Somatic Sexologist

Hi, I'm Karen Egan—Somatic Sexologist, Embodied Consent Facilitator, and total Nervous System Nerd. I work with people who've experienced boundary violations, sexual abuse, or shame and are ready to reclaim meaningful sex and intimacy.

You're tired of enduring dissatisfying or painful sex. You feel awkward and ashamed around intimacy—sex feels like a chore. You numb out or get stuck in your head, feeling nothing or way too much.

You fake pleasure while prioritising everyone else's needs. You desperately want closeness with your partner, but it's freaking you out. You don't know what turns you on or how to ask for it.

Past experiences of boundary violation or sexual abuse have left your body feeling like it's no longer yours. Your nervous system is still running survival responses that once kept you safe—but now they're getting in the way of joy and intimacy.

And underneath it all, there are likely messages you picked up along the way—from family, religion, or culture—that sex is shameful, that your needs don't matter, that sex is something you give or is done to you rather than something you get to experience and enjoy.

Maybe you absorbed that your pleasure is selfish, that “good girls” just go along with it, or that wanting more makes you “too much”—or “not enough”. Or perhaps you grew up believing that “real men” don't hesitate, always want it, and know exactly what to do—that struggle, uncertainty or vulnerability in the bedroom is weakness. You didn't choose these beliefs, but they've been quietly running the show.

You may have tried talk therapy, CBT, yoga or breathwork—and still feel disconnected from your body, your sexuality, your pleasure.

You're in the right place.

I offer trauma-informed, body-based tools to help you resource your nervous system, embody consent and boundaries, and explore your sexual self—so you can enjoy intimate relationships with yourself and others. When you reclaim your relationship with sexuality, everything changes: you discover inner safety, release shame, agency and build confidence that transforms your whole life.

Here's what I've learned: this work takes time. Real transformation happens when you give yourself time to delve into your body—learning embodied consent, exploring somatic sexology, and understanding your nervous system. It's not a weekend workshop fix. It's a journey back to yourself.

CUAN

In Irish, as Gaeilge—"Cuan" means a safe harbour.

In my two decades of working 1:1 and in groups, I've learned that feeling safe in our bodies and emotions is rarely fostered or strengthened. We're trained that only a narrow range of emotions are acceptable—happy, nice, content. The good girl. The good boy. From a young age we learn to self-edit and self-censor—our feelings, our bodies, our sexuality.

Disconnected and disembodied people are easy to influence and easy to profit from.

So, developing a felt sense of connection with your body and emotions—truly inhabiting yourself—is a radical and political act. And I am passionate about supporting you to anchor that felt sense of safety, inside your body and your life.

If this resonates with you - Book a free discovery call today where pleasure meets profound self-discovery.