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Urgent Help and Safeguarding
This website is not an emergency or crisis service and is not monitored for urgent help.
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Urgent Help
This website is not an emergency or crisis service and is not monitored for urgent help. If you or someone else is in immediate danger in the UK, call 999 or 112.
Urgent health or mental-health support
Use NHS 111 in England when it is urgent but not an emergency
If you are in England and need urgent physical or mental-health help but it is not an emergency, use NHS 111: call 111 or use NHS 111 online. If the situation becomes an emergency or someone is in immediate danger, call 999 or 112.
Rape or sexual assault
Specialist support is available in England
If you are in England and need specialist support after rape or sexual assault, you can contact an NHS Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC). SARCs provide specialist medical, practical and emotional support. Use the NHS SARC finder to locate the appropriate service. If there is immediate danger, call 999 or 112.
Police support
Use the emergency or non-emergency police route
For a police emergency in the UK, call 999. For a non-emergency police matter, call 101 or use the appropriate police online reporting service.
If you are outside the UK
Use services for your current location
Use the emergency, urgent-healthcare, police or specialist support service for your current location.
Do not wait for The Female Sex Therapist
Urgent support should not wait for a reply
Return only when it is appropriate
General information can wait
The Female Sex Therapist website, ordinary email and consultation process are not substitutes for emergency care, urgent healthcare, police assistance, crisis support or specialist sexual-violence services.
IF YOUR CONCERN ISN’T URGENT
You can take time to understand what is happening
If there is no immediate danger and you do not need urgent medical, mental-health, police or specialist sexual-violence support, you can explore your concern more calmly.
You may be noticing changes in desire, arousal, orgasm or comfort during sex – or you may simply want more pleasure, sensation and connection with your sexual wellbeing.
Start with what feels closest to your experience.
Sexual desire difficulties
When sexual desire feels lower, stronger or different in a way that concerns you.
Arousal difficulties
When becoming or feeling sexually aroused feels difficult, inconsistent or different from before.
Orgasm difficulties
When reaching orgasm feels difficult, rare, absent or different from your usual experience.
Pain or discomfort during sex
When sexual activity is painful or uncomfortable, start with appropriate assessment and clear next-step information.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE?
Explore more pleasure, sensation and connection
You do not need to begin with a problem. You can also explore pleasure, orgasmic possibilities, body connection and sexual self-knowledge when your goal is simply to understand yourself better or enrich your sexual wellbeing.
Questions & answers
Questions about urgent help
Is this website monitored for emergencies?
No.
Should I wait for a consultation or email reply?
No. Use the appropriate emergency or urgent service for your current location.
Can the Website decide whether a symptom is urgent?
No. The Website does not diagnose or triage.
What should I do if I am outside the UK?
Use the emergency and urgent-support services applicable where you are currently located.
What if my concern isn’t urgent?
If there is no immediate danger and you do not need urgent medical, mental-health, police or specialist sexual-violence support, you can explore Female sexual problems, Pleasure & orgasm or How I can help. If you are unsure whether something may be urgent, use the appropriate urgent or emergency service for your location rather than waiting for this website.