Susan is a passionate and warm practitioner and facilitator, who is delightfully and unapologetically at home in her body and exploring the challenges and joys of claiming an erotically expansive and vibrant life. She weaves together three decades of personal exploration, study, and experience as a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Sex Coach, Counsellor and Group Facilitator. Susan has worked in a range of grassroot feminist organizations over the past 30 years, and is now working in private practice. She also continues to offer support, counselling and groups one day a week through Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivors Support Centre (BRISSC). Susan has a special interest and long-term commitment to supporting survivors of sexual abuse and trauma reclaim their birthright of pleasure and sexual sovereignty. In addition to sessions, Susan continues to offer Embrace - a seven-week group on sex and pleasure for survivors as well as offering training and supervision to practitioners. Susan lives, works and plays in Kupidabin (aka Samford) in Meanjin (aka Brisbane) and offers individual and couple sessions as well as workshops and retreats. Susan is co-organiser and owner of FEAST (the Festival of Embodiment and Sexual Transformation) www.feastunlimited.com and is currently nurturing a wonderful new project with the School of Consent. For more information on her work please visit www.susanstark.com.au.

Kendra is a social worker currently living in Naarm/Melbourne with 5+ years experience working in sexual & gender-based violence as a Counsellor, Group-worker and Community Educator. She is currently working as a counsellor/advocate at CASA House and as a sessional academic. Kendra is also completing her PhD in Criminology at the University of Melbourne. Her academic work examines the relationships between feminist sexual assault counselling frameworks, embodiment and socio-politicised spiritual healing. Kendra has a passion for working at intersections of feminism, trauma, and somatic healing - blending therapeutic practice with academic rigour and personal exploration. She is committed to offering experiential training that emphasises learning through self-experience. For more information on her work please visit https://kendra-sulcs.com/.