Samantha Downey
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About me
Sometimes life can feel overwhelming. Emotions can become difficult to manage, relationships can feel challenging, and experiences from our past can continue to affect how we feel about ourselves and others.
Perhaps you are experiencing relationship difficulties, bereavement, overwhelming emotions, or significant life events. Maybe you feel stuck, disconnected, broken, or simply unsure of how to move forward.
Whatever has brought you here, you don't have to navigate it alone.
My name is Sam, and I am an Integrative Psychotherapist offering a compassionate, nurturing, and non-judgemental space where you can explore whatever is happening in your life.
I understand that taking the first step towards therapy can feel daunting. If you are reading this, you have already taken that first step by allowing yourself the opportunity to consider change.
Therapy offers an opportunity to explore not only the difficulties you may be experiencing right now, but also recurring themes, patterns, and processes that may have developed throughout your life and within your relationships.
I work collaboratively, which means we work together to develop an approach that feels right for you and your individual needs.
Together, we can begin to explore difficult experiences, make sense of emotions, and understand how your personal history may have shaped the ways you relate to yourself and others.
I believe that many of the ways we learn to cope have developed for a reason. Rather than judging or rejecting these parts of ourselves, therapy can help us understand them, develop greater self-awareness and begin to build a more compassionate relationship with ourselves and those around us.
As an Integrative Psychotherapist, I am trained in a range of therapeutic approaches. This allows me to draw upon different ways of working and tailor therapy to suit you, rather than expecting you to fit into one particular model.
My aim is to offer a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship where you can feel heard, understood and accepted as you are.
I offer therapy to adults in the Walsall area, both face-to-face and online. While I transition to new therapy rooms, sessions will initially take place online.
You don't need to have all the answers, know exactly what to say, or even understand what you are feeling before starting therapy.
Sometimes, the most important place to begin is simply where you are right now.
If you feel ready to take that next step, I welcome you to get in touch.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Registered Member, MBACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
- BSc (Hons) Humanistic and Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (First Class) - The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute
- Level 2 Counselling
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
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).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Alongside my work as a Psychotherapist, I bring over seven years of experience working within the addiction field. During this time, I have worked closely with individuals experiencing substance misuse and behavioural difficulties, including obsessive-compulsive behaviours and eating disorders.
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Further information
Please contact for a free 20-minute consultation. Together to explore working together, and help figure out if we are a good fit.
