Diego Avila - PsychoSexual and Compulsive Sexual Behaviours Psychotherapist

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Sex- and sexuality-related practitioners

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

Sometimes referred as "sex addition", Compulsive Sexual Behaviours are repetitive and unwanted sexual behaviours that are having a negative impact on your life.

Some of these could include:

. Sexual activities and behaviours that are difficult to stop despite them bringing negative impact and consequences to life and relationships

. Feeling bad and ashamed about certain sexual behaviours

. Engaging in regular non-consensual non-monogamy (commonly known as "cheating") on partner/s

. Problematic use of pornography to the point of it having a negative effect on life

. Gay men and Chemsex

. Or, you are the partner of a person managing these behaviours, and are struggling with living with the day to day of this experience

Sexual identity:

Gender identity: Male

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Qualifications - Links to websites:

https://www.diegoavilacounselling.com/

https://www.bacp.co.uk/therapists/374809/diego-avila/hampton-wick-kt1

Qualifications - Additional:

Award	Awarding body	Year of award
Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling	BTEC - EdExcel	2018
BACP Accreditation	BACP	2021
Level 5 Certificate in Couple/Relationship Therapy	COSRT	2023
Level 7 Diploma in Compulsive Sexual Behaviours	COSRT	2024

Experience and approach:

My approach to working Psychosexually and with Compulsive Sexual Behaviours is sex-positive, psychotherapeutically framed and based on contemporary psycho-sexological interventions; having undertaken specialised training I hold a Diploma in Compulsive Sexual Behaviours accredited at Level 7 by COSRT (College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists).

Please note that I do not work from a "Sex/Love Addiction/sexual sobriety" model.

Approaches:

Attachment theory (Psychodynamic)
Couple therapy
Existential
Gestalt
GSRD therapy
Humanistic
Integrative
Psychodynamic (Freudian)
Psychodynamic (Jungian)
Relational
Relationship therapy
Supervision
Transactional Analysis

Marginalised groups:

BDSM | Kink
Bi- | Pansexual
Consensual non-monogamy
Gay
Questioning
Trans

Relationship styles:

One to one
Two people
Three or more people

Access:

No adaptation

Age ranges:

Adults
Seniors (60+)
Young adults (16-24)

Online status:

Online
In Person

Individual counselling session lasts for 50 (fifty) minutes and the cost is £65 per session

Couple's/Relationship Therapy can either take place weekly for 60 minutes (at a cost of £80 for the sessions) or fortnightly for 90 minutes (£100 per session).

20 Upper Teddington Rd, Kingston upon Thames, England KT1 4DT, United Kingdom

Email: diego.s.avila@icloud.com

Phone: 07720837083

Website:

https://www.diegoavilacounselling.com