Sexual Addiction Counselling in Glasgow
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Healthy Mind Healthy Body Therapeutic Services
Psychotherapist, MBABCP
Verified Verified
Glasgow G12 (Online Only)
I support people to gain or regain a sense of wellbeing and to alleviate symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and burn out. I deliver effective, evidence-based interventions with warmth and compassion. I am a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (PGDip University of Dundee) as well as a sex and relationship therapist.
I support people to gain or regain a sense of wellbeing and to alleviate symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and burn out. I deliver effective, evidence-based interventions with warmth and compassion. I am a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (PGDip University of Dundee) as well as a sex and relationship therapist.
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I am a leading authority with extensive experience in sex addiction, sex therapy and psychosexual counselling for individuals and couples. If you feel apprehensive about addressing your sexual issues, please be assured I will put you at ease immediately. Working with sexual issues and problems including sex addiction is very specialised work and should only be undertaken by experienced psychosexual counsellors, who are qualified and accredited to COSRT the governing body of psychosexual counsellors. I work with clients with sexual issues on a daily basis and I will never judge your behaviour. My motivation is to help you.
I am a leading authority with extensive experience in sex addiction, sex therapy and psychosexual counselling for individuals and couples. If you feel apprehensive about addressing your sexual issues, please be assured I will put you at ease immediately. Working with sexual issues and problems including sex addiction is very specialised work and should only be undertaken by experienced psychosexual counsellors, who are qualified and accredited to COSRT the governing body of psychosexual counsellors. I work with clients with sexual issues on a daily basis and I will never judge your behaviour. My motivation is to help you.
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My typical clients are those affected with different forms of compulsive / addictive behaviours - these might include Porn, Sex and Love Addictions; Gambling & Narcotics abuse; or those who are Workaholics. Usually clients first see me when they have reached a major crisis point in their lives and are seeking a person who has an understanding of their issues and how to help change their situation by tackling their problems head-on. I also undertake Relational and Pyschosexual therapy for individuals and couples. Further details on my background and approach can be found online at www.trustedtherapeutics.com
My typical clients are those affected with different forms of compulsive / addictive behaviours - these might include Porn, Sex and Love Addictions; Gambling & Narcotics abuse; or those who are Workaholics. Usually clients first see me when they have reached a major crisis point in their lives and are seeking a person who has an understanding of their issues and how to help change their situation by tackling their problems head-on. I also undertake Relational and Pyschosexual therapy for individuals and couples. Further details on my background and approach can be found online at www.trustedtherapeutics.com
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As an accredited CBT Therapist I have experience in the treatment of a wide range of presenting problems. Some of my recent work includes Anxiety, Depression, Self-Esteem, Phobias, Trauma, Stress, Confidence, Sex Addiction, Teenage Troubles and Emotional Deregulation. I work with children, teenagers and adults, and am happy to explore anything specific that you'd like to discuss.
As an accredited CBT Therapist I have experience in the treatment of a wide range of presenting problems. Some of my recent work includes Anxiety, Depression, Self-Esteem, Phobias, Trauma, Stress, Confidence, Sex Addiction, Teenage Troubles and Emotional Deregulation. I work with children, teenagers and adults, and am happy to explore anything specific that you'd like to discuss.
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Hello, I am a widely experienced, Psychosexual Therapist/Supervisor. If you want to understand yourself better,/change unwanted behaviours to 'feel' better I would be delighted to receive an EMAIL from you. I work with common & also unusual Sex & Relationship difficulties & Mental health conditions . I assess you & help you identify your goals for Therapy. I review how you think our work together is progressing. I explain the rational for my exploration & focus of the tasks I ask you to practice. I work collaboratively with you-as a team to reach your goals. Clients say this is a good way to work. Please email re Supervision.
Hello, I am a widely experienced, Psychosexual Therapist/Supervisor. If you want to understand yourself better,/change unwanted behaviours to 'feel' better I would be delighted to receive an EMAIL from you. I work with common & also unusual Sex & Relationship difficulties & Mental health conditions . I assess you & help you identify your goals for Therapy. I review how you think our work together is progressing. I explain the rational for my exploration & focus of the tasks I ask you to practice. I work collaboratively with you-as a team to reach your goals. Clients say this is a good way to work. Please email re Supervision.
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Relationship and Sex Therapy Practice in Edinburgh: Helping you to create positive change in your relationships (www.lauramcnaught.com). I am an experienced and professional Relationship and Psychosexual Therapist. In addition to my private practice, I have several years experience within the Relationships Scotland counselling service and also practised as a Psychosexual Therapist within the NHS. I am warm, friendly and passionate about supporting my clients through the wide range of challenges that life brings to us all.
Relationship and Sex Therapy Practice in Edinburgh: Helping you to create positive change in your relationships (www.lauramcnaught.com). I am an experienced and professional Relationship and Psychosexual Therapist. In addition to my private practice, I have several years experience within the Relationships Scotland counselling service and also practised as a Psychosexual Therapist within the NHS. I am warm, friendly and passionate about supporting my clients through the wide range of challenges that life brings to us all.
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There are many approaches to wellness and treatments for various psychological issues. Different therapeutic approaches work differently for different people. Everyone is unique and at psyche therapy centre we believe in finding what works best for you along with following science and research to help you towards psychological well-being. There is “no one size fits all” and therefore we would like to offer you the chance to explore finding out what works best for you to treat whatever issue you may be going through. Are you struggling with issues related to trauma, grief, addiction, depression, anxiety, personality disorders?
There are many approaches to wellness and treatments for various psychological issues. Different therapeutic approaches work differently for different people. Everyone is unique and at psyche therapy centre we believe in finding what works best for you along with following science and research to help you towards psychological well-being. There is “no one size fits all” and therefore we would like to offer you the chance to explore finding out what works best for you to treat whatever issue you may be going through. Are you struggling with issues related to trauma, grief, addiction, depression, anxiety, personality disorders?
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Uniquely Minded Counselling
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Verified Verified
Glasgow G3
Waitlist for new clients
Hello, I'm Lisa :) I am an experienced person-centred counsellor working with individuals (aged 16 years and over) and families. I know first hand how daunting it can be to chose a counsellor, particularly for people from minority groups who typically experience discrimination, so I hope my profile gives you a sense of how I work and if we'd be well suited. I aim to establish a nurturing therapeutic relationship with you characterised by transparency, authenticity, trust and just a dash of humour! My availability is: Monday 12.30 - 8pm, Tuesday 12.30 - 8pm, Thursday 12.30 - 8pm, Friday 12.30 -6.30pm.
Hello, I'm Lisa :) I am an experienced person-centred counsellor working with individuals (aged 16 years and over) and families. I know first hand how daunting it can be to chose a counsellor, particularly for people from minority groups who typically experience discrimination, so I hope my profile gives you a sense of how I work and if we'd be well suited. I aim to establish a nurturing therapeutic relationship with you characterised by transparency, authenticity, trust and just a dash of humour! My availability is: Monday 12.30 - 8pm, Tuesday 12.30 - 8pm, Thursday 12.30 - 8pm, Friday 12.30 -6.30pm.
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Do you feel overwhelmed and anxious? Do you replay awkward moments over and over whilst struggling and trying to fall asleep, wishing things were different. Do you feel that you are constantly pleasing others at the cost of your own needs. You might feel you struggle to be in control of life. "If only I was " We can struggle to value ourselves with all that is happening. We fear our low self-esteem could be affecting our work, our relationships and our self-image. Coping can be lonely and stressful. You feel counselling could offer more in control. It would help figure out how to set boundaries and help to change your interactions.
Do you feel overwhelmed and anxious? Do you replay awkward moments over and over whilst struggling and trying to fall asleep, wishing things were different. Do you feel that you are constantly pleasing others at the cost of your own needs. You might feel you struggle to be in control of life. "If only I was " We can struggle to value ourselves with all that is happening. We fear our low self-esteem could be affecting our work, our relationships and our self-image. Coping can be lonely and stressful. You feel counselling could offer more in control. It would help figure out how to set boundaries and help to change your interactions.
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Kevin McCarroll - Trauma Anxiety Depression Recovery
Counsellor, MBACP
Verified Verified
Glasgow G12
We all struggle at times, we don´t know where to go. If you are feeling lost and low, reach out! I offer a free 20 minute chat. Contact me and we´ll see if or how I can help you move through this tough time. I provide an affordable, safe, confidential and compassionate space in which to explore and help you resolve life challenges. Together, we can identify your needs, desires and values, so that you can move towards a life where you know what's important and meaningful for you. To then be able to live your life as fully as possible.
We all struggle at times, we don´t know where to go. If you are feeling lost and low, reach out! I offer a free 20 minute chat. Contact me and we´ll see if or how I can help you move through this tough time. I provide an affordable, safe, confidential and compassionate space in which to explore and help you resolve life challenges. Together, we can identify your needs, desires and values, so that you can move towards a life where you know what's important and meaningful for you. To then be able to live your life as fully as possible.
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At Yorkhill Childrens’ Hospital, Cross House Paediatic Unit and Glasgow Royal Infirmary, I helped children and adults manage illness, pain and invasive treatments. In Maternity & Neonatal Services, I supported couples during pregnancy, after traumatic birth and loss and supported families with babies in SCBU and ICU. I've worked in Adult Services, both in community mental health services and alongside the medical profession in hospitals. I worked for more than six years at the Canniesburn Plastic Surgery and Burns unit supporting individuals with poor body image, changes in functioning due to illness or injury and PTSD.
At Yorkhill Childrens’ Hospital, Cross House Paediatic Unit and Glasgow Royal Infirmary, I helped children and adults manage illness, pain and invasive treatments. In Maternity & Neonatal Services, I supported couples during pregnancy, after traumatic birth and loss and supported families with babies in SCBU and ICU. I've worked in Adult Services, both in community mental health services and alongside the medical profession in hospitals. I worked for more than six years at the Canniesburn Plastic Surgery and Burns unit supporting individuals with poor body image, changes in functioning due to illness or injury and PTSD.
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Overwhelmed by thoughts and feelings? Do you want to add agency, power and resilience back to your life? My focus is strength based CBT. My is practice is solution focused using evidence based techniques to help manage and treat anxiety, depression, addiction and performance anxiety. My skill is to hold a warm, safe space, where you are able to explore the issue that is stopping you from being as happy as as you'd like on a day to day bases. My biggest aim is to allow you to empower yourself and realise your full potential, that I know you have.
Overwhelmed by thoughts and feelings? Do you want to add agency, power and resilience back to your life? My focus is strength based CBT. My is practice is solution focused using evidence based techniques to help manage and treat anxiety, depression, addiction and performance anxiety. My skill is to hold a warm, safe space, where you are able to explore the issue that is stopping you from being as happy as as you'd like on a day to day bases. My biggest aim is to allow you to empower yourself and realise your full potential, that I know you have.
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Hi I am a Gestalt therapist/Counsellor. I have over 10 years experience helping people with a variety of issues. If you want to change your life or change yourself or you are struggling with everyday issues counselling is the very place for you. With a safe place to explore yourself and your life with a non judgmental person (me) sitting along side you, this can be a very empowering and enriching experience. Life can get on top of us at times, taking some time out for yourself to process all the things that go swirling around our heads can be vital to a happy healthy life.
Hi I am a Gestalt therapist/Counsellor. I have over 10 years experience helping people with a variety of issues. If you want to change your life or change yourself or you are struggling with everyday issues counselling is the very place for you. With a safe place to explore yourself and your life with a non judgmental person (me) sitting along side you, this can be a very empowering and enriching experience. Life can get on top of us at times, taking some time out for yourself to process all the things that go swirling around our heads can be vital to a happy healthy life.
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I am very skilled and experienced in working with mental health issues such as Depression and Anxiety, as well as addictive behaviour and related issues such as trauma. I have been a mental health professional for 45yrs, both as a Mental Health Nurse and as a BACP Registered Therapist. I have also survived my own life issues, including addictions and have been sober for 25yrs. I feel that having professional qualifications as well as lived experience helps me to make a stronger connection with my clients
I am very skilled and experienced in working with mental health issues such as Depression and Anxiety, as well as addictive behaviour and related issues such as trauma. I have been a mental health professional for 45yrs, both as a Mental Health Nurse and as a BACP Registered Therapist. I have also survived my own life issues, including addictions and have been sober for 25yrs. I feel that having professional qualifications as well as lived experience helps me to make a stronger connection with my clients
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Many of my clients come to me because they face: Relationship, sex and family issues, anxieties and breakdown - Work and professional stress, anxiety and crisis - Alcoholism, drug dependency, sexual, relational and other addiction problems - Weight loss, smoking cessation and other life-goal issues - Eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other food dependency issues - LGBT, minority and other discrimination issues - Self-confidence, self-esteem and anxiety-related issues.
Many of my clients come to me because they face: Relationship, sex and family issues, anxieties and breakdown - Work and professional stress, anxiety and crisis - Alcoholism, drug dependency, sexual, relational and other addiction problems - Weight loss, smoking cessation and other life-goal issues - Eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other food dependency issues - LGBT, minority and other discrimination issues - Self-confidence, self-esteem and anxiety-related issues.
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If you are reading this it's likely there are things in your life you are struggling with. It may be you've experienced a loss or bereavement, are going through significant changes in your life and struggling to know how to move forward. Perhaps you are finding day to day life challenging, relationships may feel difficult or you may be finding it hard to cope with memories of events which have been traumatic for you. I am an experienced therapist who can provide the space, time and expertise to help you with things that are causing you difficulty. I offer a warm, accepting, respectful relationship in which you can work at your pace.
If you are reading this it's likely there are things in your life you are struggling with. It may be you've experienced a loss or bereavement, are going through significant changes in your life and struggling to know how to move forward. Perhaps you are finding day to day life challenging, relationships may feel difficult or you may be finding it hard to cope with memories of events which have been traumatic for you. I am an experienced therapist who can provide the space, time and expertise to help you with things that are causing you difficulty. I offer a warm, accepting, respectful relationship in which you can work at your pace.
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Hello and thank you for looking at my profile! Day to day life can be difficult at times and most of us can benefit from the support and help of psychotherapy during challenging periods. I am an experienced Chartered Counselling Psychologist and work with adults, young people and couples on a wide range of difficulties. I work by integrating a number of approaches to provide each of my clients with a therapeutic experience which is unique to them and their individual needs.
Hello and thank you for looking at my profile! Day to day life can be difficult at times and most of us can benefit from the support and help of psychotherapy during challenging periods. I am an experienced Chartered Counselling Psychologist and work with adults, young people and couples on a wide range of difficulties. I work by integrating a number of approaches to provide each of my clients with a therapeutic experience which is unique to them and their individual needs.
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Nicola Toye Relationship Therapy
Counsellor, MSc, COSRT General
Verified Verified
Glasgow G33
Waitlist for new clients
Do you feel you would like your relationship to be in a better place? Perhaps you're going through a life transition, such as becoming parents, or you're raising a family and you would love to find that spark between you as a couple again. Have you noticed a distance between you, and that you miss the closeness and intimacy you once shared? Maybe your relationship has reached a crisis point such as an affair and you're looking to help your relationship heal. Or maybe communication has become an issue, leaving you feeling that your true needs are not being met and you would like to understand each other better.
Do you feel you would like your relationship to be in a better place? Perhaps you're going through a life transition, such as becoming parents, or you're raising a family and you would love to find that spark between you as a couple again. Have you noticed a distance between you, and that you miss the closeness and intimacy you once shared? Maybe your relationship has reached a crisis point such as an affair and you're looking to help your relationship heal. Or maybe communication has become an issue, leaving you feeling that your true needs are not being met and you would like to understand each other better.
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Welcome! I offer online, phone, and in person sessions in Glasgow city centre. I work with individuals with a broad range of challenges including depression, anxiety disorders, stress, bereavement and loss, life's transitions, and addiction/compulsive behaviours. Perhaps you feel stuck in repeating patterns of behaviour or thinking that feel in conflict with how you wish to be with yourself, and in your relationships. Perhaps life events have become overwhelming. I work with clients authentically and with gentle curiosity, I include my own rich journey with self-acceptance and the belief that we can all change and heal.
Welcome! I offer online, phone, and in person sessions in Glasgow city centre. I work with individuals with a broad range of challenges including depression, anxiety disorders, stress, bereavement and loss, life's transitions, and addiction/compulsive behaviours. Perhaps you feel stuck in repeating patterns of behaviour or thinking that feel in conflict with how you wish to be with yourself, and in your relationships. Perhaps life events have become overwhelming. I work with clients authentically and with gentle curiosity, I include my own rich journey with self-acceptance and the belief that we can all change and heal.
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Deciding to engage in therapy is a positive and brave decision to embark on a journey of self-discovery. As a qualified therapist with ten years experience, my role is to create a secure base and be a guide for you, so that you can take up this challenge of self-discovery and move towards greater consciousness, choice and positivity. While working with difficulties in the present many have their origins in emotional experiences and unconscious emotional learning in early life relationships. Also events and consistent experiences, which may amount to degrees of difficulty, pain or trauma.
Deciding to engage in therapy is a positive and brave decision to embark on a journey of self-discovery. As a qualified therapist with ten years experience, my role is to create a secure base and be a guide for you, so that you can take up this challenge of self-discovery and move towards greater consciousness, choice and positivity. While working with difficulties in the present many have their origins in emotional experiences and unconscious emotional learning in early life relationships. Also events and consistent experiences, which may amount to degrees of difficulty, pain or trauma.
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When should someone seek treatment for sex addiction?
People should seek treatment for sex addiction if they cannot control their sexual thoughts or behaviours to the point that it disrupts their ability to function in daily life, for example by threatening their finances, career, or relationships. This may include spending an excessive amount of time obsessing over sex, planning sex, watching pornography, or masturbating, as well as consistently engaging in risky sexual activities, using sex to escape distressing feelings, or attempting yet failing to control sexual behaviour.
What are the most common treatment options for sex addiction?
Psychotherapy is the most common treatment for sex addiction; therapy helps patients better understand their compulsive thoughts and behaviours and develop strategies to manage their desires. Therapy may be supplemented by medications, such as antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anti-androgens, alcohol and substance use medications, as well as support groups, such as 12-step programs.
How long does therapy take for sex addiction?
Recovering from compulsive behaviour takes time and effort. There’s no precise timeline for treatment, but research suggests 12 therapy sessions may be enough to see change. Treatment for sexual compulsions requires honesty in therapy, a commitment to understanding triggers and developing coping skills, and potential lifestyle changes such as cutting out alcohol or drugs.
What if sex addiction is left untreated?
Compulsive sexual behaviour can have serious repercussions if left unaddressed. For example, if sexual obsessions consume the vast majority of a person’s time, they may lose their job. If they can’t stop paying for sex, their finances may suffer. If they’re dishonest in their relationships, their partner may leave them. If they consistently feel shame, they may struggle with anxiety, depression, or loneliness. Therapy can help people develop the tools to manage sexual thoughts and behaviours that feel uncontrollable.