Creative Sexpression

Creative Sexpression Clinical sex therapist, Relationship counsellor & Art therapist. My vision is to see sex celebrated and taught in a healthy and positive way.
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Trauma‑informed, queer‑affirming, kink-friendly. 30 yrs as an erotic photographer-no shame, no judgment.I help you reclaim desire, heal sexual self-esteem & connect with your deepest self. I believe a healthy sexuality leads to a greater well being. I wholeheartedly believe sexual energy and pleasure is the birthplace of creativity and that through awakening ourselves to this pleasure, we raise our consciousness, intellect and live more in tune with the world around us. That’s why “Creative Sexpression” was born! My name is Cat O Dowd and I'm a certified sex therapist, relationship psychotherapist and art therapist. I provide a non-judgemental, kink-friendly, supportive environment in which to explore your life, your relationships and your sexual expression- whatever your stage of life or your sexual preferences. "My 20 years of photographing fetish and erotic art gives me that extra insight and knowledge into a world not all therapists understand. I am also trained in art therapy and holistic counselling and can use creative psychotherapy exercises to access your inner feelings, creativity and healing." To book a sexuality counselling session with Cat, click here http://creativesexpression.com/book-a-session/ or email cat@creativesexpression.com

I hopewhen you come home to yourselfthere are flowers lining the front porchthat were left from all the womenyou were be...
29/09/2025

I hope
when you come home to yourself
there are flowers lining the front porch
that were left from all the women
you were before.🌻🌷🌸🍁🌼🪻🌷🌷🪷🌺🌹



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Ever met someone who seemed perfect at first, but only showed their true colours when you said no/ set boundaries?In abu...
28/09/2025

Ever met someone who seemed perfect at first, but only showed their true colours when you said no/ set boundaries?

In abusive relationships, people often wear a ‘mask’-this is a charming, idealised mask or persona meant to win your trust.
Research shows this mask usually slips when you stop complying or assert your needs. And when y9ou start doing this that's when they start revealing controlling or devaluing behaviours. This is part of what us therapist call the idealisation-devaluation-discard cycle (Hoover, 2018; Campbell & Foster, 2007).

Have you noticed this pattern before? How did it feel when the mask slipped?

Big love---

Cat O Dowd
Art- Hamid Tajik

Question: If you could paint one part of yourself or your story that you’ve been told to hide, what would it look like?🎨...
28/09/2025

Question: If you could paint one part of yourself or your story that you’ve been told to hide, what would it look like?

🎨 Release the shame. Splash the thing society tells you to hide, let it be messy, loud, alive.🧡🧡

Each brushstroke is a tiny rebellion against the rules that tell us we’re “too much” or “not enough.” Art therapy lets us claim that hidden space safely and maybe even beautifully.

With messy art and fierce honesty,

-Cat O Dowd
Art & S3x Therapist

Photography- Regina Victorica

*xtherapy

The Macquarie Dictionary defines “phubbing” – a portmanteau of “phone” and “snubbing” – as “the act of snubbing someone ...
27/09/2025

The Macquarie Dictionary defines “phubbing” – a portmanteau of “phone” and “snubbing” – as “the act of snubbing someone you are with by playing on a mobile phone”. But, according to new research, it’s more serious than simply being rude: if you and your partner can procreate, “phubbing” has been identified as a threat to human reproduction. Seriously.

In July, a team at Anna University in Chennai, India, released its findings after surveying 300 people aged 21 to 45 who’ve been in committed relationships for up to 15 years. The researchers found that couples who use their mobiles the most registered a decline in eye contact … and s*xual activity.

“Phubbing, as a subtle but persistent form of partner neglect, may contribute to declining reproductive intent by eroding emotional foundations,” they warned. Writing in the African Journal of Reproductive Health, the researchers added that a preoccupation with our mobile phones “disrupts human intimacy by reducing face-to-face attention, emotional closeness [and] s*xual desire”. Indeed, their findings “provide strong evidence that phubbing, frequently dismissed as a trivial annoyance, may have deeper evolutionary and relational consequences”.

Relationships Australia NSW CEO Elisabeth Shaw has been counselling couples for 25 years and says phone usage is now a common complaint among aggrieved partners, who insist that it’s responsible for a lack of presence in the relationship, its endless notifications triggering feelings of jealousy in a partner who feels emotionally neglected. “A partner sees you are physically, but not mentally, present,” she says. “A phone can fill a dead moment in a conversation, but it can also mask shyness and social anxiety, or amplify that a partner might feel they no longer have much to discuss with their loved one.” She encourages people to be aware of their phone usage.

It’s probably fair to assume that evolution of the human species wasn’t high on the agenda in the boardroom at Melbourne ad agency McCann in 2012 when the term “phubbing” was coined by a then-23-year-old Alex Haigh, a marketing graduate interning at the agency. The word was originally created for client Macquarie Dictionary’s release of its sixth edition, but it cleverly crystallised a 21st-century social phenomenon and ended up going viral. Thirteen years later, it remains firmly in the lexicon."

This was from this weekends article in the Good Weekend" More than rude: ‘Phubbing’ linked to a decline in intimacy" by Andrew Hornery and I've reposted it in full here.. https://www.theage.com.au/national/more-than-rude-phubbing-linked-to-a-decline-in-intimacy-20250901-p5mrig.html?utm_content=feed&utm_term=metros_social_eds&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the_age&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawNEtzlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkIP9ErclZhaPI1Gp9ySlt2l6WQyizKxccRugIkgDYvluVKPGgv2M95zEIbW_aem_BQ86-P2CGOnWtRvU_d7RpQ =1758934888

What does feeling at home in your body look like for you?It can be really hard sometimes. Trauma, s*xual assault, body s...
27/09/2025

What does feeling at home in your body look like for you?

It can be really hard sometimes. Trauma, s*xual assault, body shaming, and society’s impossible beauty standards all make it tricky to feel safe and comfortable in your own skin. Negative body image links to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem, while learning to accept and be kind to our bodies actually boosts wellbeing.

Feeling at home in your body takes time, self-compassion, and the right support.💚💛💚💚💚

Simply listening to the experiences of women with conditions such as endometriosis will help to end the long-standing in...
27/09/2025

Simply listening to the experiences of women with conditions such as endometriosis will help to end the long-standing inequalities they face when it comes to medical progress

27/09/2025

Half a decade since the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, we're still learning about its complications, with the latest research suggesting that long covid may disrupt ...

📱 That phone on the dinner table? It’s not just rude .......... it’s intimacy sabotage.Even when your partner is “listen...
27/09/2025

📱 That phone on the dinner table? It’s not just rude .......... it’s intimacy sabotage.

Even when your partner is “listening,” every buzz, scroll, or glance tells your brain: I’m not fully here with you. Emotional closeness, desire, and connection all quietly slip away ... often without either of you noticing.

Intimacy isn’t just s*x. It’s being fully present. No notifications. No distractions. Just each other.

💬 Quick Q: Have you ever felt your connection dip because of your partner’s phone? How did it make you feel? Have you ever resented how much you felt ignored by your partner because they were always on or looking at their phone rather than talking with you?
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Image- Vitaly Gariev




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Who or what has tried to shrink you, and how are you taking your space back? We spend so much of our lives bending, hidi...
27/09/2025

Who or what has tried to shrink you, and how are you taking your space back?
We spend so much of our lives bending, hiding, and shrinking to fit into spaces that weren’t made for us! It can be exhausting! And it sucks!!!!

Research and my decade plus in my private practice shows that repeated messages ( from partners, peers, family, or society) can literally teach our nervous system to take up less space, stifling our desires, confidence, and self-expression. This has bad flow on effects for our s3x life and relationships.

In art therapy, I help people reclaim their space visually and physically, exploring what it looks like when your body, voice, and choices fill the room exactly as they should.

Saying “I exist. I take up space. I matter.” isn’t just punk as f*ck-- it’s therapeutic. It is dam powerful! Yell it from the rooftops!!!

--Cat O Dowd
S3x And Art therapist


Image----Elyas Pasban

.🌈 Paint your rebellion. Which emotion are you DONE hiding, and how would it explode in colour?-This is about more than ...
27/09/2025

.🌈 Paint your rebellion. Which emotion are you DONE hiding, and how would it explode in colour?

-This is about more than paint.
This is about claiming your body, your space, your right to be seen.
Every splash of colour is a refusal to hide, a celebration of desire, and a bold “I exist, I feel, I am here.”
It’s messy, unapologetic, and real—just like our emotions when we finally let them out.
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Cat O Dowd

Photography-Natali Hordiiuk

❤️Did you know that some medieval marriage contracts actually included clauses about s*xual obligations? 💙In 12th–15th c...
27/09/2025

❤️Did you know that some medieval marriage contracts actually included clauses about s*xual obligations?

💙In 12th–15th century England, couples could specify how often they were expected to copulate. They might even have obligations for mutual pleasure. Social norms around marriage and s*x were literally written into law.

💛If you could negotiate your own marriage contract today, what (fun or serious) clauses would you include?

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Cat is a clinical s*xologist, relationship psychotherapist, certified s*x therapist, art therapist, transpersonal counsellor, s*x and relationship educator and columnist and award winning, internationally published erotic photographer. “My vision is to see s*x celebrated and taught in a healthy and positive way. I believe a healthy s*xuality leads to a greater well being. I wholeheartedly believe s*xual energy and pleasure is the birthplace of creativity and that through awakening ourselves to this pleasure, we raise our consciousness, intellect and live more in tune with the world around us. That’s why “Creative Sexpression” was born! Cat provides a non-judgemental, kink-friendly, supportive environment for all s*xualities and gender identities to explore your life, your relationships and your s*xual expression- whatever your stage of life or your s*xual preferences. "My 20 years of photographing fe**sh and adult material gives me that extra insight and knowledge into a world not all therapists understand. I am also trained in art therapy and holistic counselling and can use creative psychotherapy exercises to access your inner feelings, creativity and healing." To book a s*xuality counselling session with Cat, click here http://creatives*xpression.com/book-a-session/ or email cat@creatives*xpression.com Cat O Dowd has made her career out of s*xually empowering others through creativity and helping others find and create their dream relationships and s*x life. �� With 20 years of professional erotic, bo***ir and fe**sh photography under her belt, Cat has photographed thousands of subjects around the world for fe**sh websites, coffee table books, p**n magazines, kinky events, alternative weddings and intimate couple shoots. Cat founded Australia’s first website dedicated to underground erotica and photographed hundreds of men and women in photo shoots in nature that strived to create a non mainstream body positive aesthetic. Photo stories were set in nature depicting modern interpretations of Greek mythology, fairy tales, archetypes and feminine strength. �� When she’s not screaming in her band she’s busy writing her columns as the resident s*x therapist and feature writer for Ciao magazine. She’s written for The Establishment, appeared on Triple J’s The Hack and The Hook Up, an ABC documentary about labiaplasty, NINEMSN, Cosmopolitan, Le****ns on the Loose, Picture and People magazine. �Cat runs a private practice in Sydney and runs art and s*x therapy workshops and retreats.