How it started

My practice was born from a personal need for better care. While working as a full-service sex worker, I struggled to find a therapist who was non judgmental of sex work and many of our sessions seemed to obsess over or avoid entirely, my job. This gap, combined with a drive to understand my own mental health, led me to become the clinician I once needed.

I founded Face the Strange because I wanted to provide a space for sex workers to focus on healing and understanding their own behaviour not educating their therapist on what sex work is actually like or feeling the need to defend or ingratiate the industry.

My philosophy is grounded in a decriminalised approach. I believe that sex work is work. I also recognise that the challenges we face- from workplace safety to personal burnout- are frequently exacerbated by systemic stigma and social exclusion. This practice is sex-positive and rights-based where your autonomy and agency are the starting points, not the debate.

As a member of the LGBTQI+ community, I am dedicated to providing inclusive, affirming support for queer and gender-diverse individuals. My background includes five years working in community health supporting marginalised populations including people who use drugs, sex workers, youth and homeless people.

I specialise in drug and alcohol addiction, offering expertise and deep passion for helping people navigate recovery with dignity. I have seen my own life and the lives of those I work with profoundly changed by the power of talk therapy and I am a huge believer in the importance of one lived experience person supporting another. As a qualified counsellor (B.Couns, PACFA Reg.) with deep lived experience in the sex industry, I bridge the clinical with the communal. I provide stigma-free peer counselling that moves beyond simple industry-friendly talk and into deep, transformative work.