Welcome to Worcester Park Counselling Practice

...I have been in practice for several years now being deeply committed to mental health seeing adult couples and individuals from all walks of life; I practice discreetly and confidentially from my practice room in Worcester Park and hope that by browsing this site you will get a better idea of what you are looking for.

Today I notice more and more individuals and couples struggling to make sense of sexual issues in their personal relationships. Often, these concerns are not explicit i.e the couple or individual come to me because they are angry, dissatisfied, resentful, afraid, upset, etc, with the state of the relationship. Because they are not getting what they want from each other they are in pain, hurting and this build-up can make it very difficult to talk about. When emotional needs are not met one of the first things that suffers is 'non-consummation' (the sex life declines or stops) and people grow apart...

Many factors may have evolved over time or have recently impacted the relationship such as 'performance anxiety' in men, a diagnosis of physical illness, surgery, addictions, bereavement, trauma, abuse, the arrival of children, an 'affair', the list is long...what is important for couples and individuals to understand is that sexual problems happen in response to something and are NOT usually located solely in the genitals!    

If you are affected by any of the above and are either in crisis or feel that you have hit that glass ceiling in finding ways forward and out of the rut, a few sessions of counselling can be an excellent investment in personal growth and a way of shifting gear in confronting and getting some power back in the face of life's challenges.

(WPCP will be closed for a summer break from the 16 July to the 11 August 2010)