Blog & Updates

Move beyond the surface level concept of consent being a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

None of us want to be very well-intentioned, accidental conversion therapists.

Vaginismus is caused by a wide range of biological, psychological and social factors.

My aim in writing this blog is to bring some clarity on the diagnosis of compulsive sexual behaviour disorder.

Andy talks about his referral to a sex & relationship therapy service.

As Christmas approaches I have been reflecting on one of its central aspects – giving and receiving gifts.

'She was just so beautiful!’ my client declares, more to herself than to me.

Perhaps it is easier to say what gender is not – it is not sex, and the two words should never be confused as meaning the same thing.

People are always curious and perhaps a little unsettled when I tell them that I am a sex therapist.

“You study what?” This was the response from family in friends when I told them I was investigating programs of study as a Sexologist.

I take issue with the very definition of a ‘sexless marriage’, both the ‘sexless’ and the ‘marriage’ parts.

I’m sitting here in my local coffee shop refining and developing materials for the CICS Diploma in Clinical Sexology, in anticipation of our next module.

This is an issue that has come to prominence for me as I prepare my teaching module on Gender Diversity for the Cambridge Institute of Clinical Sexology.

Kirstie McEwan, CICS Lead Tutor on Gender Diversity, reflects on why a therapist's gender seems to matter to clients.

In response to this year's World Mental Health Day theme, CICS Course Director, Julie Sale, writes on First Aid for Relationships.

Infertility was something that I had personally experienced so I fully understood the agony of desperately wanting a child and not being able to conceive.