Abbey Sawyer (She/Her) | Psychologist
Abbey is a Registered Psychologist and Sexologist with a Master of Science in Medicine specialising in psychosexual therapy, as well as Bachelor degrees in Psychological Science and Criminology and a Postgraduate degree in Psychology. She is passionate about the connection between psychological health and sexuality and supports people of all ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds to enrich their sexual lives and improve mental wellbeing. Abbey has particular clinical interests in sexual OCD, ejaculatory dysfunction, sexual anxiety, providing age-appropriate sex education for parents, and supporting young autistic people with concerning sexualised behaviours.
Abbey works with a wide range of concerns across the lifespan, including sexual health issues such as pelvic pain, libido concerns, sexual dysfunction, and sexual aversion disorders, as well as anxiety disorders, OCD, depression, neurodivergence, borderline personality disorder, and self-esteem or body image concerns.
She takes an evidence-based, eclectic, and client-centred approach, tailoring therapy to each individual’s background and circumstances. Abbey’s gentle, non-judgemental nature helps clients feel safe and respected, while her work draws on therapeutic modalities such as psychodynamic therapy, Internal Family Systems, CBT, Schema Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Gottman Method couples interventions.