The College of Sexual and Relationship Therapy (COSRT) is the main accreditation body for psychotherapists working with psychosexual presentations and couples and it requires specialist qualifications for membership.

Sexual difficulties

Erectile difficulties/ dysfunction

• NHS Choices: Erectile dysfunction (impotence)
• The Sexual Advice Association: Erectile Dysfunction
• The New Male Sexuality: The Truth about Men, Sex and Pleasure (Zilbergeld, B.; Bantam, 1999)

Ejaculatory difficulties

• NHS Choices: Ejaculation Problems
• The Sexual Advice Association: Ejaculation Problems

Anorgasmia/ difficulty reaching orgasm

• The Sexual Advice Association: Problems with Orgasm
• Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Programme for Women (Heiman, J. R. & LoPiccolo, J.; Piatkus, 2009)

Dyspareunia (pain with penetration)

• NHS Choices: Why does sex hurt?
• Vulval Pain Society
• The Sexual Advice Association: Pain During or After Sex
• A Woman’s Guide to Overcoming Sexual Fear & Pain (Jones Goodwin, A. & Agronin, M. E.; New Harbinger Publications, 1997)
• Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Programme for Women (Heiman, J. R. & LoPiccolo, J.; Piatkus, 2009)

Vaginismus/ penetration difficulty

• NHS Choices: Vaginismus
• Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Programme for Women (Heiman, J. R. & LoPiccolo, J.; Piatkus, 2009)

Lack or loss of desire/ low libido

• NHS Choices: Loss of Libido
• The Sexual Advice Association: Lack of Sexual Desire or Arousal

Sex and Ageing

• NHS Choices: Sex as you Get Older
• The Sexual Advice Association: Sex and Ageing
• The Sexual Advice Association: Vaginal Dryness and the Menopause
• The Sexual Advice Association: Men’s Issues