Silva Neves
@silvaneves.bsky.social
Award-winning psychosexual & relationship psychotherapist. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Author. Speaker. Media. AccCOSRT. UKCP.
Author. Speaker. Media. AccCOSRT. UKCP.
The concepts and related treatments of “sex/porn addiction” are problematic.
Read more about it in the editorial of the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read more about it in the editorial of the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM
The concepts and related treatments of “sex/porn addiction” are problematic.
Read more about it in the editorial of the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read more about it in the editorial of the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
An important position statement on “sex/ porn addiction” was published last year by the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal.
Read the full editorial here
👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Several mental health organisations made similar statements on this subject.
Read the full editorial here
👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Several mental health organisations made similar statements on this subject.
February 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
An important position statement on “sex/ porn addiction” was published last year by the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal.
Read the full editorial here
👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Several mental health organisations made similar statements on this subject.
Read the full editorial here
👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Several mental health organisations made similar statements on this subject.
Today is my 12 year anniversary of full time private practice, and it was wonderful to celebrate with one of my favourite colleagues and friends Dr Angela Wright.
In those 12 years, I listened to so many stories, each of them different, and all of them deeply human, holding space to be and grow.
In those 12 years, I listened to so many stories, each of them different, and all of them deeply human, holding space to be and grow.
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Today is my 12 year anniversary of full time private practice, and it was wonderful to celebrate with one of my favourite colleagues and friends Dr Angela Wright.
In those 12 years, I listened to so many stories, each of them different, and all of them deeply human, holding space to be and grow.
In those 12 years, I listened to so many stories, each of them different, and all of them deeply human, holding space to be and grow.
A bit of therapy humour for Sunday.
Indeed, it is a strange time to be a therapist in 2026. It keeps us on our toes! 😁😳😬
Image from Psychotherapy Memes.
Indeed, it is a strange time to be a therapist in 2026. It keeps us on our toes! 😁😳😬
Image from Psychotherapy Memes.
February 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
A bit of therapy humour for Sunday.
Indeed, it is a strange time to be a therapist in 2026. It keeps us on our toes! 😁😳😬
Image from Psychotherapy Memes.
Indeed, it is a strange time to be a therapist in 2026. It keeps us on our toes! 😁😳😬
Image from Psychotherapy Memes.
Remziye Kunelaki and I had a great afternoon in our favourite independent queer cinema The Arzner. Lovely cocktails and a moving, amazing film: The History of Sound ❤️🏳️🌈
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Remziye Kunelaki and I had a great afternoon in our favourite independent queer cinema The Arzner. Lovely cocktails and a moving, amazing film: The History of Sound ❤️🏳️🌈
Another year of COSRT accreditation 💚
It is my privilege to work in this specialist field, helping people navigate their sexual and relationship issues, and ultimately improving their overall quality of life.
It is my privilege to work in this specialist field, helping people navigate their sexual and relationship issues, and ultimately improving their overall quality of life.
January 31, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Another year of COSRT accreditation 💚
It is my privilege to work in this specialist field, helping people navigate their sexual and relationship issues, and ultimately improving their overall quality of life.
It is my privilege to work in this specialist field, helping people navigate their sexual and relationship issues, and ultimately improving their overall quality of life.
I had an amazing night of Queer Joy celebrating the book launch of “The Log Books” by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith.
The book is about the queer voices of the helpline Switchboard, a major part of British queer history, and still going!
Indeed, being listened to is so powerful ❤️🌈
The book is about the queer voices of the helpline Switchboard, a major part of British queer history, and still going!
Indeed, being listened to is so powerful ❤️🌈
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I had an amazing night of Queer Joy celebrating the book launch of “The Log Books” by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith.
The book is about the queer voices of the helpline Switchboard, a major part of British queer history, and still going!
Indeed, being listened to is so powerful ❤️🌈
The book is about the queer voices of the helpline Switchboard, a major part of British queer history, and still going!
Indeed, being listened to is so powerful ❤️🌈
If you’re struggling with compulsive sexual behaviours or porn-related distress, you can find a specialist therapist who works with evidence-based, ethical and sex-positive methods here
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www.sexpositivityuk.com/compulsive-s...
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www.sexpositivityuk.com/compulsive-s...
Find A Therapist
A list of hand-picked specialists in Compulsive Sexual Behaviours trained by Silva Neves and CICS
www.sexpositivityuk.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:57 PM
If you’re struggling with compulsive sexual behaviours or porn-related distress, you can find a specialist therapist who works with evidence-based, ethical and sex-positive methods here
👇
www.sexpositivityuk.com/compulsive-s...
👇
www.sexpositivityuk.com/compulsive-s...
If you struggle with compulsive sexual behaviours or porn-related distress, low-cost therapy is available!
Send me an email and I’ll recommend a colleague:
[email protected]
Send me an email and I’ll recommend a colleague:
[email protected]
January 27, 2026 at 11:32 AM
If you struggle with compulsive sexual behaviours or porn-related distress, low-cost therapy is available!
Send me an email and I’ll recommend a colleague:
[email protected]
Send me an email and I’ll recommend a colleague:
[email protected]
Does size matter? 🍆
I was quoted in this piece by Amy Dowrick for Top Sante.
Enjoy!
www.topsante.co.uk/womens-healt...
I was quoted in this piece by Amy Dowrick for Top Sante.
Enjoy!
www.topsante.co.uk/womens-healt...
Does size matter? What women really think about your manhood - and if you measure up
With growing (ahem!) numbers of men unhappy with the size of their manhood, is bigger actually the better? As it turns out, not quite
www.topsante.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Does size matter? 🍆
I was quoted in this piece by Amy Dowrick for Top Sante.
Enjoy!
www.topsante.co.uk/womens-healt...
I was quoted in this piece by Amy Dowrick for Top Sante.
Enjoy!
www.topsante.co.uk/womens-healt...
It was fab to teach on compulsive sexual behaviours for MSTI. Colleagues were engaged in the subject and asked lots of great questions! 💜🌈
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
It was fab to teach on compulsive sexual behaviours for MSTI. Colleagues were engaged in the subject and asked lots of great questions! 💜🌈
I believe one of the best parts of our psychotherapy profession is that we never stop learning and we always have opportunities to challenge our ideas, question our theories, think outside the box, examine the societal and cultural constructs that limit us.
January 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I believe one of the best parts of our psychotherapy profession is that we never stop learning and we always have opportunities to challenge our ideas, question our theories, think outside the box, examine the societal and cultural constructs that limit us.
My latest article in Psychology Today is on the new Netflix’s documentary “Evil Influencer” and the dark side of “sex/porn addiction”.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talk...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talk...
"Evil Influencer" and the Dark Side of Sex Addiction
Personal Perspective: Netflix documentary "Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story" reveals the dark side of the "sex/porn addiction" industry and its mainstream narratives.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
My latest article in Psychology Today is on the new Netflix’s documentary “Evil Influencer” and the dark side of “sex/porn addiction”.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talk...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talk...
If you’re a clinical supervisor, do you want to dive deeper and unpack dominant constructs?
You can read “Queering the 7-eyed model of clinical supervision” in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal, written by my friend and colleague Rima Hawkins and I.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
You can read “Queering the 7-eyed model of clinical supervision” in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal, written by my friend and colleague Rima Hawkins and I.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
If you’re a clinical supervisor, do you want to dive deeper and unpack dominant constructs?
You can read “Queering the 7-eyed model of clinical supervision” in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal, written by my friend and colleague Rima Hawkins and I.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
You can read “Queering the 7-eyed model of clinical supervision” in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal, written by my friend and colleague Rima Hawkins and I.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
How can clinical supervision be an anti-oppressive space for therapists?
You can read the peer-reviewed article I co-authored with my friend and colleague Rima Hawkins in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal.
You can read the peer-reviewed article I co-authored with my friend and colleague Rima Hawkins in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal.
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
How can clinical supervision be an anti-oppressive space for therapists?
You can read the peer-reviewed article I co-authored with my friend and colleague Rima Hawkins in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal.
You can read the peer-reviewed article I co-authored with my friend and colleague Rima Hawkins in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal.
Any life stages can have its obstacles in having good, fulfilling sex.
I spoke with the fabulous Paisley Gilmour for this month’s Men’s Health magazine on having better sex!
It’s always an honour to be invited to be part of these important conversations! ❤️
I spoke with the fabulous Paisley Gilmour for this month’s Men’s Health magazine on having better sex!
It’s always an honour to be invited to be part of these important conversations! ❤️
January 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Any life stages can have its obstacles in having good, fulfilling sex.
I spoke with the fabulous Paisley Gilmour for this month’s Men’s Health magazine on having better sex!
It’s always an honour to be invited to be part of these important conversations! ❤️
I spoke with the fabulous Paisley Gilmour for this month’s Men’s Health magazine on having better sex!
It’s always an honour to be invited to be part of these important conversations! ❤️
Today was full of great things. I spent my day doing client sessions, supervision sessions, completed a publishing deadline, and was a guest on a podcast. 💙
I love my job and all the different things I’m able to do. Feeling grateful 💛
I love my job and all the different things I’m able to do. Feeling grateful 💛
January 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Today was full of great things. I spent my day doing client sessions, supervision sessions, completed a publishing deadline, and was a guest on a podcast. 💙
I love my job and all the different things I’m able to do. Feeling grateful 💛
I love my job and all the different things I’m able to do. Feeling grateful 💛
I loved teaching on working with grief with GSRD clients for Rainbow Minds’ Diploma in GSRD Therapy.
It’s a heavy topic but it was a great day and a joy to get to know GSRD colleagues who are doing great work for our communities ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️🌈
It’s a heavy topic but it was a great day and a joy to get to know GSRD colleagues who are doing great work for our communities ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️🌈
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I loved teaching on working with grief with GSRD clients for Rainbow Minds’ Diploma in GSRD Therapy.
It’s a heavy topic but it was a great day and a joy to get to know GSRD colleagues who are doing great work for our communities ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️🌈
It’s a heavy topic but it was a great day and a joy to get to know GSRD colleagues who are doing great work for our communities ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️🌈
I’ll be teaching on working with compulsive sexual behaviours with MSTI on Saturday 17th January.
Come and join us!
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Come and join us!
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January 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I’ll be teaching on working with compulsive sexual behaviours with MSTI on Saturday 17th January.
Come and join us!
modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/work...
Come and join us!
modernsextherapyinstitutes.com/product/work...
If you want to know more about queering clinical supervision, you can read our peer-reviewed article in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
If you want to know more about queering clinical supervision, you can read our peer-reviewed article in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
If you are out there in Storm Goretti, take care of yourselves!
I have decided today is a pink hoodie day, having a couple of meetings, catching up with admin and some academic stuff 🩷
Happy Friday to you all! 🩷🩷🩷🩷
I have decided today is a pink hoodie day, having a couple of meetings, catching up with admin and some academic stuff 🩷
Happy Friday to you all! 🩷🩷🩷🩷
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM
If you are out there in Storm Goretti, take care of yourselves!
I have decided today is a pink hoodie day, having a couple of meetings, catching up with admin and some academic stuff 🩷
Happy Friday to you all! 🩷🩷🩷🩷
I have decided today is a pink hoodie day, having a couple of meetings, catching up with admin and some academic stuff 🩷
Happy Friday to you all! 🩷🩷🩷🩷
Last year I spent over 60 hours of my professional development diving deep in all the complexities of working with open and polyamorous relationships.
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Last year I spent over 60 hours of my professional development diving deep in all the complexities of working with open and polyamorous relationships.
My colleague and friend Rima Hawkins and I wrote a peer-reviewed article in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal in 2024: “Queering the 7-eyed model of clinical supervision”.
January 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
My colleague and friend Rima Hawkins and I wrote a peer-reviewed article in the Sexual and Relationship Therapy journal in 2024: “Queering the 7-eyed model of clinical supervision”.
I’m back to work today!
It is always a pleasure to return to work. I love my job. ❤️
And we have snow today! ❄️
It is always a pleasure to return to work. I love my job. ❤️
And we have snow today! ❄️
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM
I’m back to work today!
It is always a pleasure to return to work. I love my job. ❤️
And we have snow today! ❄️
It is always a pleasure to return to work. I love my job. ❤️
And we have snow today! ❄️
My first article of the year for Psychology Today is on sexual compulsivity. We are in a fascinating new era of assessments and treatments for compulsive sexual behaviours.
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/talk...
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/talk...
The New Era for the Treatment of Sexual Compulsivity
Some clinicians have been treating sexual excess as an addiction without any scientific evidence. Now, a more ethical new era of therapy for sexual compulsivity has come.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 PM
My first article of the year for Psychology Today is on sexual compulsivity. We are in a fascinating new era of assessments and treatments for compulsive sexual behaviours.
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/talk...
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/talk...