Behind Closed Doors: Sexual Excitement as a Re-Enactment of Trauma

Relational integrative psychotherapist and psychologist (BPS). Following a long relationship with the therapy world, Liat is now in the final stages of her Doctoral thesis in integrative counselling psychology and psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute, where she is exploring the issue of ‘Love in psychotherapy’. Liat was born in Israel, and spent the early part of her childhood split between two countries (Israel and the USA). Later in life, she settled in London, where she involved herself in a range of self-development activities before completing her BSc (Hons) and MSc in Psychology while working as an occupational psychologist, primarily focusing on group dynamics. Currently, Liat is working as a psychotherapist in the NHS, where she sees clients with complex clinical needs, as well as in her private practices in north and south London. Email: or