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Confidential, non-judgemental support for compulsive pornography use
Many people struggle with their use of pornography in silence. You may feel ashamed, conflicted, or worried about the impact it’s having on your relationships, self-esteem, work, or emotional well-being. For some, pornography becomes a way of coping with stress, loneliness, anxiety, or low mood, even when it no longer feels within their control.
At Cherry Tree Therapy Centre in Henley-on-Thames, we offer porn addiction counselling for adults and young people who want to better understand their behaviour and make meaningful, sustainable changes. You don’t need to label yourself in any particular way to seek support, only to recognise that something isn’t working for you.
Pornography use can become problematic in different ways. You may find yourself spending more time viewing pornography than you intended, struggling to stop despite repeated attempts, or returning to it during periods of stress, anxiety, loneliness or emotional discomfort.
For some people, pornography use begins to affect relationships, intimacy, sexual functioning, work or everyday life. There may also be increasing secrecy, shame or a sense that the behaviour is no longer consistent with how you want to live.
Porn addiction counselling is not simply about stopping a behaviour. Therapy can help you understand the patterns that have developed around pornography use, recognise triggers and urges, and explore what the behaviour may have been helping you manage emotionally.
Together with your therapist, you can work towards developing greater choice and control, healthier ways of coping and a more sustainable relationship with your sexuality.
People use different language to describe difficulties with pornography. You may think of what you're experiencing as porn addiction, compulsive porn use, problematic pornography use or simply a behaviour that has become difficult to control.
You don't need to decide which label fits before seeking help.
Our therapists work with the individual rather than expecting everyone to fit a particular definition. What matters is how pornography is affecting you, whether you feel able to make choices about your use, and what you would like to change.
Sometimes individual counselling is only one part of the support someone needs. At Cherry Tree, we offer a range of specialist services for people affected by compulsive pornography or sexual behaviours, as well as support for partners and relationships.
Men's Sex & Porn Recovery Groups
Our free recovery groups provide a confidential space for men working towards recovery from problematic or compulsive sexual behaviours. We offer both online and in-person groups, combining peer support, open discussion and therapeutic guidance.
Therapeutic Disclosure Service
Where pornography or sexual behaviour has involved secrecy within a relationship, some couples choose to undertake a structured therapeutic disclosure process. This provides a supported way of establishing greater clarity about what has happened and can form part of the longer-term process of recovery and rebuilding trust.
Support for Partners
The impact of compulsive pornography use is not limited to the person struggling with the behaviour. We also provide specialist support for partners experiencing betrayal trauma, including counselling, groups and workshops.
Relationship Support
Where both partners want to work on the relationship, counselling can help explore the impact on trust, communication, intimacy and sexual connection.
At Cherry Tree Therapy Centre, we believe therapy should feel human, respectful, and carefully matched. We understand that talking about pornography or sexual behaviour can feel uncomfortable, and that shame often prevents people from reaching out sooner.
Our approach is calm, thoughtful, and non-judgemental. We take time to match you with a therapist experienced in working with addiction, compulsive behaviours, and related emotional difficulties. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to you, there is no one-size-fits-all model and no pressure to disclose more than you feel ready to.
Our focus is on helping you feel less alone, gain clarity about what’s going on for you, and develop healthier, more sustainable ways of coping, at your pace and in your own way.
Porn addiction counselling helps people understand and change compulsive or problematic pornography use. Therapy focuses on emotional regulation, underlying triggers, habits, and the impact of behaviour on wellbeing and relationships.
No. Many people seek support because their pornography use feels distressing, out of control, or misaligned with their values, without identifying as addicted. Therapy meets you where you are.
For many people, compulsive pornography use is connected to stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, loneliness, or relationship difficulties. Counselling can explore these links safely and sensitively.
Yes. Porn addiction counselling can help you understand the impact on intimacy and trust, and support healthier communication and relational patterns. Couples counselling may also be appropriate in some cases.
Yes. All sessions at Cherry Tree Therapy Centre are confidential and delivered within professional ethical guidelines.
Yes. Porn addiction counselling is available at our centres in Henley-on-Thames, Buckhurst Hill, and Wokingham. We regularly support clients who travel from surrounding towns and villages, such as Marlow, Reading, Wallingford and Oxford. Online sessions are also available where appropriate.
If pornography use is becoming difficult to manage or is affecting your wellbeing or relationships, you don’t have to work through it alone.
Book a call with our team to talk through what’s happening and find the right support for you, whether that’s specialist counselling, a recovery group, or another of our support services.