About me
About Me
I’m Rosalind Simpson, an accredited psychosexual and relationship psychotherapist with over 25 years’ experience supporting individuals and couples with emotional, relational, and sexual difficulties. I specialise in couples therapy, relationship counselling, and psychosexual (sex) therapy, helping partners improve communication, rebuild trust after infidelity, resolve conflict, and reconnect emotionally and physically.
I work face-to-face in Dalston, Hackney, East London (N16) and online worldwide via Zoom, offering therapy for couples, individuals, and diverse relationship styles including LGBTQ+, non-monogamous, polyamorous, and kink/BDSM relationships.
My approach is trauma-informed, attachment-based, and integrative, drawing on Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), the Gottman Method, and Imago Relationship Therapy. This allows therapy to be tailored to your needs—whether you are working through trauma, anxiety, sexual difficulties, relationship conflict, or life transitions.
Clients come to therapy for many reasons including relationship difficulties, communication problems, anxiety, depression, trauma, sexual concerns, intimacy issues, infidelity, low desire, erectile difficulties, vaginismus, orgasm difficulties, and performance anxiety. I also support people navigating long-term health conditions, fertility issues, pregnancy and birth trauma, menopause, identity questions, and major life changes.
I provide a safe, inclusive, and non-judgmental space where difficult conversations can happen openly. Many clients are high-functioning but feel stuck in repeating patterns, while others come during times of crisis. Therapy can help you better understand yourself, strengthen relationships, and create meaningful change.
Alongside regular sessions, I offer bespoke 2- or 3-day intensive therapy weekends for couples and individuals seeking deeper progress in a focused period of time.
I am also an accredited clinical supervisor with UKCP and COSRT, providing supervision for therapists, trainees, and professionals in caring roles, both individually and in groups.
If you’re considering therapy, I offer a free 15-minute Zoom consultation to discuss your needs and see whether working together feels like the right fit.
Training, qualifications & experience
I trained in Person-centred counselling originally and later in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Psychodynamic Therapy. I then achieved a post-graduate diploma (The London Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy). I have a postgraduate diploma in supervision of individuals and groups and am a clinical director of students on placement for LDPRT. I am accredited with UKCP, BACP and COSRT (The College of Psychosexual and Relationship Therapists) as a therapist and accredted with COSRT and UKCP as a supervisor.I have a business background and worked in healthcare for nearly thirty years.
I hold a BSc (Hons) in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Psychodynamic Therapy (which is accredited with BACP) from Birkbeck, London University and am qualified and accredited with the BACP and UKCP as a psychotherapist. I also have the post graduate London Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship therapy (which is an accredited course with COSRT) and am senior accredited with COSRT as a Psychosexual and Couples Relationship Therapist and with UKCP. I have a postgraduate diploma in supervision for individuals and groups and am accredited with COSRT as a psychosexual and couples supervisor. I have training in Imago therapy and Gottman relationship therapy.
I have done extensive training in trauma (including sexual trauma) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at Southbank University. I am trained in CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy).
I have worked as a therapist in NHS including IAPT and CAMHS, at a leading mental health charity, an addiction centre, and an educational establishment with a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, and stress-related illnesses as well as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, phobias, Panic Disorder, sleeping difficulties, relational difficulties, long-term health conditions, terminal illness, bereavement and loss, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Health Anxiety, Social Anxiety, low self-esteem and Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) and am now working in my own private psychotherapy practice City Dynamic Therapy in Dalston Kingsland Hackney as well as working with clients worldwide on Zoom.
I have worked as a therapy student training supervisor at Mary Ward Centre. andsupervised clinicians iworking with children and adolescents in CAHMS.
Yes, I am highly trained, experienced and qualifiedbut above all else, I offer you an experience of being listened to and understood.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I work with individuals and couples and polyamorous groups.
I am a sex-positive psychotherapist happy to work with LGBTQ+and open to working with kink and consensual BDSM as well as transexual and gender issues.
Therapies offered
Fees
£125.00 - £200.00
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
My fees are £125.00 per 50-minute session for individuals and £195.00 for couples. On my website (www. citydynamictherapy.co.uk) you will find therapists offering lower rates. Please contact me in the first instance if you are interested in lower-cost therapy with any of these therapists. I accept all major insurance providers including AXA, AVIVA, BUPA, WPA, Cigna Healix and Vitality.
I currently have some availability for therapy or supervision face to face in Dalston Kingsland, Hackney, East London face to face and online by Zoom. I offer daytime and evening appointments. I am available worldwide on Zoom and offer tailor made individual couple intensive weekends face to face anywhere in the world. Price on application. These weekends are very suitable to kick start your relationship or if you have had difficulty finding a suitable therapist where you live.
Tel 07948872907 for a free initial Zoom or telephone consultation to discuss your requirements.
Individual Supervision is £60.00 per 50 minute session and £90 for 1.5 hours Group Supervision (maximum three persons) £45.00 for 90 minutes.
I have a post graduate diploma in supervision and work in any modality including psychodynamic. I am accredited with COSRT and UKCP as a supervisor and am an accredited BACP, UKCP psychotherapist and Senior Accredited COSRT sex and relationship psychotherapist. I am happy to supervise supervisors, therapists, counselling students and members of the public in stressful occupations.
I offer single session therapy as well as time limited or open ended therapy. You can also do a discounted block booking of six, ten or twenty sessions.
When I work
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Last appointment 9pm
Further information
Getting Started
I accept self-referrals as well as referrals from other health professionals, solicitors and insurance companies. You can call me on 07948872907 initially. I offer a free 15-minute telephone or Zoom consultation. Following this, we would arrange a mutually convenient time to meet for an initial assessment on zoom or face to face. This normally takes 50 minutes and will give you a chance to decide if you would like to work with me.
If you decide to come to me for therapy we would normally meet once a week for 50 minutes at the same time and in the same place face to face in Dalston Kingsland, Hackney or on Zoom but this is flexible.
The therapy is open-ended and you decide when you want to finish but I ask that you agree to have a final session so that we can sum up the work we have done together and have a proper ending. If you prefer to work on a particular issue in a time-limited way, we can agree on a set number of sessions or a block booking which can be extended if you wish. I also offer single-session therapy if that is appropriate.
Initially, we will discuss your previous experience or expectations of therapy and what you wish to focus on and work out some goals for the therapy together.
If you are looking for couple therapy, I will involve both of you from the beginning. I consider the relationship between you as my client and I would not normally see you separately. I am an accredited psychosexual and relationship psychotherapist. I am have also done Imago and Gottman training.
I am a sex-positive psychotherapist working with LGBTQ+ and consensual non-monogamy relationships as well as relationships that involve more than two people and consensual kink and BDSM.
