Woolf Solomon, MA, PhD

I believe therapy should be practical, focused, and helpful in addressing the difficulties you are experiencing in the present, while also recognising that understanding the past can often play an important role. My work is primarily solution-focused. Together, we identify what may be maintaining the difficulty and develop clear, workable ways of addressing it. The aim is to help you cope more effectively and bring about meaningful, lasting change in your life and relationships. My approach integrates supportive therapy, insight-oriented work, cognitive and behavioural strategies, and positive psychology, depending on your particular needs and circumstances.

A central part of my work is marital, relationship, and sex therapy. I work with couples and individuals experiencing communication difficulties, conflict, emotional distance, intimacy concerns, sexual difficulties, in-law dynamics, and issues relating to pornography use and its impact on relationships. I also work with individuals struggling with compulsive pornography use and the emotional, relational, and sexual difficulties that can arise from it.  Excessive pornography use can significantly impact self-esteem, intimacy, trust, emotional connection, and sexual functioning, both for the individual and within relationships.

My approach is practical, non-judgmental, and focused on helping clients better understand and manage these patterns in a healthier and more constructive way. I have extensive experience working with both male and female sexual dysfunction.

Over the years, I have also worked with many couples experiencing difficulties consummating their relationships and have successfully treated more than 120 couples whose relationships remained unconsummated for periods ranging from a few weeks to many years.

I also work extensively in the area of grief and bereavement, helping individuals navigate profound loss and gradually reconnect with life in a meaningful and hopeful way. I recognise that healing from significant loss is a deeply personal process that takes time. In addition, I work with anxiety in its many forms, including panic, generalised anxiety, phobias, stress, burnout, loneliness, and major life transitions, particularly during mid-life and later years.

I see therapy as a collaborative process. My role is to guide and support you in a focused, practical, compassionate, and respectful way. My aim is to help you gain greater clarity, feel more emotionally equipped, and navigate your life and relationships with increased confidence, resilience, and self-understanding.

I work exclusively online with English-speaking clients, both locally and internationally. I am a psychotherapist with over 40 years of clinical experience in private practice and am registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Clinical Psychologist.

Throughout my career, I have worked extensively with individuals and couples across a broad range of emotional and relationship difficulties, including anxiety, grief, life transitions, intimacy concerns, and sexual challenges. Over the years, I have developed a strong professional reputation in the fields of relationships, intimacy, sexuality, and emotional wellbeing.

In South Africa, I was widely recognised for my work both clinically and in the media, hosting the radio programme "Sexually Speaking" for eight years, reaching hundreds of thousands of listeners, as well as the television series "Sex Talk", viewed by over a million people. I was also regularly featured in newspapers, magazines, and radio interviews, contributing to public understanding of relationships, intimacy, and psychological wellbeing.

I was the founding president of the South African Sex Therapy Institute and authored a book on enhancing intimate relationships. My professional work has also included extensive experience in the psychological aspects of infertility and the emotional impact this can have on individuals and couples. I have worked online for many years and have considerable experience supporting clients internationally.

I am now based in Raanana. I aim to provide a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space where you can speak openly and honestly about the challenges you are facing.