Chi Ko

Chi qualified as a Mental Health Nurse in 1994. During his nursing training, he volunteered for an HIV organisation in Manchester and was subsequently trained to provide telephone counselling for the Lesbian and Gay Switchboard until 1997.

Between 1998 and 2011, Chi was appointed as the Community HIV Counsellor for East Lancashire NHS Trust, providing specialist counselling support for people affected by HIV.

Chi undertook additional professional training in Psychosexual Therapy. From 2012 to 2017, Chi was the lead Psychosexual Therapist for Blackpool NHS Foundation Trust, providing psychosexual assessments and treatments for NHS patients.

In 2015, Chi started his own professional practice in psychosexual therapy. Chi is EMDR trained to work with trauma. He continues to develop his clinical interests in working with people affected by compulsive sexual behaviour. Chi is a supervisor and has supervised Postgraduate Students on their clinical placements in Psychosexual Therapy.

• MSc Psychology

• PGDip Psychosexual & Relationship Therapy

• Diploma in Working with Sex Addiction; individuals and couples

• Diploma in Counselling

• Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing

  
  

Chi has been a trustee for a HIV support group in Lancashire – THRIVINE 

Being linguistically and culturally aware, Chi appreciates how some people can be misunderstood and even dismissed due to their differences in ability, colour, ethnicity, sexuality, and other differences. This becomes even more challenging to work with when combining with compulsive sexual behaviours. Chi hopes to raise awareness, set standard and reduce shame and stigma that attached to compulsive sexual behaviour.