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Discover your authentic pleasure

Hands-on intimacy coaching sessions

BodyJoy sessions invite you to reconnect with your true self, navigate boundaries, and explore your intimacy without judgment—through the power of learning, vulnerability, and play.

About

What is intimacy coaching?

It is embodied exploration.

Based on the principles of sexological bodywork, somatic sex education and shadow integration, this experience is designed to help you unlock challenges and have greater tools to navigate boundaries while connecting deeply with your desires.  It’s an invitation to explore what’s possible when learning, vulnerability, and play come coalesce. 

It is a path to authentic connection.

I offer a unique space to reconnect with who you truly are without cultural programs or tired tips about sex. Instead, I help you explore curiosity and foster growth in your intimate relationships that you can apply to your own life. It can be deeply restorative, surprisingly insightful, and even profoundly joyful.

It is a journey to you.

Let me guide you through this journey as we take the time to honor your desires, reflect on your needs, and create a supportive container for exploration and erotic expression and dissolve what may be in the way of you having that now.

Values

The BodyJoy Approach

Reach beyond surface-level intimacy and step into deep, embodied transformation. The following guiding principles shape our approach to pleasure, connection, and personal growth. At BodyJoy, we don’t just talk about intimacy—we help you live it, breathe it, and feel it in every part of your being.

Embodiment over performance

Intimacy isn’t about doing it “right”; it’s about feeling more, sensing more, and being fully present in your body.

Rewiring, not just relearning

True change happens when you create new neural pathways, shifting from habits of tension and disconnection to ease, pleasure, and attuned presence.

Beyond tips and tricks

Quick fixes won’t lead to lasting transformation. Instead, we focus on deep, experiential learning that integrates body, heart, and mind.

The body's wisdom leads

Your body already holds the intelligence for profound connection and pleasure. Through hands-on guidance, you’ll learn to trust, listen, and follow its cues.

A safe space for exploration

Growth flourishes in safety. Here, you’ll find a judgment-free, professional space to explore touch, intimacy, and connection at your own pace.

Connection as a practice

Like any meaningful skill, intimacy deepens through consistent, mindful practice—alone and with a partner.

Testimonials

Moments of growth, connection, and discovery

BodyJoy has a decades-long legacy of serving clients in Austin, TX and elsewhere around the country.

Booking

Work with Melissa

All in-person session requests must begin with a 30-minute Clarity Call and the confidential intake form. The cost of the Clarity Call may count as a deposit toward your first in-person session. For virtual sessions, a Clarity Call is not required but welcomed, if you choose. 

Clarity call

30 minutes

Self-touch meditation

50 minutes

The Body Reverence

75 minutes

Erotic Immersion

1 - 3 days

FAQs

Let's clear things up

Got questions? I’ve got answers. Here’s everything you need to know before booking a session—no guesswork, just clarity.

Sexological bodywork is a professional, hands-on approach to deepening embodiment, pleasure, and intimacy. It is one of the fastest ways to develop new neural pathways through guided touch, breathwork, and movement. Through one directional touch, you’ll learn to listen to your body, rewire patterns, and cultivate deeper connection—with yourself and others.
No, this is experiential learning and though we may be talking, it is not talk therapy. While therapy focuses on analyzing the past, sexological bodywork helps you feel and integrate new experiences in the present to create lasting change.
Only if you choose to. Sessions are fully client-led with the support of Melissa D, and there is no requirement to undress at any point. The focus is always on your comfort, boundaries, and personal growth. Melissa can find ways to work with your specific comfort level.
Not at all. Sure, many clients seek support in what isn’t working but we also help with adding more fun, greater pleasure, deeper intimacy, and a more connected relationship with their body—whether or not they’re facing specific challenges.
Each session is unique to you. We begin with a conversation to explore your needs (Clarity Call), then move into guided fully optional exercises such as breathwork, touch, movement, or sensory awareness—all within a professional, consent-based framework in a professional studio space. Each session builds on the previous one with the focus on your specific goals and curiosities.
Yes! Couples sessions help partners develop deeper trust, communication, and physical connection in a supported, structured environment.
Because Sexological Bodywork® is strictly offered within a ‘one-way touch container’, we are able to offer clients a state of arousal that is free of the pressures of two-way touch that accompany engagement within partnered exploration.
Absolutely. This work is grounded in clear boundaries, professionalism, and ethical practice. You are always in control of your experience, and consent is at the heart of everything we explore and talk about.
You can begin by booking a 30-minute Clarity Call or filling out an intake form. We’ll begin with a consultation to explore your specific goals and see if this work is the right fit for you. From there, we co-create the sessions.
Not at this time.
All member-practitioners of the CSB and SSE are required to adhere to a Code of Ethics, which ensures that sessions are client-directed, that erotic touch is one-way (practitioner to client), that gloves are used for genital touch, and that practitioners remain clothed (except in specific circumstances described within our Code of Conduct & Ethics) and maintain professional boundaries with clients. This is how trust is built and held. Certified Sexological Bodyworkers believe that sexual health, erotic education, and pleasure are not only basic human rights, but basic human requirements for wellbeing. Melissa Offers up a unique experience that is free of murky boundaries.
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Have you booked a Clarity Call?

All in-person sessions require you to complete a 30-minute Clarity Call with Melissa D. before you book

Have you booked a Clarity Call?

All in-person sessions require you to complete a 30-minute Clarity Call with Melissa D. before you book