Julie Fitter

I am able to offer both online and face to face appointments.  I have limited and specific room availability for in person therapy and these will incur a wait as these appointments are popular, especially evening appointments.

I usually have availability for appointments  Monday and Wednesday including evening appointments. This can change, so please contact me if you may be interested.

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I have worked with many individuals and couples to help them address concerns and find greater contentment in their lives, both in an NHS specialist service and in private practice. With over 20 years’ experience helping people to address their concerns using Integrated and Sexual/Relationship Therapy. I am a COSRT Senior Accredited Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapist and registered with UKCP. I have an MSc in Sexual and Relationship Psychotherapy, a BSc in Psychology as well as qualifications and experience as a Nurse, Midwife and Health Visitor. This range of training and experience ensures I have a thorough understanding of all aspects of life transitions and impact of illness on individuals and their partners, as well as sexual or relationship difficulties. I use each individual assessment to work with clients in developing a comprehensive formulation to guide the most suitable therapeutic programme to address their specific concerns. I also have training in understanding the medical approaches for sexual difficulties. I have experience of working with issues including pregnancy, preparing for childbirth and parenting; low self-confidence/self-esteem, self-acceptance, assertiveness, anxiety, low mood; interaction and social difficulties, trauma, abuse, gender, identity and all aspects of sexual dysfunction, including concerns about sexual desire levels, arousal and erection difficulties, orgasm and ejaculation concerns; sexual pain conditions and difficulties with penetration/vaginismus; the impact of childhood and sexual abuse; sexual compulsivity (addiction); couple relationship difficulties including sexual discrepancies, communication, problem solving, negotiating, boundary setting, contracting, disagreements and arguing; working with long term physical and mental health concerns and how these impact on sense of self, sexuality and relationships.

I work in private practice using Zoom as an online platform, or in person in rented therapy rooms in S11. Therapy might be short term focused work or longer term exploratory work. This would include therapeutic interventions from Cognitive, Behavioural, Systemic, Psychodynamic, Person Centred, Attachment based and Trauma focused traditions. The most appropriate interventions would be discussed following the assessment so that you can decide how to proceed. I work with individuals and those people in relationships together, including couples as well as those in diverse intimate relationship arrangements, and with people of any sexual identity.

Our first session would be an opportunity to get to know each other, find out more about what brings you to therapy and discuss the contractual issues. It would be important for you to work out if you could feel comfortable enough in this setting and with me.  If you are then happy to proceed, I would work with you to make an assessment of your concerns, and, if indicated discuss a formulation with you, to help you decide what your options are to address these.  If it was indicated, you could then decide if you wanted to proceed with therapy - there is no expectation that you would have to do so.  I would also try to signpost you on, if i am not qualified to work with your concerns.