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Psychosexual Service

Checked: 23-10-2023 by Vicky Ryan Next Review: 23-10-2025

Overview

The Psychosexual service is able to offer a brief counselling service for individuals struggling with sexual dysfunction thought to be of a psychological origin.

There is a single point of access to the service through Unity Sexual Health, with clinics running at Unity Sexual Health and St Michael's Hospital.

UPDATE OCTOBER 2023 - There is currently a 12 month waiting list for appointments

Before Referral

Consider advice and management in primary care and self help advice prior to referral.

The Psychosexual Help page on the Unity website has useful resources with advice for patients on conditions including:

Loss of libido
Dyspareunia
Vaginismus
Erectile Dysfunction - see also the Remedy Erectile Dysfunction page
Premature ejaculation
Delayed ejaculation
Anorgasmia

Referral

Referral via Single Point of Access at Unity Sexual Health is via email

To refer someone to this service, please write a letter and include a summary of all medical conditions, medication, treatments tried and relevant test results and email to: psychosexualappointments@uhbw.nhs.uk

The current wait for appointments is 12 months (October 2023) and the service can only offer a limited number of sessions, typically 6 sessions for brief intervention.

Patients are not able to self-refer to this service and can only be referred via the route described above.

Please note that this service is not able to help with relationship problems or addiction to sex or pornography but there are useful links on the Unity website.

Resources

Guidelines from Patient.info (professional articles)

Patient information

Psychosexual help | Unity Sexual Health

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