About me
Are you struggling with motherhood — the longing for it, the heartbreak within it, or the grief of a path that looks different from what you imagined?
You are not alone.
Maybe you recognise yourself here:
- Emotionally exhausted from trying to conceive
- Devastated by miscarriage or pregnancy loss
- Anxiety or intrusive thoughts during pregnancy or the postpartum period
- Depression in your perinatal journey
- Maternal OCD
- Navigating birth trauma
- Identity shifts or feeling not quite yourself since your baby arrived
- Feeling the relationship strain that parenthood can bring
Hi, I’m Sam, a BACP-accredited perinatal mental health therapist based in Brighton & Hove. I work with women and couples through fertility challenges, pregnancy, birth trauma, postpartum depression and anxiety, and the identity shift of becoming a mother — or matrescence.
I offer individual therapy, couples therapy, and a small group programme for postpartum mothers.
Sessions are available in person and online UK-wide.
If this resonates, I’d love to hear from you. You are welcome to book a free initial consultation..
Training, qualifications & experience
I am fully qualified with a Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling.
Certificate in Trauma Therapy- Wealden Psychology Institute- 2022
Certificate in Working with Couples- 2022
Focalizing Certificate in Somatic Therapy- 2026
I have specialised training in perinatal trauma and I am experienced working with a range of issues including birth trauma, sex and relationships, anxiety and depression.
I am a fully accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
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.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I specialise in perinatal therapy supporting women and couples through the challenges of fertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy anxiety and postpartum mental health.
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I offer a free 30 minute online session to allow us to get to know each other and for you to see if we would be a good fit to work together on what you want from therapy.
You can also use this time to ask me any questions you might have.
My fees are £70 on a weekly basis.
Limited concessions available.
