{"id":678,"date":"2026-05-20T13:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/?p=678"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:21:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:21:26","slug":"between-the-body-and-silence-a-profile-of-a-psychosexual-therapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"Between the Body and Silence: a profile of a psychosexual therapist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jody Sill notices every detail. Hands fidgeting, then folding, then unfolding again. The chair feels too upright, making people suddenly aware of their posture, their breathing, their bodies. The room is quiet in a way that gives thoughts too much space. Whatever sentence people arrived with has already slipped away. What remains instead is something harder to place: a sense that something isn\u2019t quite right, or not yet finished, even if it is difficult to explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of practice, Jody, a psychosexual therapist in Sheffield, recognises these moments immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cTherapy can be really, really scary,\u201d she says, with a steady voice. \u201cYou\u2019re bringing yourself into a room with someone you have not met before.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitting opposite me, Jody is comfortable with the silence that follows, allowing it to unfold naturally. She listens with her whole body &#8211; her shoulders are relaxed, and her hands are still.&nbsp;Her long black hair, shaved at the sides and cut with a short fringe, is pulled back into a ponytail &#8211; as always. A soft smile rests on her face, setting the tone early on. There is nothing performative about her presence. She speaks calmly, letting each pause land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an ease shaped by time spent in rooms like this, sitting with people when words are slow to arrive. Before specialising in psychosexual therapy, Jody Sill worked for more than a decade across the wider mental health field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, based in Sheffield, she works both within the NHS and in private practice, supporting individuals, couples and people in different relationship structures as they navigate sex, intimacy and desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSex relationships are often really intertwined,\u201d Jody says. \u201cA lot of people experience sexual difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Psychosexual therapy is a type of talking therapy that helps individuals and couples work through sexual problems by looking at the emotional and psychological factors around sex. It helps people understand their sexual experiences, resolve difficulties and explore pleasure in a way that feels more authentic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople rarely arrive certain of what they need from therapy,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some talk about pain or tension, bodies that don\u2019t respond in the way they think they should. Others hesitate around desire &#8211; too much of it, too little of it, or simply not feeling what they believe everyone else does so effortlessly. Many arrive without a clear explanation at all, only a persistent sense that something isn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI assumed people would find it easy to talk about sex, because I did,\u201d Jody says. \u201cBut actually, it\u2019s quite difficult for many people to speak about.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Jody noticed that silence long before she became a psychosexual therapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was a teenager, I realised that people find it really hard to talk about sex, to talk about their bodies,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd I thought there\u2019s quite a lot of injustice in that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friends would come to her distressed, unsure what to do or who to talk to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople would say, \u2018I had sex with my partner and the condom split, and I don\u2019t know what to do,\u2019 or \u2018I don\u2019t know if I might be gay,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cThey were so upset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What stayed with her was not just their fear, but the absence of somewhere safe to take it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI kept thinking, why isn\u2019t there somebody you could talk to who could probably do something a bit more than I could at the time?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though sex was everywhere, she kept seeing how rarely people could talk about it without embarrassment or apology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt felt like you couldn\u2019t talk about this,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That absence became the foundation of her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think many people know psychosexual therapists exist,\u201d she says. \u201cI met with more \u2018I didn\u2019t know that was a thing\u2019 than \u2018oh yeah\u2019 when I say where I work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The invisibility of the role matters. When people don\u2019t know that support exists, shame often fills the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the first assumptions Jody encounters is about what her work actually involves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople assume that a lot of the work I do is around penetrative sex,\u201d she says. \u201cBut actually, not at all. It\u2019s about all different forms of sex and how it can be more enjoyable and authentic for people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her experience, penetration is a common reason for people accessing psychosexual therapy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople put it on such a high pedestal, but&nbsp;when you really listen to them, there\u2019s a wealth of other sexual activities and experiences they often prefer and enjoy more,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This expectation creates a lot of pressure and often, pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor women specifically, vaginismus is probably the most common thing I see,\u201d she says. \u201cAny penetration causes a lot of pain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/05\/IMG_3931-02-02-2026-20-07-23-03-02-2026-18-42-23-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-680 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;aspect-ratio:1.4993026102302809;width:477px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/05\/IMG_3931-02-02-2026-20-07-23-03-02-2026-18-42-23-980x653.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/05\/IMG_3931-02-02-2026-20-07-23-03-02-2026-18-42-23-480x320.jpeg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Hands resting on a woman\u2019s knees;&nbsp; Image: Tima Miroshnichenko, Pexels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The distress people bring into the room is rarely just physical. Language itself can be a barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome people find it quite hard to use the correct language around anatomy and their bodies,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u2019ll use code words or slang for different parts of their bodies because they don\u2019t know how to talk about their genitals, or they feel too embarrassed to use accurate language.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of this means someone is abnormal; it shows there is room to understand themselves better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Jody talks about change, she doesn\u2019t talk about fixing people. She talks about power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s when people realise how much power they have within their own body,\u201d she says. \u201cA lot of people come into therapy feeling like their body isn\u2019t really there and that their pleasure is meant for somebody else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching that shift, she says, is one of the most meaningful parts of her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSeeing people move from feeling quite small and powerless into empowerment and pleasure is wonderful to witness,\u201d she says. \u201cThere\u2019s something magical about someone connecting with their body in a way they never thought they could. \u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWatching people learn \u2018this is my body\u2019, \u2018this is how I communicate with it\u2019, \u2018this is how I tell a partner to communicate it\u2019 to enhance pleasure in a way that leads to orgasm with someone not having it before. It is very lovely to witness this breakthrough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One story she returns to often is of an elderly couple who believed the sexual part of their relationship was no longer possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey thought they couldn\u2019t be sexual, they thought they were too old,\u201d she says. \u201cThrough our work together, they discovered they are not too old, and this is actually really fun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a very joyful piece of work to facilitate and help them to navigate it together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/05\/IMG_3961-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holding a flower; \nImage: Mart Production, Pexels\n\" class=\"wp-image-681 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/05\/IMG_3961-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/05\/IMG_3961-480x320.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> A woman holding a flower; Image: Mart Production, Pexels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people don\u2019t start therapy knowing exactly what they\u2019re looking for, and that\u2019s part of the work.&nbsp;For those considering therapy, Jody is careful not to oversimplify the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s probably unrealistic for many folks to come dancing into the therapy room being really happy to be there,\u201d she says. \u201cJust be curious. Have an open mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKnow that you are there for a reason, and these reasons are going to change your life in a really good way.&nbsp;Communicate that reason with the therapist so they can help you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What strikes her most is how much goes unsaid &#8211; not because it doesn&#8217;t matter, but because people don&#8217;t know where to put it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor some people it takes decades to realise that they need to talk to somebody about their problems,\u201d she says. \u201cFor younger people, there can be real benefit in reaching out earlier. When you start feeling unsure, when you don\u2019t know who to talk to, when it\u2019s impacting your sense of self or how you navigate sexual relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, curiosity alone is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou might not necessarily be upset or feel like you have a problem,\u201d she says. \u201cYou might just want to learn a little bit more about yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above all, she wants people to understand that there is no single correct way to experience sex or intimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNormal doesn\u2019t exist,\u201d she says. \u201cI know saying that isn\u2019t necessarily going to make that belief sit with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>She pauses, holding the moment with a calm she\u2019s learned to trust.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut knowing psychosexual therapy exists, knowing there are people out there who can catch you and tell you, \u2018that\u2019s okay\u2019 &#8211; that can help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, getting past the fear is not about finding the right words &#8211; just about saying something out loud for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jody Sill notices every detail. 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