Julia Cole is a trained couple counsellor and psychosexual therapist. Alongside her own private practice, she is Development Director at the Pennell Initiative for Women's Health, a charity that champions the health rights of women during mid-life and beyond. Currently agony aunt on the Sunday Express magazine, she has contributed to many other publications, including Bella, Marie Claire, Essentials and Femail, and written several books. Her radio and television appearances include Woman's Hour, Newsbeat, Kilroy, Esther and Richard and Judy.