HOW CAN I HELP?
Often there is stigma attached to needing therapy or help, this may be your first step. If you are investing your trust, time and money on working with someone it is important to find the right person, someone who you can work with in partnership. The therapy 'room' offers a confidential, judgement free space for you to explore your difficulties.
I use an integrative approach to therapy using different skill and techniques to adapt therapy to suit your needs, often issues are complex sometimes more than one approach is needed. Problems are viewed from all angles including the biological/physical, psychological and social viewpoints (bio-psycho-social), in essence offering integrated therapy, sexual rehabilitation and personal growth.
I work with individuals and/or their partner(s).
What I can help with:
- Sex education
- Relationship difficulties.
- Sexual interest and/or desire;
- Female arousal disorders,
- Erectile dysfunction, erection problems,
- Premature ejaculation,
- Orgasm difficulties,
- Sexual pain disorders and penetration problems (inc. vaginismus).
- Sexual phobias or aversions.
- Fear around lack of experience.
- Sexual problems as a result of illness - sexual rehabilitation.
- Sexual well-being following cancer diagnosis and treatment.
- Sexual identity issues including gender, sexual orientation. LGBTQIA+ sensitive.
- Compusive sexual behaviour.
- Sexual difficulties due to trauma, especially sexual trauma (sexual assault or abuse).
- Trauma recovery from PTSD & C-PTSD as a result of single or complex or developmental trauma, adult survivors of childhood trauma.
- Attachement injury, anxiety, anger, unhelpful behaviours.
What to expect.IMy role in the therapist is to help you understand your issues or difficulties better, then for us to work together to achieve your goal of therapy.
I combine my nursing & psychotherapy expertise with a variety of approaches including:
Psychosexual therapy – assessment, psychoeducation (tailored to the difficulty), personalised treatment plan with homework.Trauma recovery - EMDR, Embodied Reprocessing, Flash Technique, Internal Family Systems - IFS informed EMDR, Attachment Informed - ai-EMDRRelationship therapyCBT, psychology, neuroscience. Counselling & communication skills.
Mindfulness.
Acceptance therapy skills.
Compassion focus therapy skills.Coaching skills
I may also recommend you see your GP or other health professionals for investigations if it appears that there is a physical or hormonal cause for your sexual difficulty. Therapy may run alongside other medical treatments.
Sessions are talking only; any practical exercises will form part of homework to be practiced at home.
Each session usually lasts 50-60 minutes. Ongoing sessions will depend you your individual need.
Working days: Monday & Wednesday.
Fees: £80 for individual therapy & £90 for relationship therapy.Longer sessions may be agreed in advance.Some sliding scale concession places may be available on request.
Unfortunately, I am unable to offer any emergency support. Here are a list of contact details for organisations to reach out to if you are in need of more urgent help.Samaritans Helpline
- call 116 123SHOUT Crisis Text Line
- Text 'SHOUT' to 85258Galop LGBT+ Abuse Helpline
- 0800 999 5428Switchboard LGBTQIA+
Support Line 0800 0119 100 Online: https://switchboard.lgbt/get-supportRape Crisis Helpline
- 0808 500 2222 Online: https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/#live-chat
My role in the therapist is to help you understand your issues or difficulties better, then for us to work together to achieve your goal of therapy.
I combine my nursing & psychotherapy expertise with a variety of approaches including:
Psychosexual therapy – assessment, psychoeducation (tailored to the difficulty), personalised treatment plan with homework.
Trauma recovery - EMDR, Embodied Reprocessing, Flash Technique, Internal Family Systems - IFS informed EMDR, Attachment Informed - ai-EMDR
Relationship therapy
CBT, psychology, neuroscience.
Counselling & communication skills.
Mindfulness.
Acceptance therapy skills.
Compassion focus therapy skills.
Coaching skills
I may also recommend you see your GP or other health professionals for investigations if it appears that there is a physical or hormonal cause for your sexual difficulty. Therapy may run alongside other medical treatments.
Sessions are talking only; any practical exercises will form part of homework to be practiced at home.
Each session usually lasts 50-60 minutes. Ongoing sessions will
depend you your individual need.
Working days: Monday & Wednesday.
Fees: £80 for individual therapy & £90 for relationship therapy.
Longer sessions may be agreed in advance.
Some sliding scale concession places may be available on request.
Unfortunately, I am unable to offer any emergency support. Here are a list of contact details for organisations to reach out to if you are in need of more urgent help.
Samaritans Helpline
- call 116 123
SHOUT Crisis Text Line
- Text 'SHOUT' to 85258
Galop LGBT+ Abuse Helpline
- 0800 999 5428
Switchboard LGBTQIA+
Support Line 0800 0119 100
Online: https://switchboard.lgbt/get-support
Rape Crisis Helpline
- 0808 500 2222
Online: https://247sexualabusesupport.org.uk/#live-chat