Exploring women’s pleasure, desire and arousal with sexologist Jen Vellios

Jun 8

Special Event: Women’s desires, arousal and pleasure with Psychologist & Sexologist Jen Vellios, Gabriella de Mori & Co Counselling.

We are thrilled to invite you to attend a special Women’s Cave event by our compassion-focused Registered Psychologist & Sexologist, Jen Vellios.

Jen is hosting two workshops to help women explore and reconnect to their sexual selves and activate their desire, arousal and pleasure through evidence-based sexology and mindfulness.

You would greatly enjoy this workshop if:

You worry that you’re not made for pleasure or can’t figure out what you like
The only sex ed you received was awkward, fear-based, or squeezed into a Year 6 phys ed class in 1985!
You find that sex is only pleasurable for your partner and/or struggle to communicate to your partner or lover what you like or want
You feel frustrated that you ‘take so long’
You put pressure on yourself to ‘hurry up.’
You can’t relax during sex or feel too in your head
You feel disconnected from your pleasure
If you’re craving an understanding of your body from a pleasure perspective.
If you hold beliefs that pleasure is for everyone else, but somehow not for you
If you feel disconnected from your sexual self
If you feel shame, anxiety, or confusion around your pleasure and libido
If you often think, “What’s wrong with me?”

This space is for you if:

You’re ready to move beyond “What’s wrong with me?” and into “What’s true for me?” when it comes to sexuality and desire.
You’ve ever felt confused, ashamed, or disconnected from your sexual self.
You want to reconnect with your body, deepen your understanding of female sexuality, and challenge outdated myths about desire.
This workshop will offer the clarity, compassion, and reconnection you’ve been craving.

About the workshop:

Join: Meet other like-minded women wanting to explore their pleasure and desire in a safe place through regular events at our Cottesloe Counselling office.

When: This workshop will run on two different dates:
- Saturday 19th July, 10am-12pm
- Saturday 16th August: 10am-12pm
Where: Our stunning Cottesloe counselling Private Practice: 12/88 Forrest Street, Cottesloe, WA, 6160.
Who: Hosted by Sexologist Psychologist Jen Vellios and supported by Practice Founder Gabriella de Mori of Gabriella de Mori & Co Counselling. Meet other like-minded women who regularly attend our events and want to explore their pleasure and desire in a safe place.
Why: We’re passionate about helping women connect to their sexual selves in a healthy and sex-positive way.
What: 2 hours introductory exploration of female arousal, desire and pleasure.
Exchange: Low-cost tickets of $30 for two hours of excellent education and support. We offer these low-cost events to support our community of women.
Where to from here: Continue to join us for regular Women’s Cave Mindfulness Classes, or work with us through dedicated counselling with Jen Vellios, or our team of counsellors.

By the End of This Workshop, You Will:

Understand the female pleasure/arousal cycle and how long evidence shows it takes to experience full pleasure or climax.
Learn how to bring mindfulness into your experience of pleasure.
Receive a take-home meditation to reconnect with yourself.
Feel reconnected to your sexual self in your own body,.
Explore common myths and unhelpful messages about female pleasure that aren’t helping.
Identify subconscious beliefs that could be impacting your libido without you even knowing it.
Experience a de-shaming, pleasure-filled approach to female desire and libido- finally!
Build confidence through pleasure-based education so you can explore more freely and ask for what you desire
Develop compassion for your sexual process and take home practices you can return to anytime you feel disconnected.
Gain language, models, and embodied insight to better understand and express your sexual self.

We invite you into a shame-free, pleasure-positive space in a professional environment:

You might feel shy about attending this class, and that’s totally okay. Please know that these classes are filled with like-minded women who are also curious about female pleasure.

As heart-centred therapists, we hold a gentle and confidential space for everyone. We’ll help you feel at ease, laugh, and explore these important topics together.

If you feel shame around this topic, this class could be especially powerful for you. I’ll help you uncover and dismantle the myths and unhelpful beliefs that may be standing in the way of your pleasure.

If you feel like you don’t know much about pleasure, you’re not alone. That’s exactly why I created this class—because I know most women didn’t receive a pleasure-based sex ed. This is a unique opportunity to access the information you should’ve had all along.

All our classes at GdM & Co are mindful, inclusive, welcoming, and heart-centred—hosted in our stunning and confidential private practice in Cottesloe.

If you're curious about this topic but would prefer confidential 1:1 counselling with me instead, don’t hesitate to reach out here.

It’s time to move beyond “What’s wrong with me?” and into “What’s true for me?” with professional, contemporary guidance.

This space is for folks ready to move beyond “What’s wrong with me?” and into “What’s true for me?” when it comes to sexuality and desire.

For anyone who has ever felt confused, ashamed, or disconnected from their sexual self—this workshop offers clarity, compassion, and reconnection.

This is not a performance-based sex ed class. It’s a space to slow down, get curious, and come home to your body.

Meet Our Sexologist & Psychologist Jen Vellios

At Gabriella de Mori & Co Counselling, Jen Vellios brings warmth, understanding, and expertise to her work as a psychosexual therapist.

With a compassionate approach, Jen helps individuals explore sensitive topics in a safe and supportive environment.

Her goal is to nurture connection, build confidence, and help you experience greater fulfilment in your intimate life. Jen has spent a decade investing in her evidence-based sexology education.

She holds a Master of Sexology from the reputable Curtin University, is a Registered Psychologist, an EMDR trained therapist and has additional extensive experience in vaginismus and women’s experiences of pelvic pain.

Jen is passionate about supporting women with their libido, desire, pelvic pain/vaginismus, sexual functioning and healing from sexual trauma at our practice through dedicated 1:1 psychology & events.