Cecily Criminale

Thank you for your enquiry.  I have limited daytime (Monday-Thursday) options at present.

I specialise in supporting clients with sexual behaviours and fantasies that have become problematic. I create a space for individuals, partners, and family members to explore 'why' the behaviours are present, the impact in your life, and what the options are for moving forward. Sexual behaviour may be 'problematic' because it is confusing or doesn't fit with our own, or a cultural or social 'norm' or expectation. Other behaviours are problematic because they have a compulsive element to them and we find it difficult to stop even though there are negative consequences. Examples of these are often labelled as porn addiction, sex addiction, love addiction. Where needed, I also work in a confidential way with clients, or their loved ones, where behaviours are under investigation for online behaviours.

Building a safe working relationship with you is the foundation to the work we do in therapy. I adapt my therapy style to meet the goals of therapy.

I am accredited by the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) and a qualified member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity (ATSAC). I am also an EMDR practitioner accredited by EMDR UK & EMDR Europe and use this technique in therapy to assist clients with trauma, and current or future fears and anxiety. I am trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy to Level 2.   

I offer specialised therapy in sex and relationship issues.

I support clients and relationships dealing with issues of sexual desire, compulsive sexual behaviours and fantasies (e.g. porn addiction, sex addiction, and love addiction, maladaptive daydreaming), sexual function (erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, delayed ejaculation), specific sexual behaviours including kink and fetish.

I am dedicated to helping you explore what is okay for you and develop your version of a happy, positive sense of satisfying relationships and sexual experience.