulfilling. Sex therapy isn’t about perfection; it’s about curiosity, communication, increasing your knowledge and skills, and compassion. It’s an opportunity to understand yourself more deeply, unpack what's going on, reconnect with pleasure, and build intimacy that truly feels right for you.
I offer private sessions for women and couples to navigate challenges, get adult sex education, deepen connection, get support and rebuild closeness.
You’re warmly invited to connect with me to begin this journey — whether you’re exploring your sexuality, wanting to address a problem, improving intimacy, or seeking greater harmony in your relationship.

People come to sex therapy for many different reasons, sometimes out of confusion or frustration, and other times simply out of curiosity and a desire to understand themselves better.
You might seek sex therapy if you’re:

Couples often seek sex therapy when something in their intimate connection feels out of sync. It might be a concern that’s causing worry, or a desire to strengthen the connection they already share. Whether it’s about desire, communication, or simply wanting to feel closer again, sex therapy offers a space to explore these experiences with openness, compassion, and understanding.
Sex therapy isn’t only for when things feel difficult many couples come because their relationship is going well, and they want to deepen intimacy, enhance pleasure, and build on the strong foundation they already have.
You and your partner might seek sex therapy if you’re:
Sex therapy provides a supportive, non-judgmental space to explore what intimacy means for both of you.
Helping you reconnect, build, and discover more pleasure in your relationship.
Sex is often talked about as if it’s purely physical, but in reality it’s far more complex.
Our sexual experiences, desires, challenges, and satisfaction are shaped by an interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors. This is known as the biopsychosocial model, and it offers a compassionate, holistic way of understanding sex across the lifespan.
The biological aspect of sex includes anatomy, hormones, genetics, physical health, and neurological functioning.
Hormones such as estrogen, testosterone, progesterone, oxytocin, and dopamine all play a role in libido, arousal, pleasure, and bonding. These hormone levels naturally shift during different life stages such as puberty, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause, and ageing. Medical conditions, chronic pain, fatigue, medications (including antidepressants and contraceptives), and neurological conditions can also significantly influence sexual functioning.
Physical changes—such as vaginal dryness, erectile difficulties, changes in sensitivity, or pain during sex—are common and often misunderstood as “just how it is now,” when in fact they may be treatable or adaptable. Understanding the biological layer helps remove shame and normalise that bodies change over time.
The psychological aspect of sex involves thoughts, emotions, beliefs, past experiences, self-esteem, and mental health.
Our relationship with sex is shaped early by messages we receive about our bodies, desire, and worth. Experiences such as trauma, shame-based sex education, religious or cultural beliefs, body image concerns, anxiety, depression, or stress can all influence desire, arousal, and pleasure.
For many people, the mind is the biggest sexual organ. Worry, pressure to perform, fear of rejection, or unresolved relationship issues can interrupt sexual connection—even when the body is physically capable. At different developmental stages, psychological needs also shift: curiosity and identity exploration in younger years, balancing intimacy with parenting and work stress in midlife, or redefining sexuality later in life.
The social dimension includes relationships, communication, culture, family systems, gender roles, societal expectations, and lived context.
Sex does not happen in a vacuum. Relationship dynamics, emotional safety, consent, power, and communication all play crucial roles. Social messages about what sex “should” look like—how often, who initiates, what bodies should do—can create unrealistic expectations and quiet distress.
Life circumstances such as parenting, caring responsibilities, illness, disability, cultural background, and access to healthcare also shape sexual expression. For couples, differences in desire are often less about something being “wrong” and more about mismatched needs, stressors, or life stages.
A biopsychosocial approach recognises that sexuality is dynamic, not fixed. What feels right, pleasurable, or important at one stage of life may look very different at another—and that’s normal. There is no single “healthy” way to experience sex, only what is healthy and meaningful for you.
By understanding sex through this broader lens, we move away from blame and towards curiosity, compassion, and possibility.
If you’re experiencing sexual concerns, changes, or questions—or simply want a deeper understanding of yourself or your relationship—you don’t have to navigate it alone.
You’re warmly invited to connect with Jicinta Elliott, counsellor at Counseling For Her, to explore sexual wellbeing through a supportive, evidence-based, and person-centred approach.
Your experience matters, and support is available.
19 Hasking Street, Caboolture Queensland 4510, Australia