I am proudly South-America born and professionally built in the UK, with a large experience of working in the NHS on various senior managerial roles and qualified trainer. I then developed my interest/passion in Clinical Sexology and Relationship therapy.
Working with Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity (GSRD), and Intersectionality are a particular interest of mine, I have seen clients whom have not been heard, and their voices been shut down, due to language and cultural barriers. I personally understand the difficulties of communicating in other language therefore; I empathise with client’s shame.
Respect for individuality, honesty, time, activeness, and well-being are the foundations of my personal and professional life, therefore I ensure that clients have a clear journey of life supported by their own values.
Honesty, respect and commitment to improve lives, are the structure of my therapeutic work; therefore building a collaborative and trusting therapeutic alliance with clients is the goal (COSRT ethics of practice 2019).
Sexual behaviour is a consequence of a multiple different forces acting upon a person, some of those forces are internal and specific to the individual, whereas other are broad, external factors that affect everyone in a given culture and society – some factors are under our complete conscious control, while we are victims of circumstance to others (Lehmiller J).
I work with a pluralistic approach therefore integrating valuable and practical theories, techniques and interventions, to benefit clients therapeutic process.
Principles:
Session are held in Bloomsbury, Central London and run for 50 minutes. They are weekly at the same time and same day of the week (if possible). Flexibility is considered without compromising therapy sessions.
A notice of 48 hours for cancellation is required for the session not to be charged. However, excessive cancellations will required a further discussion on the commitment of therapy work.
I provide long-term (open ended) and short-term (12 – 15 sessions), however a review would be planned with the client at session 8.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how psychosexual and relationship therapy works, or to arrange an initial appointment. This enables us to discuss the reasons you are thinking of coming to therapy, whether it could be helpful for you, and whether I am the right therapist to help.
You can also call me on 07511 522 68 if you would prefer to leave a message or speak to me first. I am happy to discuss any queries or questions you may have prior to arranging an initial appointment.
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