Training Faculty

Our Teacher Team

Kian de la Cour

Founder and Director of Trainings

Kian is the founder and Director of The School of Somatic Sexology where he choreographs and teaches The UK & Ireland Somatic Sex Education professional training, with an international team of leading-edge educators. 

He co-founded the Sea School of Embodiment with Katie Sarra which has presented leading-edge international trainings in somatic sexology for the public as well as for other sexuality professionals, including Betty Martin, Deej Juventin, Ellen Heed, Kimberley Johnson and Caffyn Jesse.

Kian brings a thorough grounding in Somatic Sex Education modalities to the training. He first encountered many of them when training as a Sacred Intimate with the Body Electric School at Wildwood, California in 1994. He qualified as a Certified Sexological Bodyworker in the UK in 2014, gained the CSSE in 2015, interned with Deej and Uma at the subsequent UK training and co-directed the following 6 CSB/CSSE UK & Ireland trainings.

He is a structural integration bodyworker, a Certified Cuddle Party™ and Wheel of Consent® Facilitator, Vice President of the Association of Certified Sexological Bodyworkers (ACSB) and a co-founder and current Chair of the Association of Somatic and Integrative Sexologists (ASIS).

Kian follows the Code of Ethics of the ACSB and offers Clinical Supervision for Certified Sexological Bodyworkers and Somatic Sex Educators. 

Passionate about sharing the joys and trials of greater embodiment with the world, you can find out more about Kian on his website www.kiandelacour.com or via his Linktree kiandelacour.

I create a world of safety and connection through touch and open-hearted communication, so that my clients can access open-hearted choice in manifesting their sexual life potential
— Kian de la Cour

Faculty Members

  • Alison Pilling

    Alison Pilling

    Teacher Team

  • JoJo Bear

    Teacher Team

  • Sue Newsome

    Sexual Health, Disability & Ethics

  • Joseph Kramer

    Joseph Kramer

    Founder of Sexological Bodywork and Somatic Sex Education

  • Ellen Heed

    Anatomy, Physiology & Scar Tissue Remediation

  • Betty Martin

    Betty Martin

    Creator of the Wheel of Consent ®

  • Paul Field

    Clean Language Coaching

  • Melanie Knight

    Clean Language Coaching