About me
Welcome to all adults and couples,
I'm really passionate about my role as a Counsellor & Relationship Psychotherapist as it can be life changing for you as an individual and your relationship; your thoughts, behaviours and emotional responses. I will help you understand you from a deeper perspective, getting to the root of problems, so I can help you make changes day to day in the longer term.
I have 24 years experience of working in the NHS, Voluntary Sector and Private Practice, highly qualified with a Masters Degree in Counselling and an Advanced Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy to offer you, I'm also an Accredited Member of BACP (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy)
I offer daytime and evening appointments Monday to Friday including evenings.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Warm wishes, Samantha
Training, qualifications & experience
I began my training 24 years ago and achieved both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, I've also studied couples therapy and I have a postgraduate diploma.
I'm an registered and accredited member of BACP.
I have experience of working in both the NHS, the Voluntary Sector and private practice and I have extensive knowledge and experience of working with complex trauma/ptsd and Dissociative Identity Disorder DID.
In more recent years, I've studied in more detail; Attachment theory, Gabor Mate and Addictions, IFS (Internal family Systems) and Trauma training.
Within my private practice, I have worked alongside many different people from all walks of life, different ages, cultures and with different life experiences everybody is welcome.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Adult survivors of child sexual abuse from a female abuser, Dissociative Identity Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder.
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 - £110.00
Additional information
Individuals fee £80 - 50 minutes
Couples Therapy £110 - 1 hour
When I work
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Further information
I feel the role of Counsellor/Psychotherapist is a very responsible one, so I commit to spending regular quality time on my own personal development - this is usually in the form of receiving my own therapy, reading appropriate literature or attending any relevant courses. It is important I do this, to ensure I am the best person I can be for my clients.
