About me
Hello, my name is Sam, I'm an Accredited Psychotherapist. I have over 16 years therapeutic experience and knowledge working with Adults, Children, Adolescents, Couples, Families, Schools, Organisations and Charities. Including working with the Emergency services. I work from my own private confidential clinic in Lincoln.
I'm a highly qualified and experienced Adult/Child, Adolescent, Couples, Counsellor Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) EMDR trauma specialist, Clinical Supervisor, Trainer and Hypnotherapist. I specialise in working with patients experiencing Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Trauma, Panic attacks, Low self esteem, Lack of confidence, and Stress related issues as well as working with clients experiencing bereavement, family or relationship issues, Divorce, Addiction, Alcoholism, Childhood Trauma, Domestic Abuse, and many more concerns.
If you are experiencing current or past problems that may be having an impact on you, therapy will give you the time, space, and opportunity to talk about these and explore them, helping you to make sense of your thoughts and feelings and move forward.
What I will offer you is a confidential place to work through worries and concerns and past experiences, and we will holistically use tools to help you to progress in a positive direction.
Many people seek therapy at a time in their life when they are feeling, lost, low, or vulnerable or experiencing difficult challenges. My role as a therapist is to give you the time you need to talk and explore how and why you’re feeling this way. I am committed to providing Integrative, Humanistic Counselling, EMDR trauma Therapy, Solution-Focused, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Hypnotherapy using a range of therapeutic techniques to meet your individual needs.
As well as working with Adults, I work with children from the age of 10-18. My therapy uses a combination of tools and techniques such as Talking therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, EMDR trauma therapy, Rewind Therapy ( Trauma work), Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Therapy to ensure that we can get you to a place and point in your life that your feeling better and are able to move forward in a positive direction.
I am very passionate about the difference that can be made in early intervention and how Therapy can support and help Adults and Children to manage and cope with your current issues and concerns as well as assist you to build up resilience and develop coping strategies to use with any issues or concerns you may face in the rest of your life. I pride myself in supporting my clients with long term solutions and resources to support you today and in the future.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have over 16 years experience and qualifications working therapeutically with Adults, Children and Couples in many different settings across the U.K. This includes years of delivering therapeutic support and intervention to clients within the emergency services and at a domestic abuse charity, working with relationship issues, Trauma, Complex needs, Mental health as well as working with people experiencing drugs and alcohol addiction. I also have experience working one to one and in group work with children and young people in Primary and secondary school settings.
Qualifications I hold are ......
- Advanced Level 5 Diploma in Counselling, Adults.
- Advanced Diploma in Counselling Children and Young people.
- Diploma in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Clinical Hypnotherapy Advanced Diploma
- Clinical hypnotherapy for children
- Level 5 Diploma in Clinical Supervision
- EMDR Trauma
- Level 3 Teaching PTTLS.
- Mental Health First Aid
- Assist Applied Suicide Intervention
- Safeguarding in Children
- Domestic Abuse
- Human Givens Rewind technique ( effective for Trauma, PTSD and Phobias).
- Emotional freedom technique
- Guided Imagery therapy.
- I have also attended training courses to assist my development and knowledge at...
- Supporting Children and Young people experiencing Drug or Alcohol misuse.
- Advanced training working effectively with OCD.
- Trauma informed practise
- Prevent training, working with extreme beliefs.
- Human Givens Guided Imagery for therapeutic change.
- Dementia training
- Insomnia treatment therapy
- Solution focused therapy
- Weight loss hypnotherapy, Gastric band
- CAMHS - Anti-stigma.
- CAMHS - Suicide Awareness.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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.
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
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
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I understand how big the first step is, the easiest way to get in touch is to send me an email or send me a whattsapp message. If you prefer we can arrange a no obligation free 15 minute telephone consultation appointment to discuss your needs .
I work from a comfortable relaxing office setting, located near to the Center of Lincoln with free parking. There is easy access into the building.
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Further information
I provide confidential therapy to meet your individual needs, in a non judgmental, empathic setting. I am based in a private clinic within the center of Lincoln with free parking.
I will be guided by yourself as to how long your counselling journey will last, there isn’t a time limit put on the amount of sessions with me. We will work together to look at long term and short term goals.
I am an Accredited member of the NCPS and abide by their code of ethics. I have an up to date and current DBS as well as qualified in LCC Safeguarding in children.
