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I am a Certified Sexological Bodyworker.
The path that led me here included;
• Parenthood,
• Counselling training,
• Social Work degree,
• Therapeutic work,
• LGBT Youth and community work,
• Mental health group-work,
• Holistic Massage and Anatomy and Physiology,
• Involvement in sex positive, queer community and events,
• Tantra, conscious sexuality, conscious kink,
• Certified Sexological Bodywork Course,
• Trauma Training for Bodyworkers,
• ScarWork ® training (Sharon Wheeler method).
I now offer somatic sexual education, coaching and bodywork to ‘anybody with a body’ whatever your sexuality or gender identity. I have a lot of learning and tools to share with you, whatever your sexuality or gender. Importantly, I create the conditions for your growth and change, whatever that looks like for you. My goal is to help you fulfill your potential for pleasure, eroticism, intimacy and connection that you may be dreaming of.
The way I work is pretty down to earth and grounded in what the study of sexuality and sexology has taught us. This is all fused with understanding and wisdom from psychology, neuroscience and social studies. Parts of many belief systems such as Buddhism, Tantra, shamanism and practices of many indigenous and ancient cultures have been confirmed and backed up by research, study and modern science. I believe there is useful wisdom to be derived from an open attitude to both the present day and the past, to the ‘scientific’ and the spiritual, but it’s so important that this feels relevant and makes sense to you as the client. The sessions and how they are delivered will depend on your needs and what you are curious about. It’s about what gives life meaning for you.
Please contact me today to discuss your needs, either click here to fill in our contact form.
Testimonials
'Doing Bodywork with Beck is one of the best decisions my wife and I have ever made. As a trans man, sex has always been complicated for me, but following a difficult recovery from my second stage of lower surgery things had become trickier than usual. While my dysphoria was considerably reduced, we were struggling to connect with my body as something sexual again rather than a surgical site, and as a result had ended up being very avoidant about sex.
Even just after one session with Beck, things were dramatically improved. She gave us the encouragement and validation to explore together how we could reconnect on a bodily and emotional level. As well as providing a space in which we could openly talk through our fears and hopes for our sex life, she gave us practical guidance about exercises and practices we could adopt.
I imagine we will continue to use many of the things we learned with Beck for the rest of our lives. I am so grateful to Beck for helping me to reconnect with my wife after a difficult recovery, and to really feel present during sex in a way I haven't been able to before.
I would highly recommend Beck to anyone struggling with their relationship with their body — she is warm, open, kind, validating, and has a real gift for this work.'
Trans man, Midlands
'I have never talked to my therapist about sex; I just can’t! Through doing this work with Beck I have realised that there is nothing wrong with me and how I get turned on. Four years of counselling hasn’t been able to touch the shame and sense that I was repulsive. This is all changing now.’
Non binary trans person
‘It was wonderful to have my new body witnessed so respectfully after so much traumatic surgery and such a long road to get here. I can’t believe how much sensation I have discovered. I have gone from lonely, scared and disconnected to ready to date and experience intimacy again’.
Trans man
"I came to Beck for several sessions with my partner, primarily focussing on creating a safe space for intimacy. I have struggled for a long time with sex because of a history of trauma, but Beck always made me feel safe and supported and never pushed me into doing something I was uncomfortable with. She was respectful of my past and approached each interaction with kindness, which made me feel able to open up and participate in bodywork in a way I never expected to be able to do. I am also disabled and suffer from several chronic illnesses, which Beck was always very attentive about. She always made sure I was physically comfortable, and put accommodations in place to enable me to participate as fully as I could given the limitations of my body.
Sexological bodywork offers a real opportunity to work with a specialist who is sensitive, experienced, and compassionate to every person and their complex sexual identity, and I gained so much from working with Beck - plus our sex life improved almost immediately! In short, I would recommend Beck to anyone who wants to have sex. Beck is an amazing practitioner who approached every session with an open heart and an open mind, and I would love to come back and work with her again."
Rachael
"Beck was extremely supportive and encouraging and made us both feel comfortable, relaxed, safe. Neither my partner or I had been for any sort of 'therapy' together and so this was a new one for both of us. The questionnaire we completed before the session was in itself extremely beneficial as it got us talking and sharing stuff we didn't realise we hadn't! The session itself was tailored to what we wanted, and didn't push us before we felt ready. Despite a really hectic few months since the session, my partner and I have been discussing the outcomes of the session and how to take it forward, it has helped bring us closer and stronger as a couple during a very testing few months. Thanks Beck and we will be back for a follow up to move us to another level!"
Laura and Pete
