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Therapy is not just about solving problems.

Often, it is about making sense of ourselves more honestly, developing a more sustainable relationship with our bodies and emotions, and finding ways to feel more connected, alive, and at home in our lives and relationships.

Toya offers psychotherapy, sex therapy, relational support, and reflective mentoring for individuals and couples across Australia and internationally. Her work is warm, collaborative, trauma-informed, and grounded in the understanding that human experiences rarely fit neatly into boxes.

Toya’s approach is particularly well suited to thoughtful, emotionally complex, creative, highly self-aware, or “therapy-resistant” individuals who may not connect with rigid, formulaic, or overly passive approaches to therapy. She values curiosity, humour, reflection, emotional honesty, and collaborative challenge within the therapeutic process.

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  • Sexuality and intimacy are rarely just about sex. They are often connected to identity, stress, safety, embodiment, communication, culture, relationships, creativity, pleasure, shame, grief, and the ways we have learned to navigate ourselves and others throughout our lives.

    Toya works with individuals and couples navigating:

    • intimacy and relationship challenges

    • communication and emotional connection

    • desire, libido, and arousal concerns

    • sexual anxiety, shame, and performance concerns

    • painful sex, vaginismus, vulvodynia, and pelvic pain

    • erection and ejaculation concerns

    • dating and relationship patterns

    • body image and self-esteem

    • pleasure and sexual self-connection

    • queer, LGBTQIA+, trans, and gender-diverse experiences

    • polyamory and ethical non-monogamy

    • kink, BDSM, and alternative relationship or sexual practices

    • sexual identity and self-exploration

    • sexual health concerns and the impact of chronic illness

    • navigating intimacy through life transitions, ageing, pregnancy, postpartum experiences, or changing relationships

  • Many people arrive in therapy highly capable, reflective, and self-aware, yet still feel disconnected from themselves, overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or stuck.

    Toya supports clients navigating:

    • burnout and emotional overwhelm

    • perfectionism and overthinking

    • identity shifts and life transitions

    • stress, anxiety, and emotional regulation

    • self-worth and self-trust

    • grief, loss, and uncertainty

    • relational patterns and attachment dynamics

    • navigating cultural, spiritual, or personal values

    • feeling disconnected from meaning, pleasure, or creativity

    • emotional complexity and “stuckness”

  • Living with chronic pain, chronic illness, or ongoing health concerns can profoundly affect identity, relationships, intimacy, emotional wellbeing, creativity, and a person’s sense of safety within their own body.

    Toya works with clients experiencing:

    • chronic pain and chronic illness

    • sexual pain and pelvic pain

    • medically complex or difficult-to-diagnose conditions

    • nervous system overwhelm and hypervigilance

    • grief around changing capacities or identity

    • disconnection from the body

    • relationship and intimacy changes connected to illness or pain

    • emotional exhaustion from navigating medical systems

  • Creativity can be deeply fulfilling, but it can also become entangled with perfectionism, burnout, fear of visibility, overthinking, self-doubt, emotional exhaustion, or disconnection from joy and experimentation.

    Toya offers reflective support and mentoring for creatives, academics, therapists, carers, and thoughtful humans seeking a more sustainable and connected relationship with their creative lives and practices.

    This work may include:

    • creative blocks and paralysis

    • perfectionism and fear of failure

    • burnout and creative exhaustion

    • developing sustainable creative rhythms

    • accountability and reflective support

    • navigating visibility and vulnerability

    • reconnecting with play, experimentation, and curiosity

    • integrating creativity into daily life

    • supporting emotionally demanding creative or intellectual work

  • Alongside therapy and counselling, Toya develops workshops, educational experiences, and reflective learning spaces exploring sexuality, intimacy, pleasure, embodiment, creativity, relationships, relational ethics, emotional wellbeing, and decolonising approaches to health and human experience.

    Workshops can be tailored for organisations, community groups, educational settings, creative spaces, and professional development contexts.