About me
Welcome, I'm Sam, an integrative therapist practising in Brighton and online.
The purpose and intention of my work is to provide a space that truly promotes your healing and growth as a person, instilling trust, meaning and confidence in both your personal experience and the collective space around you.
Commitment to you
Whatever difficulties you might currently be facing, big or small, therapy is a dedicated space where you are fully welcome to arrive just as you are. My commitment to you is to support you in working through and releasing challenging thoughts, memories and emotions - nurturing a greater clarity, confidence and compassionate understanding of yourself.
Authenticity and Vulnerability
'“The truth will set you free” - the difficulty is that our own subjective truths can often times be obscure (even to ourselves) - or may have been shut down in response to the words or actions of those around us. Experiences of vulnerability to date have often been challenging, traumatic or hurtful, leading to further fear being our authentic selves. I offer a nurturing space to undo this process, to explore your authenticity with courage, choice and compassion - and to release 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 aiming up together toward your authentic potential.
I am an Integrative therapist, with a relational and person-centred focus
Integrative: flexibility and a dynamic approach, integrating several therapeutic modalities. It is rooted in our collective humanness, and tailored to your personal experience. I support clients with a wide range of difficulties including anxiety, anger, depression, self-esteem, relationships, life direction, identity, existential and spiritual difficulties.
Relational: embracing that therapy takes place in relationship between two real people - because a genuine relationship creates the space for the real you to continue to emerge and be seen. The therapeutic alliance between therapist and client is the fertile ground in which you can grow in true self-confidence in yourself and in relation to others.
Person-centred: trust in your individual process and respecting your autonomy. Each person has the right to self-determine their own process and life choices, and my practice is rooted in this humanistic principle. We recognise that though engaging with therapeutic support, you remain the expert of your own experience, cultivating a sense of self increasingly available to you outside and beyond therapy.
Together we balance support for what arises in your life week to week, with a compassionate exploration of deeper material either current or past - paying respectful attention to both.
Next steps
If you are interested in beginning work together, I invite you 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 or ask as much or as little as feels right for you.
We may then discuss options for arranging the first of weekly 60 minute sessions. Ongoing sessions are then held weekly.
I believe in this meaningful work, and very much look forward to hearing from you.
(I see clients both online and in-person in central Brighton at varying times throughout the week. For Jersey and London clients I currently 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.
50 minutes sessions are typically held weekly. Longer sessions are also an option subject to availability, and we may collaboratively agree to amend frequency or duration after a period of working together.
Cancellation: kindly note I operate a 48 hour cancellation policy
