Sex therapist
mental health social workerSamantha Goldrick
She/ her
Samantha is a Psychosexual Therapist and Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW), providing clients access to Medicare rebatable specialist sex therapy support, with a Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP)
Through her practice, clients explore a range of issues that may intersect with their sex lives including identity, life goals and direction, addressing ongoing post-traumatic stress, unhelpful coping strategies, workplace challenges, relationship and sex-based concerns and co-existing mental health concerns. Samantha has over a decade’s experience working with adults who have experienced complex trauma of various forms (e.g domestic violence, sexual abuse, intergenerational and interpersonal traumas).
Samantha is passionate about providing trauma-informed, strengths-based, feminist and inclusive support to her clients. By incorporating a trauma-informed lens to her work, clients can place the challenges they are facing in their appropriate context rather than forming unhelpful beliefs such as ‘something is wrong with me’ ‘I’m wrong/unloveable/undesireable’.
Areas of Speciality
Impacts and healing from complex and relationship-based trauma (such as DFV and sexual abuse) on sexual expression and sexual function.
Relationship dynamics and challenges for monogamous and non-traditional
relationships
Interpersonal therapy to address relationship-based challenges, including communication styles and boundaries
Exploring sexual expressions (kink, BDSM, fetish and fantasy)
Pleasure and Sex education
Samantha utilises a range of modalities in her work and aims to tailor her approach to your needs.
She draws upon Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Somatic Therapies to help clients achieve their goals and form a deeper understanding of themselves, relationship to their bodies and their nervous system.
Samantha is inclusive and kink-positive in her practice and has an interest in supporting people to understand their own sense of pleasure, what makes pleasurable sexual experiences and how to create them in relationships. She is passionate about providing comprehensive education for young people and adults, challenging assumptions about gender norms, roles and sexuality.
Session Cost
$190 + GST (individuals only)
Medicare Rebate of $87.25 per session with a valid Mental Health Care Plan
60 mins | Online and in-person (Annandale and Darlington)
Qualifications + Training
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), University of Sydney, 2014
Master of Science in Medicine (Sexual and Reproductive Health) (Psychosexual Therapy), University of Sydney, 2023
Professional Membership held with Australian Society of Social Workers - Accredited Mental Health Social Worker