Samantha Locke
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About me
Samantha Locke, LMFT, LPC-S, MAC, MBACP (Accred) has over 20 years of clinical experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist working with Adolescent/Young Adults and their families. I am an American Trained Clinical Therapist provider that has been living abroad for over 15 years.
Supporting clients/families with issues such as; Addictions, Anger Management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Child/Adolescent related issues (11-18), Depression, Eating Disorders, Families Dynamics, Identity Issues, Loss, Men's issues, Obsessions, OCD, Phobias, Post-traumatic Stress, Relationships, Self-esteem, Self-harm, Service Veterans and Related Family System Issues, Sex-Related Issues, Sexual Identity, Sexuality, Stress, Substance Dependency, Trauma, Women's Issues, and Work Related Issues.
Utilising an integrative approach of primarily: Psychotherapy, CBT and EMDR.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am an American trained provider with 7 years of University education plus 5 years of supervised internship to gain my license to practice as a therapist. I have over 20 years’ of postgraduate experience. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counsellor (LPC), master’s level addictions therapist (MAC) and Accredited registered British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy member (BACP).
I worked with the American Department of Defense for over 15 years living in several European countries before setting in the United Kingdom in 2021.
Member organisations
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
Therapies offered
Fees
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Fee's vary and Concession rates are available for those with financial need.
When I work
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Hours are set to accommodate clients school and work schedules with as little interruptions as possible.
Further information
My work is with children to adults with a wealth of experience with teens and young adults and their family systems. I provide individual, group and couples therapy in my practice.
