Silva Neves

I am a fully qualified, experienced and accredited psychotherapist specialist in:

Psychosexual and relationship therapy. Compulsive sexual behaviours & problematic porn use. Trauma therapy & EMDR. Bereavement and complex grief.

I am an accredited member of COSRT (College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists)

I'm a full clinical member of UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy).

I am a member of the British and European Society for Sexual Medicine.
I am an accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.
I am a registered member of BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).

I'm a Pink Therapy Clinical Associate.

I am a member of EMDR Association UK.

Being awarded the accreditation with COSRT means that I am a specialist in psychosexual and relationship therapy, having met strict criteria in respect of training, experience, knowledge, ethical standards, clinical skills and commitment to continuous professional development.

Being a full clinical member of UKCP means that I have achieved the highest standard of psychotherapy clinical practice.

Being a member of The British Society for Sexual Medicine and The European Society for Sexual Medicine means that I keep updated on all the current research and interventions in the field of human sexuality

Being a Pink Therapy Clinical Associate means that I have extensive knowledge and experience working with GSRD (Gender, Sexuality, Relationship Diversities), including people who identify as LGBTQ+. I am kink-aware, and I offer a safe and non-pathologising space for marginalised people, including sex workers. 

I abide by each of the membership's code of ethics and professional conducts.

I hold a full professional insurance.

My model of psychotherapy is 'integrative'. It means that I will use different approaches from different therapy models to suit your needs best.

The conditions I can help you with are:

• Difficulties with relationships: starting, sustaining or ending a relationship
• Male sexual problems (erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, retarded ejaculation)
• Female sexual problems (vaginismus, dyspareunia)
• Difficulties with orgasms
• Differences in sexual desire within the relationship
• Communication problems in a relationship, including frequent arguments, rows or blaming
• Survivors of sexual abuse
• Compulsive Sexual Behaviours & problematic porn use
• Sexless relationship
• Lack of intimacy
• Issues with sexualities
• Healing from the disclosure of infidelity
• Coming out, acceptance of sexuality and LGBTQ specific issues
• Recreational drugs and sex
• Issues related to diagnosis of HIV and other STIs
• Sexual shame
• Complex grief 

I also offer trauma therapy for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress (PTS).

• Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
• Adult men and women who have been sexually assaulted
• Adult survivors of childhood neglect, including parental neglect and school bullying
• LGBTQ+ population faced with homophobia and survivors of conversion practices. 

I practice in Central London, Mayfair (W1) but currently online (via Zoom)

Fee:  

Individual and relationship therapy: £120 

To make an appointment, or for an informal chat, call me on 079 5832 0565

Or e-mail me at sntherapy@gmail.com

My privacy policy:

My consultations with you are confidential.

Professional and ethical guidelines require me to have regular clinical supervision to discuss my work with my clients. Consultations with my clinical supervisor are also confidential.

In the event that we see each other outside of our sessions (in the street, or in a shop, for example), I will not acknowledge you unless you acknowledge me first. This is to maintain your confidentiality.

Relationship therapy: I usually work with partners together. Occasionally, I may have a one-to-one session with each partner. The one-to-one session is kept confidential. It is the responsibility of each partner to disclose to each other the conversations held during their one-to-one meeting. I will not disclose conversations. It means that I may hold information that has not been disclosed by one of the partners.

The circumstances that require the breach of confidentiality are:
1 - If I am sufficiently concerned that you may harm yourself or a third party.
2 - Children or vulnerable adults being at significant risk of harm currently (current sexual, physical, psychological or financial abuse)
3 - Acts of terrorism
4 - Drug or people trafficking
5 - Money laundering
6 - I may be subpoenaed by a court to give evidence under oath.

If you pay my fee by bank card, my name may appear on your bank statement.

I abide by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (2018)

The personal information I hold about you (name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number, medical history, etc.) is stored in a locked cupboard. Only I have access to it.

I do not share any data about you to third parties.

You have the right to request your personal information to be corrected or erased at any time, in writing. For legal purposes, I have to keep some data about you. We can discuss your requirements and come to an agreement together.

In the event of my sudden incapacity to work, a professional executor will take responsibility for my clients, in which case your identity would be disclosed to the executor. Executors are bound by the same professional and ethical guidelines of confidentiality.

I write brief notes about what I discuss with you in sessions. Your notes are kept electronically and are encrypted. Only I have access to them. I don’t write your name or any other people’s names on my notes to maintain confidentiality. You have the right to request a copy of your notes, in writing.

Clinical notes on couples therapy remains the confidential material of the couple relationship and one partner cannot request access without the consent of the other. I will meet your request within one month, without charge.

I keep all the information I hold about you, including notes, for seven years after the end of therapy. After seven years I destroy all data and notes I have about you.

If you fall ill during a consultation, I will call the emergency services and disclose your name and any medications you take.

For the purpose of training and writing for the contribution to the field of psychotherapy, I may use some materials of what I discuss with my clients for case studies. When doing so, all of my clients’ identifying information are disguised to ensure confidentiality. Before starting therapy, you will have the opportunity to opt in authorising me to do so, or not.

I will use your preferred methods of contact: e-mails, texts or phone calls. Please note that these methods are not secure, therefore we cannot guarantee complete confidentiality. It is best not to discuss or write personal or sensitive information on a text or in an e-mail. If you require me to e-mail clinical notes with sensitive and personal information about you, I will do so in the form of a password-protected document.

In the event that I need to make a referral to another appropriate professional, you will have the opportunity to opt in to authorise me to do so, or not.