About me
I'm glad you've found me.
Therapy with me offers you a place where you can be your real self; you won't have to pretend to feel a certain way, you won't have to censor yourself, or say things you don't actually think or feel. I will welcome you just as you are. Over time we will build a relationship that will enable you to experience positive, life enhancing change.
Being listened to compassionately, by a trained and experienced professional, can be very meaningful, and is often such a relief. Clients I have worked with have gone on to experience:
- less isolation, as they learn that they are not alone in how they feel
- an understanding of how the past has impacted the present
- more compassion towards themselves and others
- the confidence to experiment with new ways of being in the world
- new ways to calm and sooth themselves when they are in distress
- an appreciation of the strengths, resilience and coping strategies that have enabled them to get where they are today
- more honest and satisfying relationships
I'm an integrative counsellor, which means I am trained to integrate different theories into the work of counselling, dependent on what might be most helpful to you. If you feel that you would benefit from this kind of approach I will offer you some ideas to explore. Some ideas may be useful, others may not be. That’s all part of the process of getting to know yourself better.
I work with many different clients, but I have particular experience and training in anxiety, loss, sexual abuse and trauma, pregnancy and birth (including birth trauma), baby loss and miscarriage.
I'm happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure counselling is accessible to autistic and neurominority clients. For example I can adjust lighting, seating, and arrival arrangements. I can ensure eye contact is mimimised and you can get up and walk around the room at any time.
If you have experienced trauma, I will use a trauma informed approach in our work. This avoids the potential for you to be retraumatised in therapy. Before considering whether you would like to talk about what happened to you we will focus on what will help you feel safe and secure in our work together.
I offer sessions face to face or online, weekly or fortnightly (and other arrangements as requested) on Wednesdays and Fridays.
If you think you might want to work with me please email me or WhatsApp me with a brief outline of why you are thinking of counselling - a couple of sentences, more if you want - I will be pleased to hear from you. Feel free to ask me any questions that you may have at this stage too. If you would like to take it further we can arrange either a 20 minute Zoom or phone call or a half price first session (face to face or on Zoom).
Training, qualifications & experience
Alongside my private counselling I am a counsellor and manager at a charity that supports people who have experienced sexual abuse. Some clients want a space to talk about what happened to them in the past, others are looking for support with how life is for them now. Common themes in the work include challenges in relationships, self identity, hopelessness and lack of trust. I work in a trauma informed, client led way to avoid retraumatisation during and between counselling sessions.
I’ve had over 12 years experience of working with adults (men, women, LGBT+ and solo parents) as they navigate pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. I know a lot about the challenges of feeding babies, adapting to new roles, grieving past lives, and struggling with the reality of providing 24/7 care. I have a special interest in working with mums (including non birthing mums) and dads, who have experienced the devastation of a baby dying during pregnancy or after birth, miscarriage and termination for medical reasons. I’ve worked for NCT (the UK’s largest parenting charity), NHS and local authorities in non-clinical roles.
I’ve been a Cruse bereavement volunteer where I experienced how each person’s grief journey is complex, unique and lifelong. Using grief theory, and a strengths-based approach, I offered clients the opportunity to explore how life can be lived whilst grieving.
Selected qualifications and recent professional development (for more see my facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/samrobbkingcounselling):
- Certificate in working therapeutically with autistic clients. Counselling Tutor. 2025
- Introduction to solution focused approaches. Solution Focus Sheffield. 2025
- Defining gender, sex and relationship diversity therapy. Pink Therapy. 2024
- Rewind therapy technique. IAART. 2024
- Pre trial therapy. Bluestar. 2024
- Managing anxiety without medication. Human Givens. 2024
- The challenge of racism in therapeutic practice. BAATN. 2024
- Professional Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling. NCPS. 2023
- Birth trauma training programme. Make Birth Better. 2023
- Counselling parents and families following pregnancy loss and the death of a baby. SANDS. 2023
- Cruse bereavement volunteer training. Cruse. 2022
- Working with trauma and pre-trial therapy. Inspire CPD. 2023
- Carolyn Springs trauma training programme. 2022
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Breastfeeding grief and trauma
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Fees
£45.00 - £50.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
If you can't afford my fees please get in touch. I'll be happy to hear from you.
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I have regular slots on Wednesdays and Fridays. I have irregular slots on other days.
