LOCATION: Wilbury Road & online
AVAILABILITY: Monday evenings & Friday afternoons
PRICE: £60 per session/ £80 for couples
SPECIALISMS:
Sexual and intimacy issues
Couples and Relationships
Sexual Trauma
Abuse
Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Body Image
Burn Out
Cancer
Chronic Pain or Illness

Training

Barbora is a passionate, experienced and seasoned COSRT registered Psychosexual & Relationship Therapist in Brighton. Working with Psychosexual therapy since 2018. Qualified with a Diploma of Integrative Psychosexual Therapy at the College of Psychosexual Health in London. She has been trained in Somatic Therapy and Conscious Sexuality, Erotic Mindfulness in Denmark where she work with with client before before she moved to U.K. in 2015.

Experience

Throughout her career Barbora has specialised in counselling and therapy to help individuals, couples and groups find space and resolution to both sexual and relational issues; with the view that these issues have roots in psychology, emotion, the physical body, and a person’s history and culture. Barbora is trained and experienced also in somatic psychotherapy and her work is based on the idea that psychological issues and trauma can manifest in the body as physical symptoms, such as tension, pain, or discomfort. Bringing mindfulness and self awareness brings to you more self understanding and control and safety.

Barbora emphasises the importance of the body and its physical sensations in the therapeutic process. She believes that psychological issues and trauma can manifest in the body as physical symptoms, such as tension, pain, or discomfort. And that very much is beneficial also for couple therapy to help couple to feel more connected and self-aware.

Sexual and intimacy issues

A satisfying sex life comes from a happy, relaxed, connected body and a peaceful mind.
In the Psychosexual Therapy you can expect to be in a safe and non-judgmental space, both short and long term, to let you bring your difficult and uncomfortable experiences and any issues that cause frustration and tension and can make life painful and lonely.

The goal of psychosexual therapy is to help you to understand and address the psychological, emotional, and interpersonal difficulties that bring sexual and intimacy issues. And I support you to explore and expand your sexual self and strive towards a more contented sex life and better relationships. Areas of focus may include: Impact of sexual trauma, rape, sexual abuse or assault; anxiety around sexuality, relationships and intimacy; relationship and communication problems; sex – porn addictions; difficulties with arousal or orgasm (premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction); vaginismus, Endometriosis, Dyspareunia (pain during sex); Loss of desire; Working through the issues that come with a cancer diagnosis.

Couples and Relationships

Barbora’s approach and goal in couple therapy is to provide safe and supportive space where both partners can explore and express their feelings and concerns related to sex, intimacy and mutual connection.
Essential is to help couples to evolve constructive ways of communication, develop self-understanding and self awareness, so you both are able to communicate out and express your needs, fears, feelings, boundaries and desires. Especially when it comes to intimate and sexual life.

During psychosexual therapy you would work together to identify any issues that may be causing distress or discomfort in your relationship, such as difficulties with communication
and emotional connection, past traumas or experiences, differences in sexual desire or preferences.

Sexual trauma

Most therapy is focused on symptom reduction as the main therapy process. Throughout her career Barbora has specialised in sex and trauma counselling and psychotherapy to help individuals and couples find understanding and resolution to both sexual and relational issues most often caused by trauma or lack of understanding and lack of constructive communication. How often we feel life is too hard and our body is the biggest enemy. That is often a feeling of trauma that doesn’t allow us to connect with the world and with others. Working with trauma in a Psychosexual therapy also includes a variety of techniques, including body-centred mindfulness, breathing exercises, movement therapy, relaxation techniques, cognitive restructuring, exposure therapy, and sex education.
to help you develop your own skills and tools to feel more power and control in your life.

Main goal is to help you not only understand “I think I am” but also to connect to your feelings and body reactions “I feel I am”. Help you to integrate difficult parts of yourself and bring more power to your life by starting to take more actions and make decisions that feel right for you. Help you and teach you to own our needs, boundaries and desires and be able to express it and act on it and then the symptoms, the issues and problems they come with, reduces and transforms.
Our mind and body have the ability to transform and heal. It is never too late to enjoy more pleasure and joy in life, especially when it comes to sex, love and relationships.

Other information

Barbora has been also part of NHS Psychological Therapies Team as a volunteer, working as therapist with oncological patients.

Barbora works with Integrative Therapy a conscious sexuality model combined with mindfulness techniques. In her therapy room she is offering a trauma-informed approach to enable clients to explore and expand their emotional and sexual self and strive towards a more contented sex life and better relationships. She makes talking about sex something that feels comfortable, natural and safe. She is here to help you to understand your situation, help you to orient and understand your needs. Barbora is aware how helpful is to offer and hold the safe and non-judgmental space, allowing you to resolve your uncomfortable sexual, intimate, relationship experiences and the issues that cause you pain, frustration and tension and can make life painful, shameful and lonely.