We are friends and colleagues who met in the early spring of 2022, and over the course of one very long, very cold afternoon wandering in circles on Primrose Hill, talking and talking, we realized that we had an enormous amount in common, both personally and professionally.

When the protections of Roe vs. Wade ended on June 24th, 2022, the jarring realities of that long-anticipated assault on bodily autonomy in the United States acted as the catalyst for our commitment to building a culture of ethical touch in the world of care provision, and began the conversations that germinated the mission and work of SET.

As we shared about our respective work with our students and clients over the course of the year that followed, we clarified our desire to experiment with and evolve different models of care provision than anything we currently see in practice in either the UK or the US.

Pamela Samuelson (she/they) is a Los Angeles-based body literacy and sex educator, a torch-bearer for the feminist health movement, and the founder of the Center for the Advancement of Body Literacy.

She has been a manual therapist and somatic practitioner specialized in trauma-informed pelvic care, a full-spectrum doula, and a writer and organizer focused on issues relating to reproductive rights, human sexuality, and bodily autonomy.

Emily Carson (she/her) is an Oxford-based somatic practitioner (Acupuncturist and Craniosacral Therapist), postnatal doula and somatic-centred educator. She works with an integrative, trauma-informed approach, working with a special interest in gynecological and perinatal care. She co-facilitates the Oxford homebirth group.

She is committed to writing and teaching that supports students, clients and families in relationship with embodied agency.