Sara Briner Counselling

About counselling

Sometimes problems can get on top of us and we feel we need to talk them through with someone independent of family and friends.
You may have problems and cannot see a way through. I will work with you to explore your experiences, feelings and issues and help you to make sense of what is happening for you.
Counselling provides a place a way from home for you to talk which is safe and friendly.
This will help you to identify and make the changes you desire.

Counselling is totally confidential and non-judgemental.


Individual counselling.

I can offer:

A secure professional relationship through which difficulties can be identified, confronted and resolved in the privacy of regular, reliable sessions.

A way to make sense of, and to see, and impact upon long-standing patterns of thinking behaviour.

A chance to discover that you have choices where previously you have none.

Help to explore and manage thoughts and feelings which may seem overwhelming, frightening or confusing.

The opportunity to work through old hurts and conflicts to enable you to move on.


Couples/Relationship Counselling
(For couples or individuals with relationship difficulties.)
I can offer Psychosexual therapy.

All couples experience difficult times during the course of their relationship together. These can come from any of the following;

External circumstances placing a strain on the relationship.

Factors personal to either or both of the partners.

The dynamic between the couple.

Many couples carry on together in states of significant conflict and dissatisfaction within their relationships, not reaching enough of a crisis to break up but not realising with some help things between them could substantially improve. Seeing a counsellor can provide you with the opportunity to address these difficulties in an environment that is
completely private from their famillies, social lives and working lives. Sometimes it is the first time for a while that the couple have sat down and talked and listened to each other.
A counsellor does not take sides and will assist you in identifying and breaking problematic patterns of behaviour and in building skills for making your life together richer and more fulfilling.


I am an integrative counsellor which means I am not tied to one model of therapy but combine aspects of several models to fit the needs of each client.