The Box Philosophy

Your thoughts, fears, hopes, dreams, desires and memories are in your mind and this can sometimes feel like they’re stuck in a box there. That box of "stuff" is holding you back from being able to live a fulfilled life, sexually and relationally.

Therapy is like opening up the box inside your mind and looking in. It’s messy and scrambled and often disorganised and scary.

With The Box therapy approach, we’ll take that box together, tip it out and work out what you want to keep, what can we get rid of, what needs filing away for another day, and what still serves us.

We’ll then put all your “stuff” back inside the box together and in a way that you understand and in a way that feels right and empowers you to be the best version of you.

Let’s organise The Box.

Sinéad Golledge

(she/her)

Sinéad is a qualified psychosexual and relationship therapist, who trained with The Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology (CICS) and is registered with the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT). She has studied and worked within the mental health field for 18 years and has worked within the NHS and higher education sectors.

Sinéad is trained in pluralism, which is an approach that can accommodate a variety of counselling and psychotherapy models of change, techniques, practices and theories. This means she approaches clients with the belief that each are unique and therefore may need different things at different times and it allows the client(s) and Sinéad to work together in exploring and working through the issues together.

Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist

Clinical Sexology and Relationship Therapy (PgDip)

MA Psychology

Registered Nurse: Mental Health (PgDip)

Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) (HV and OH)

Community Practitioner Nurse Prescriber

Trainee Yoga Teacher

Clients

Sinéad is able to work with individuals and intimate partners who are experiencing a range of issues, such as non-consensual non monogamy, differences in desire, sexual function issues around pain, erection and ejaculation, those who have experienced trauma, or those who are experiencing shame. She is also able to work with those who believe they have compulsive or problematic sexual behaviours.

Sinéad has previously worked with individuals who are experiencing lower self esteem following a life change, such as illness, and is able to work with individuals and intimate partners on reframing their relational and sexual selves for healthy lives and relationships free from distress.

Sinéad is passionate about self-care and self-exploration, and believes that we all already have the tools within us to be the authentic version of ourselves that we desire to be.

Services & Fees

What The Box can help with:

• Erection and ejaculation issues
  
• Desire differences
  
• Painful intercourse and pain on penetration (all genders)
  
• Orgasm issues
  
• Compulsive or problematic sexual behaviours
  
• Intimate partner therapy - including navigating separation/divorce, healing from non consenual non monogamy (affairs), navigating opening up a relationships (consensual non monogamy/polyamory)
  
• Self esteem issues
  
• Dating dilemmas
  

Accessing therapy shouldn't be a privilege. The Box Therapy is open to all. I offer a sliding scale approach - please contact me for more details.

Testimonials

“As a 30 year old male I was actually really nervous prior to my call as I’ve never spoken openly about my sex life or relationships with anyone before but Sinead made me totally relaxed about everything from our first call. I’ll be forever grateful for what I learned in such a short space of time with her and my sex life and relationship has gone from strength to strength since!”

“Sinead has been a great help in such a short time. She is holistic in her approach, improving both physical and mental aspects of my sexual wellness. She went over and beyond, providing support even in other areas of my life. I would recommend her to anyone seeking assistance.”