Get to know Me

This work asks you to share a lot of yourself. So, here are a few things about Kassandra.

Kassandra Mourikis (she/her)

Hey, I’m Kass.

My pronouns are she/her. I am warm, caring, congruent, open-minded and aim to be authentic and transparent in as many ways as I can. Sessions with me are relaxed, informal and as safe and comfortable as I can make them. That means sometimes we get to lay on the floor & move around as part of what feels supportive and helps us get into our bodies.

I am a white, queer, cis woman living and working as an uninvited inhabitant on the lands of the Kulin nation, in Naarm (Melbourne). I am disabled and neurodivergent and navigate the world with heightened sensitivity.

I have immense privilege that has afforded me opportunities to study and work in the sexology field, space to continue learning and running a private practice. The work I do is one part of my advocacy and activism and creates opportunities for sharing political education, caring and supporting a wide range of communities and supporting people to connect with themselves and their value.

My absolute favourite thing is reading horror that is weird, subversive, intersectional and explores all the horrors of real life through a radical, strange and creepy scope. I equally love drinking tea, walking in the bush with my dogs, being with my family, friends, peers and connecting with and building community.

My qualifications

Certificate in Embodied Counselling, Institute of Somatic Sexology, Aug 2023

Like A Pro: The Wheel of Consent for Professionals, Betty Martin, 2023.

Introductory Certificate in Embodied Counselling, Institute of Somatic Sexology, 2022

Graduate Diploma in Relationship Counselling, Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC), 2018

Master of Sexology, Curtin University of Technology, 2017

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), Deakin University, 2015

Professional Member of the Somatic Sex Educators Association of Australasia and work within The Code of Ethics of Certified Embodied Counselling Practitioners and holds Professional Membership with the Society of Australian Sexologists.

Every month I engage in a minimum of 3.5 hours of supervision, made up of individual supervision, group supervision and peer supervision.

Professional Development & Further Training

  • In Session with Pat Ogden - An In-Depth Look at Treating Severe PTSD, NICABM, 2023

    The Change Lab: Immediate Impact with the Initiator-Inquirer, The Couples Institute Training, 2023

    Therapeutic Strategies for Loss of Attraction, Institute for Relational Intimacy, Martha Kauppi, 2023

    Sessions: Inside the Office of Esther Perel, Esther Perel

  • Sexology In Practice Symposium, Society of Australian Sexologists, 2022

    Treating Trauma Master Series, NICABM, 2022

    The Trauma of Racism: Expert Strategies to Help Clients Heal, NICABM, 2022

    Addressing Post Traumatic Shame & Mortal Injury in Clinical Practice, NICABM, 2022

    Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family System (IFS), PESI AU, 2022

    Chair work: How and when to use this valuable intervention, PESI AU, 2022

    Grief Summit 2022: Counselling and Treatment Tools for the Changing Face of Grief and Loss, PESI AU, 2022 

  • Gold Coast Sexology Trauma Informed Practice: Awareness to Healing, 2021

    How to Work with a Clients Emotional Triggers, NICABM, 2021

    Vicarious Trauma: Exposure to Client Narratives, Disclosures and Expressions of Pain & Suffering, Society of Australian Sexologists, 2021

    Gottman’s Model of Repair in Relationships, PESI AU, 2021

    Somatic Therapy 101 (with a focus on working with queer & trans clients), Andrea Gutiérrez-Glik, LCSW, 2021

    How to Work with Anxious Families, NICABM, 2021

    Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score-Trauma Healing with Bessel van der Kolk, PESI AU, 2021

    How to Help Clients Overcome Patterns of Worry and Fear, NICABM, 2021

  • Expert Strategies for Working with Anxiety, NICABM, 2020

    Working with The Complexities of Sexual Pain, Society of Australian Sexologists, SAS VIC, 2020

    How to Work with Clients Who Struggle with an Inner Critic, NICABM, 2020

    On the Shadow Side, Artemisia de Vine, Society of Australian Sexologists, 2020

  • How to Work with Shame, NICABM, 2019

    Sexology In Practice Symposium, Society of Australian Sexologists (SAS VIC), 2019

  • Treating Trauma Master Series, NICABM, 2017 

Session fees: $200 (inc GST) for a 60minute individual session and $265 (inc GST) for a 60minute relationship session.

Availability: in-person (Hawthorn) and online, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11:00am - 7:30pm

Works with:

  • building embodied awareness

  • increasing access to pleasure

  • sexual desire and arousal difficulties

  • desire differences

  • genital and pelvic pain

  • self defining sexual identity, including asexual and aromantic spectrum

  • anxiety, fear, shame, shut down and trauma around sex, intimacy and pleasure

  • performance anxiety and pleasure anxiety

  • chronically ill, disabled and neurodivergent people to navigate pleasure, sex and intimacy in affirming ways

  • relationship conflict and communication challenges

  • negotiating and navigating open relationships and non-monogamous relationship structures

Experiences of people who have worked with Kass

  • “My experience working with Kass has been extremely positive and informative. She has been the second sexologist I have seen after having an extremely bad experience prior. Kass makes me feel comfortable, seen and heard.”

  • “Transformative! Kass is supportive, engaging and challenging, and has helped me connect with myself, my body and what feels good, unlocking an infinite capacity to experience pleasure in the everyday and the exceptional. I am alive with more energy, creativity and excitement.”

  • “Kass has allowed me to set every session's pace, tone and focus. I have learnt about my tendency to avoid somatic awareness, which Kass has gently encouraged through curiosity and exploration. Each session feels very organic, while Kass manages to keep track of themes, provide summaries and, at times, additional resources. Thank you for your support!”

  • “Kass is such a beautiful soul and I could not be more grateful for her. She has helped me reconnect with my body in ways I didn't even know I could and develop the confidence to speak up about my own needs in both challenging and intimate conversations. She is kind, warm and gentle and looks at situations or difficulties I am having with curiosity. I was so nervous before seeing Kass (for a number of reasons) but I now genuinely look forward to my sessions with her, knowing that she'll take me as I am on the day and welcome my concerns with open arms and ears.”

  • “Kassandra's warmth and kindness made me feel instantly at ease. I feel safe to discuss absolutely anything with her, knowing that anything I say will be received with no judgement, just compassion and support. During sessions, Kassandra is so attentive with checking in how I'm feeling as different issues and emotions arise, and giving me options to increase my comfort and ease in that moment. She listens so patiently to me and validates my experiences. Kassandra's approach to sessions is very collaborative, and we negotiate what the focus and goals of each session will be. I really appreciate the readings and resources she always sends after each session, so that I can learn more and try out strategies that might help. As an added bonus, I love being able to book or reschedule my appointments online through her website at any time of day or night, without needing to make a phone call.”

  • “Kass is a superb counsellor who tailors her guidance to an individual's issue. You immediately feel comfortable talking about your most intimate concerns. She is always non-judgmental and honest and discusses your concerns in a straightforward and clear manner. I am learning to experience the more painful times with the confidence that they will pass. I looked hard to find a counsellor that I could trust and I found one with Kass.”

  • “This is the best thing I have ever done! The session was informative, relaxed and absolutely on topic, allowing me to begin to release negative old behaviours and embrace a new connectedness within myself.”

  • “I love the collaborative approach to therapy that Kass allows me to navigate. She allows me as her client to lead the direction, giving me plenty of options for exploration in a variety of ways. In working with Kass the hardest of my own challenges, connecting with my body, has become an easier journey to undertake. With her guidance, support and expertise I have been able to reflect, feel, process and be held not only within the experiences of trauma but also imagine a new future with a deeper understanding of who I am. In the world I often wonder if I am understood, yet with Kass she takes the patient and curious approach to see me. Therapy with Kass has been a safe space full of a range of emotions. I am unabashed in her presence able to open up chests deep inside myself in which I would unable to approach without her. Working with Kass has been one of the greatest privileges of my life thus far. Her kindness, intelligence and warmth shines through in every session.”

  • “Challenging, uncomfortable, deeply vulnerable and worthwhile. There have been more times that not where I’ve been scared to show up to sessions but then I did and It was ok. It helped me to have resources, practices and homework each session. I liked that we could move around or lay on the floor. I liked that Kass shared parts of herself and didn’t pretend she knew everything.”

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