About me
Welcome, I'm Sam, an integrative therapist practising in Brighton and online.
I hold space that has your healing and growth as a person at its heart - supporting increased trust and confidence in yourself, your relationships and the environment around you.
Whatever difficulties you might currently be facing or have experienced in the past, therapy is a sacred space where you are fully welcome to arrive just as you are, in a relationship in which you can be genuinely seen and heard. My commitment to you is to support you growing in your capacity to navigate a life that is meaningful to you, nurturing an authentic and self-compassionate understanding of yourself.
Understanding, appreciating and becoming our authentic selves is one of our principle underlying drives - one I believe is worthy of our attention and dedication.
Authenticity and Inner work
'“The Truth will set you free” - a well known and timelessly profound statement.
The difficulty, however, is that our own subjective truths can often be obscure, even to ourselves. Expressing our true selves requires a degree of exploration and vulnerability - and our capacity for this may have been impacted negatively by challenging, traumatic or hurtful experiences in our lives. Fear and pain can very naturally lead to hiding, criticising or shutting off parts of ourselves. I offer a nurturing space to explore your authenticity with courage and compassion - working through and releasing such difficult emotions or patterns that may currently be working overtime to protect you.
My intention is to be caring, patient and compassionate towards how things are for you right now, whilst at the same time aim together towards your authentic potential.
Next steps
If you are interested in beginning work together, please get in contact to request a free 20 minute video consultation. This is an open opportunity to connect and get a sense of what working together might be like - I will create space to share/ask as much or as little as feels right for you.
We may then discuss options for arranging the first of 60 minute sessions. Ongoing sessions are then held weekly.
I respect the courage and self-care behind beginning this meaningful work, and very much look forward to hearing from you.
(I currently have limited in-person availability remaining in central Brighton, with some additional availability online. For London and Jersey clients I have online availability only)
Training, qualifications & experience
- Advanced Diploma in Counselling - Heartwood Counselling and Psychotherapy (accredited by National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society)
- MSc Psychological Studies (with Merit) -University of Glasgow (accredited by British Psychological Society)
- Foundation Certificate in Psychotherapy & Counselling - Regent's University
- BA History (with Hons) - University of Exeter
- Registered member of the BACP - British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists
- Affiliate member of IPT - Institute of Psychedelic Therapy
Member organisations
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
Therapies offered
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Fees
£75.00 per session
Additional information
Payment via cash or Bank transfer, as preferred, on same day as each session (prior to or immediately following).
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Further information
Please get in touch to request an initial free 20 minute video consultation. This is a gentle commitment free opportunity for us to connect and discuss working together. There’s no need to prepare in advance, or any expectation that you share any less/more than you feel comfortable.
60 minutes sessions are typically held weekly. Longer sessions are also an option subject to availability.
Cancellation: kindly note I operate a 48 hour cancellation policy
