You can find below a selection of helpful resources.
Please note that whilst we hope that these resources are useful, the Counselling Service does not endorse the opinions expressed by other parties.
The Counselling Service suggests that people check the data collecting practices of online tools and apps that track mental health.
WEBSITES
Brook - Sexual Health Advice
Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (FFLAG) - Supporting parents & families of LGBT people
Gendered Intelligence - Understanding Gender Diversity
GIRES - Gender Identity Research and Education Society
Guard Your Eyes - giving up porn
HIV Aware - National AIDS Trust
LGBT Switchboard - LGBT Helpline
Mindline Trans+ - Transgender Helpline
NAZ - Sexual Health resource for BAME and refugee communities
Press for Change - Experts in Transgender Law
Stonewall - Acceptance without Exception
The Beaumont Society - Transgender Support
SUPPORT
CUSU LesBiGay Society: Old Examination Hall, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RF Tel: 01223 (7)40777
Email: lgbt-welfare@cusu.cam.ac.uk
CUSU LGBT+
Provides support for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender students at the University.
OTHER RESOURCES
Mind - A-Z Mental Health Leaflets
BOOKS
Disclaimer
The descriptions given are intended to provide a summary of the contents but should not be taken to imply that the Counselling Service endorses the opinions expressed.
What You Really Really Want
Jaclyn Friedman, 2011
In this empowering, accessible guide, Jaclyn Friedman - co-editor of Yes Means Yes - gives young women the tools to decipher the modern world's confusing, hypersexualized, sometimes dangerous landscape so they can define their own sexual identity.
The New Male Sexuality
Dr Bernie Zilbergeld, 1999
A comprehensive guide to enhancing desire and arousal, focusing on pleasure rather than performance, and keeping sex exciting and fulfilling.
Resurrecting Sex: Solving Sexual Problems and Revolutionising your
Relationship
David Schnarch, 2003
This self-help book guides the reader to resolve difficulties in sexual relationships. The author offers strategies for finding the best in yourself and overcoming your sexual difficulties.
Overcoming Sexual Problems
Vicki Ford, Robinson, 2010
A CBT self-help book containing advice to help you overcome sexual problems.
The Sex Book
Suzi Godson, Cassell, 2002
An informative guide to gender-neutral conventional and unconventional sexual behaviour.
Becoming Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth programme for
Women
Julia Heiman, Joseph LoPiccolo, Leslie LoPiccolo, 2009
A personal and sensitively written book for any woman who has inhibitions about sex and wants to enhance the pleasure she gets from it.
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book
Felice Newman, Cleis Press, 2004
A comprehensive lesbian sex guide.
The Joy of Gay Sex
Charles Silverstein & Felice Picano, Harper Collins, 2009
A general reference on a number of diverse topics important to gay life and culture.
The Relate Guide to Sex in Loving Relationships
Sarah Litvinoff, Vermillion, 2008
Includes practical tasks, quizzes and talking points intended to reveal how you have become the sexual person you are. Seeks to show how this insight can be used to create a sexual rapport that is tailor-made for your relationship.