International Practitioners

Catherine de Sauvage was born in Belgium and graduated as a teacher in languages (English & Dutch). When she moved to San Francisco, she became a licensed marriage family therapist (2008) and later a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (2016) – Peter Levine’s method.

She first specialized in working with adolescents acting out while also co-facilitating Spanish-speaking groups with perpetrators of domestic violence. Her interest in a population constantly living in survival mode motivated her to work with incarcerated people in Redwood City, CA. She soon learned to navigate substance abuse & trauma.

Her exposure to jail populations helped her understand that sexual trauma is often at the source of substance abuse and crimes. Her goal now is to help less privileged people free themselves from sexual trauma. She works at Catherine’s Center’s project in San Mateo County, CA in order to introduce sexuality & the 4 D-Wheel to women living in group homes (after being released from jail).

She is certified as a sex therapist. She believes that reconnecting to our true instinct in our body can help us heal ourselves and feel alive again.

4-D Specialties: Working with women recovering from jail, sexual traumas and addiction to rebuild safety. Working with sex workers to de-shame their work & re-connect with their healing process. Working with couples to help each partner individuate & find their true voice. Working with women coming out & women trying to reconnect with their desire.

The wheel is powerful because it honors this principle: “Don’t teach, give them an experience”.

4-D Specialties:

My area of specialty with 4-D is facilitating wheels for individuals, couples, and groups using movement/ body-centered modalities, religious/spiritual rituals, and archetypal processes. Two of my most favorite 4-D offerings are 5-month groups for women and day-long workshops for men.

4-D is magical, ethereal, and beyond words; no two are ever alike because once one steps into the wheel, who we are shifts and unfolds from moment to moment. It is the most effective way to heal for all participants.

I am a Sex Educator, Certified Sex Coach and Somatic Sex Educator In Training (I have recently completed the curriculum for Sexological Bodywork). My first years as a Sex Coach (certified in 2016) were focused on being a “general practitioner.” Recently, in my clinical sexology work, I have decided to focus on (and specialise in) pelvic pain, trauma and racialised trauma (healing and decolonisation in the BIPOC community).

I find that the Wheel is such a powerful tool and I’m looking forward to being able to use it not only in clinical work, but as a tool in my sex education classes and sessions. I am also excited to use it in retreats or online “bootcamp” events, to help couples communicate better and heal around sex and relationship issues.

I currently teach and do clinical supervision using the 4-Dimensional Wheel that Gina so generously shared, combining it with many decades of listening to client’s stories and witnessing their way towards healing.

As a midwife I have a touch license and use the 4-D wheel with clients before their guided vaginal examination. I have also previously worked in cancer rehab and with clients experiencing low sexual energy.

As a team we can learn from one another, strengthen each other, and bring energy to the whole network. The world is waiting for us to teach the Four Dimensional Wheel of Sexual Experience—Gina’s legacy! You are a part of a fantastic and important team!