Somatic Sex Therapy & Embodied Counselling
Somatic refers to the lived experience of the body—how emotions, memories, and psychological states are held, expressed, and felt physically. In therapeutic settings, somatic approaches attend to sensation, movement, breath, and awareness as pathways for healing, regulation, and reconnection.
At Body Curious, support is offered primarily in the area of men’s health, while people of all genders and sexual identities are warmly welcomed. Sessions integrate body-based sex therapy, counselling, and embodied awareness practices to assist in developing a deeper, more trusting relationship with the body, intimacy, and pleasure.
To book a complimentary pre-session consultation,
call +61 416 012 862
What is Somatic Sex Therapy?
Somatic Sex Therapy is a body-based therapeutic approach that recognises the body as central to emotional, psychological, and sexual wellbeing. The term somatic refers to the lived experience of the body—how emotions, memories, stress, and trauma are held and expressed physically.
In practice, somatic therapy works with sensation, breath, movement, and awareness, rather than relying solely on talking. This allows patterns that may sit beneath conscious thought to be explored safely and gradually, supporting regulation, integration, and self-connection.
Somatic Sex Therapy is a specialised, trauma-informed form of this work, focused on sexual health, intimacy, and pleasure. Sessions may integrate guided awareness, breath, touch (where appropriate and consented to), and counselling to address the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of sexual experience.
This work may support you in:
Enhancing sexual function, arousal, and desire
Exploring unresolved experiences held in the body
Developing greater intimacy with yourself and others
Building confidence, boundaries, and embodied self-awareness
Whether difficulties are being experienced with erection, libido, orgasm, body image, or anxiety around intimacy, Somatic Sex Therapy offers a supportive and non-judgemental space in which your relationship with sex, your body, and pleasure can be explored at your own pace.
At Body Curious, sessions are guided by a certified Somatic Sex Therapist and Counsellor. The work is collaborative, attuned, and grounded in your personal goals, comfort level, and capacity, with a strong emphasis on consent, choice, and embodied safety.
What is Embodied Counselling?
Embodied Counselling is a therapeutic approach that recognises emotional wellbeing as inseparable from the body. Rather than working solely through conversation, this form of counselling invites awareness of physical sensation, emotion, and thought as interconnected aspects of lived experience.
Sessions are offered as a safe and supportive space in which men may express themselves openly, explore emotional patterns, and work through personal or relational challenges. The process is guided by curiosity, allowing experiences to unfold at a pace that feels manageable and respectful, while supporting balance, insight, and self-understanding.
An embodied counselling journey draws upon the body’s innate wisdom, gently integrating it with cognitive and emotional awareness. Attention may be given to sensations, posture, breath, and felt responses, alongside reflection and dialogue. Through this integrated exploration, previously unseen or unacknowledged aspects of experience may come into view, supporting healing, emotional regulation, and a deeper sense of connection with self.
Whether emotional difficulty is being navigated, past experiences are seeking integration, or personal growth is being explored, embodied counselling offers a grounded and compassionate pathway. The work is less about fixing or analysing, and more about being present with what is here—allowing insight, resilience, and authenticity to emerge naturally over time.
To book a complimentary pre-session consultation,
call +61 416 012 862
What Can Be Explored Through Somatic Sex Therapy?
Many aspects of sexual experience are shaped by the body, nervous system, emotions, and lived history. Somatic Sex Therapy offers a respectful, body-based approach to exploring these experiences in ways that support safety, awareness, and choice.
This work is approached gently and collaboratively, with attention to your comfort, boundaries, and capacity. There is no expectation to arrive knowing exactly what you want to work on—curiosity is enough.
How This Work May Support You
Somatic Sex Therapy brings together body awareness, emotional insight, and therapeutic guidance. Sessions may include conversation, guided awareness, breath, and embodied practices, always offered with clear consent and at your pace.
This work may involve:
Body Awareness & Sensation - Supporting a deeper relationship with sensation, arousal, and pleasure through mindful, body-based practices.
Emotional & Nervous System Regulation - Exploring emotional patterns, stress responses, and protective strategies that may be influencing sexual experience.
Sexual Function & Pleasure - Working with arousal, erection, orgasm, ejaculation, and pleasure in ways that are holistic and non-pressured.
Communication, Boundaries & Consent - Developing greater clarity in recognising, expressing, and respecting needs, limits, and desires.
Intimacy & Connection - Supporting emotional and physical closeness, presence, and relational safety—both with yourself and with others.
Areas Commonly Explored in Sessions - Clients arrive with many different intentions. Some of the areas that are often explored include:
Sexual Experience & Pleasure:
Arousal, erection, orgasm, or ejaculation difficulties
Energetic and whole-body pleasure
Becoming more relaxed and present during arousal
Multi-orgasmic and mindful pleasure practices
Body & Self-Relationship:
Body confidence and self-acceptance
Shame, self-judgement, or sexual anxiety
Reduced genital sensation or physical discomfort
Intimacy & Relating:
Communicating needs and desires
Desire differences or loss of connection
Building trust, safety, and closeness with a partner
Healing & Integration:
Sexual or physical trauma
Recovery after surgery or injury
Scar tissue remediation
Pain or discomfort during intimacy
Exploration & Education:
Masturbation and self-pleasure
Sex toys and pleasure education
Taoist erotic massage (see FAQ for details)
Kink, fetish, and erotic curiosity
Reducing reliance on distressing fantasies or pornography
This list is not exhaustive, and nothing is required to be addressed unless it feels relevant to you.
A Choice-Led and Respectful Approach
Sessions are guided by a certified Somatic Sex Therapist and Counsellor, with a strong emphasis on consent, collaboration, and embodied safety. Exploration is always optional, and the work unfolds in response to what feels appropriate and supportive for you.
If you’re unsure where to begin, a complimentary pre-session consultation is available to discuss whether this approach may be suitable for your needs.
To book a complimentary pre-session consultation,
call +61 416 012 862
Meet your specialist
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Jonn Close
Somatic Sex Therapy, Counselling, Massage & Bodywork
Jonn Close is a certified Somatic Sex Therapist, Counsellor, and Massage Practitioner, offering body-based therapeutic support with a longstanding focus on men’s health, sexuality, and embodied wellbeing.
His work is informed by decades of inhabiting a male body and engaging in sustained personal and professional inquiry into intimacy, desire, pleasure, shame, ageing, illness, and relationship. Through a lifetime of embodied practice, therapeutic training, and working closely with men across diverse stages of life, Jonn has developed a grounded, compassionate approach that honours both vulnerability and resilience.
Over many years, Jonn has supported men locally and internationally through periods of significant transition—including changes in health, identity, sexuality, relationships, and capacity. These experiences have shaped a practice that is deeply respectful of the complexities men often carry, and attentive to the ways the body holds history, adaptation, and possibility.
At Body Curious, sessions are offered within a trauma-aware, choice-led therapeutic space. The work integrates somatic sex therapy, embodied counselling, and bodywork, and may include guided awareness, movement, conscious touch (where appropriate), and reflective dialogue. Support is often sought for experiences such as performance anxiety, low libido, body image concerns, intimacy difficulties, or a desire to deepen pleasure, presence, and connection.
Whether the intention is healing, exploration, or integration, sessions are shaped collaboratively, with clear attention to consent, pacing, and individual readiness. The work is guided by professional training, lived experience, and a deep respect for each client’s unique journey toward embodiment, agency, and aliveness.
Somatic Sex Therapy & Counselling - Pricing
INDIVIDUALS
(in studio or virtual)
60 minutes (counselling) - $220
90 minutes - $250
120 minutes - $320
Multi-session discounts are available on request.
COUPLES
(in studio or virtual)
120 minutes - $350
Multi-session discounts are available on request.
MOBILE SESSIONS
Additional $85 (based on 40 minutes travel time from Potts Point studio)
+$55 for each additional 30 minutes, plus tolls.
Other bodywork sessions on request.
Pricing and payment
All prices are in Australian dollars and include GST.
Payment by credit card, direct deposit or cash is accepted.
24 Hour Appointment Cancellation or no show Policy
Body Curious has a 24-hour cancellation/rescheduling policy. If you miss your appointment, cancel or change your appointment with less than the prescribed notice, you will be charged the full fee for that service.
GENERAL TERMS
To make an appointment, call 0416 012 862
VACUUM THERAPY – VACURECT™
Penile Rehabilitation & Erection Enhancement Device
Vacurect™ is an innovative vacuum erection device designed to help men regain erectile function safely and effectively—without medication or surgery.
Vacuum therapy works by creating a vacuum around the penis, encouraging blood flow and helping to create and maintain an erection. It's a trusted, non-invasive solution for:
Post-prostate or colon cancer recovery
Diabetes-related erectile issues
Circulatory or blood pressure challenges
Men avoiding pharmaceutical or surgical treatments
Why Choose Vacurect™?
No prescription required (Australia)
Safe, chemical-free, TGA-registered
Easy to use—no special tools or fittings
Fast response (30 seconds to 6 minutes)
Includes 10 tension rings for best fit
Compact, discreet, and easy to clean
Vacuum therapy is now recognised as a first-line treatment for erectile dysfunction by many specialists and is ideal for penile rehabilitation post-surgery.
Available now at Body Curious – Potts Point Men’s Clinic
Price: $360 AUD (OTC 10 Model)
Shipping: $15 (standard) / $25 (express) within Australia
📞 Call 0416 012 862 to order or enquire
Your private health fund may contribute—ask your doctor for a script and check with your insurer.
Vacuum Therapy & the Vacurect™ System
A Personal Recommendation by Jonn Close
Somatic Sex Therapist | Counsellor | Men's Health Advocate | Prostate Cancer Survivor
As a Somatic Sex Therapist and survivor of prostate cancer, I’ve explored a wide range of vacuum erection devices. Most provide limited benefits beyond enhancing sensation, and many are built around outdated ideas of enlargement rather than focusing on what men truly need—rehabilitation, support, and confidence during recovery.
However, my journey through a radical prostatectomy led me to discover the Vacurect™ Erection Enhancement System, and the results have been truly outstanding.
In my experience, the Vacurect does more than help achieve erections—it plays a vital role in restoring neural pathways, rebuilding confidence, and re-establishing pleasure after surgery. When used in conjunction with somatic body-based practices, it becomes a powerful and holistic tool for rehabilitating sexual function, intimacy, and embodied wellbeing.
This recommendation is supported by my medical team, including Dr Gordon O’Neill (Urologist), as well as the Luke - Physiotherapist and Russell Parbury - Cancer Nurse Herzog at the St Vincent’s NELUNE Men’s Health Centre, part of the Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney.
For further information, please call 0416 012 862.
Somatic Sex Therapy & Counselling Privacy and consent
Body Curious practitioners follow the professional code of ethics, conduct, policies & procedures required by The Somatic Sex Educators’ Association of Australasia (SSEAA) and hold Health Combined Professional Indemnity Insurance.
Jonn Close is a professional member of the SSEAA and past Association Committee member
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Where you’ll find us
Our address
9 Earl Place
Potts Point NSW 2011
Sydney, Australia
Getting here
Just a short 3min (50m) walk from Kings Cross train station
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