Sueli Montilha , BACP, NCPS

Sueli Montilha is a psychotherapeutic practitioner based in the United Kingdom with six years of clinical experience working across the charity sector and the NHS. She trained in a range of clinical specialties, earning an Advanced Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, a CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Children, a Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions, and an MSc in Contemporary Psychosexual Therapy with distinction. Her background includes therapeutic work with children, young people, and adults, and she brings a multicultural perspective informed by time living in multiple countries after growing up in Brazil.

Sueli has extensive experience supporting people affected by complex trauma, including sexual trauma, as well as common mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression. She also works with relationship and communication difficulties and with sexual wellbeing and sexual dysfunction, addressing issues such as erectile and ejaculatory problems, arousal and desire concerns, painful intercourse, and orgasm difficulties. Her approach is rooted in a bio-psychosocial framework, attending to biological, psychological, and social influences on wellbeing.

She is GSRD aware - that is, attentive to Gender, Sex, and Relationship Diversity - and she works respectfully with people of all genders, sexualities, and relationship structures. Sueli holds professional credentials listed as BACP and NCPS, indicating recognised professional affiliations and training. She provides therapy in English and is not currently accepting new clients.

Evidence-based approaches and online support for sexual wellbeing and trauma

Psychosexual therapy focuses on understanding sexual function, desire, arousal, and intimacy by combining education, communication strategies, and tailored interventions to address sexual difficulties and improve relational connection. This approach is suited to people experiencing erectile or ejaculatory difficulties, pain during intercourse, desire differences, or other aspects of sexual wellbeing.

Trauma-informed work pays attention to the ways past traumatic experiences shape thoughts, emotions, and relationships. It uses paced, empathic techniques to help people manage symptoms of complex trauma and to rebuild a sense of safety and agency in relationships and daily life.

Sueli also uses low-intensity psychological interventions - brief, structured methods that can help with common problems like anxiety and mild-to-moderate depression by teaching practical coping skills and ways to reframe unhelpful patterns. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process - Sueli works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and adapts the plan over time with input from the client.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for people balancing work, family, or mobility needs. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions, access skilled therapists from different locations within the same country, and choose the communication style that fits each person’s comfort level.