It has changed my mind on how I think about gossips especially from the perspective of women’s voices being heard and believed, a political tool and a communication style that can strengthens relationships and can even save lives ❤️💜🩷
I recommend the book “Beyond Belief” by Katie Baskerville.
It is well-researched, insightful and brilliantly written.
It was fantastic to attend the event Maverick in Sex with Cindy Gallop and Emma Sayle hosted by Gordon Smart.
And it was wonderful to catch up with my friend and colleague Kate Moyle.
We need better sex education to normalise conversations about sex!
And we need to fund female founders!
Let’s go!
I proudly support the ban on conversion practices.
Join me in the campaign:
stonewall.typeform.com/to/HS2Ejgc9?...
I’m grateful to all the fantastic authors in advancing this specialist area within the field of sexology 🩷
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
I’m very proud of this handbook because it is a great addition to the literature especially in bridging the gap in knowledge on shame, neurodiversity, Global Majority populations, LGBTQ+ people and kinky people.
There are 40 chapters with 39 different perspectives, including 16 different methods of treatment, from 42 authors in 13 countries.
🩷 The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity and Clinical Sexology is out! 🩷
I’m raising a glass of pink fizz to all the wonderful authors who contributed to it.
As the first year anniversary of my mother’s death is approaching, I thought I’d write about death and its life meaning in this month’s Psychology Today blog.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talk...
Happy Easter to all! 🩵
It was fab speaking on relational trauma in a 2-hour webinar for The Counselling Foundation from my hotel in Antibes!
We had in-depth conversations about attachment injuries and the healing power of the therapeutic relationship.
It was my very first presentation delivered in French! 🇫🇷🎉
It was a joy to meet French colleagues.
I love being European. I love being bilingual. 🇫🇷🇪🇺❤️🌈
It was amazing to speak at the French sexology congress in Antibes “Journees Francophones de Sexologie et de Sante Sexuelle” on “integrating LGBTQ therapy in clinical practice”.
Here I am in Nice 🇫🇷☀️
A little down time before speaking at another conference!
It was a pleasure to present at the EMDR annual conference in Bristol on working with trauma and LGBTQ+ clients.
It’s fabulous to connect with colleagues from all over the UK and beyond 💜🌈
Working with LGBTQ+ clients requires specific knowledge.
It is important to establish an anti-oppressive practice.
You can read all about it in my peer-reviewed article published in The European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
It was a pleasure to teach the students at ThIRST again for an online evening session. This time the topic was Chemsex.
thirstlearn.com
If you want to know more about working with LGBTQ+ clients and establishing an anti-oppressive practice, you can read my peer-reviewed article published in The European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
As it is my birthday month, my latest blog for Psychology Today is on ageing men, and more specifically on having a great sex life as an ageing man.
Enjoy! 💙
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talk...
Happy International Women’s Day 💖
If you’re told that you need to tone down, take yourself more seriously, or wear beige, grey or navy clothes because you’re… older….
Well…. Don’t listen to them! Live your own life!
Here’s me, 47 years old, ageing disgracefully!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩵
It’s my birthday today!
This is what being 47 years old looks like, with no filters.
Let’s normalise getting older - in our own way!
It was a pleasure to meet Dr Shannon Chavez! We had fun talking about erections! ❤️
It was great to catch up with Mojo founder Angus Barge in New York City and film some brand new content for Mojo!
Angus invited me to get involved with Mojo from the very beginning of their adventure and I’m so pleased that the platform has become a global success!
It is easy to critique mainstream porn with morality, but Cindy actually offers something different: a real-life sex platform with emphasis on proper sex education. Brilliant!
It was an absolute pleasure to meet Cindy Gallop, founder of Make Love Not Porn, while in NYC.
We had a fascinating conversation on my favourite topics: sex, porn, male sexuality, and having hot sex!
It was gorgeous to catch up with friend and colleague Cyndi Darnell in Brooklyn! We discussed all things sex therapy, life and death, and more! ❤️🌈
First stop while in NYC is the Stonewall Inn, of course. 🌈❤️🌈❤️🌈
Just landed back to London yesterday from Porto, and today I’m in an airport again! This time, I’m heading to NYC!
I’m so grateful to keep being invited to contribute to fabulous things in gorgeous places! 💜
The World Meeting on Sexual Medicine, ESSM/ISSM in Porto was a blast!
It is always joyful and meaningful to meet our international colleagues who do so much fantastic work in the different disciplines of sexual medicine/ sexual health 💙