Sara Briner

Qualified sex therapist including sex addiction.

Relate qualified relationship counsellor.

Diploma in Counselling

Foundation in CBT skills

EMDR qualified Practitioner

Supervisor

I trained and worked for Relate until 2010 when I left to work for the NHS as a Specialist Counsellor and sex therapist. The NHS stopped funding sex therapy in 2017 and I decided to leave in December 2017 to concentrate on my private practise. I am a qualified supervisor.

I see couples and individuals for sex therapy.

Sex therapy: Vaginismus, Pain - Dyspareunia, Lack of desire Menopause, Ageing, Premature Ejaclation, Erectile dysfunction, Sexual avoidance and performance anxiety. Sexual trauma/ abuse.

Sexual addiction for clients who have: an unhealthy relationship with a mood altering experience. A sexual activity that is used to modulate emotion, that feels out of control. A pattern of out of control sexual behaviours that causes a problem in their life. Compulsive masturbation, use of pornography, anonymous sex, chat rooms/online.

EMDR: working on memories and PTSD. Sexual abuse/ trauma.

I also supervises counsellors, sex therapists and trainees.

 I work for a number of EAP's and accept Bupa, Axa, Vitality clients.

The first session is for an hour and is an initial assessment. I gather information about your difficulties and discuss what next.

I work on-line and have some face to face sessions in Chudleigh.

If you are having counselling elsewhere please talk to your counsellor and arrange to have a break or discuss an ending before commencing more therapy.

Thank you for your email or telephone message.  I aim to reply as soon as possible.

If you contact me in an evening I will reply the next day. At weekends I will reply on Monday.

 Relate qualified relationship counsellor. 

Diploma in Counselling

 Assessment session:  This is for an hour where we can meet and  I can start to  gather information about the difficulties and we can decide what next.  If you are a couple this assessment is done together.

If you are seeing another counsellor please talk to them regarding a plan to complete that work or taking a break to be able to start more specialised therapy.