About
Camilla Fadel
Hi I'm Camilla, a therapist, coach and mental health educator/facilitator specialising in supporting wellbeing in and through Relationships; and the evidence based belief that our relational health with one another, ourselves and our wider environment is the basis for our wider health and happiness.
Relationships when working well positively support well-being and health, and through them our development and growth. There can however be many hurdles involved including, but not limited to:
-Conflict and communication difficulties;
-Decisions around commitment and relationship boundaries;
-Difficulties conceiving /infertility and challenges from the first early years of parenthood;
-Separation, breakup, step parenting, blended families;
-Affairs / Infidelity;
-Carer responsibilities /supporting physical and mental illness within a relationship or family;
-Life transitions experienced as stressful within a relationship/family- health diagnosis, bereavement, grief and wider losses e.g. redundancy
Relationship therapy aims to support around these hurdles by providing a space to explore patterns of behaviour, past familial experiences and practice building communication and intimacy.
Focussed on sexual difficulties/challenges or wider questions around sexual experience, Psychosexual Therapy can offer support for the following areas:
-Loss of sexual desire/ challenges experienced with differences in sexual desire between partners;
-Infrequent sex;
-Difficulties with orgasm and absence of orgasm (Anorgasmia);
-Pain during sex (Dyspareunia);
-Ejaculation or Erection Challenges;
-Penetration difficulties; Vaginismus;
- Concerns surrounding porn use and compulsive sexual behaviours (Sexual addiction);
-Loss of body confidence in relation to intimacy;
-Anxiety/ Fear around sex and challenge expressing wants, needs and boundaries for a sexual experience;
-Issues relating to gender, sexuality or relational diversity.
Sessions can include a range of approaches including behavioural- CBT, sensate focus and psychoeducation.
Coaching differs from counselling in its developmental compared to reparative focus. (BACP). Within my practice I keep a keen emphasis on the role of the therapeutic relationship and being relationally aligned.
Sessions focus on specific actions and goal setting; topics of general interest include:
-Working identity, meaning and purpose;
-Confidence/Imposter syndrome;
-Burnout/ Wellbeing;
-Professional work goals/ Promotion and career change;
-Managing Leadership positions;
-Return to work including post maternity and carer responsibilities;
-Challenges surrounding Menopause;
Specific Relational topics include, but are not limited to:
-Commitment
-Intimacy
-Finances
-Planning for long term goals
Decisions as partners on:
'Life-Work' fit
-Whether or not to have children or extend family
-Next steps after a fertility journey
-Managing ill health