Samuel Gooch
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About me
I am a psychotherapeutic counsellor. My area of expertise and experience is neurodiversity, and in particular autism and ADHD.
I work with a range of clients from those tackling addiction to bereavement, from depression to redundancy. I work with people from all walks of life including young people over 18 and I welcome neurodiverse clients.
We all benefit from having someone to talk to about our problems I offer you a safe, non-judgemental environment for you to share your thoughts and feelings.
I work with you to help you understand these feelings and thoughts you are having so we can find the answers to your questions about your life.
We often tell ourselves stories about what kind of people we are, these stories can often be critical or limiting.
It is my role to help you understand the origins of these stories and help you to start looking at how to change.
If you feel this is right for you, please get in touch and we can arrange a free telephone consultation.
Training, qualifications & experience
My work is focused on helping those people struggling with their thoughts and feelings, and giving a warm and safe space to talk about them – perhaps for the first time – and learning how these arose. From that awareness comes our ability to change
I listen in a compassionate way and without judgement either in the room together or online.
I work across in Manchester and Trafford and in some cases, I am able to do home visits.
My experience with Mencap as a support worker and working as a Teaching Assistant at a specialist primary school for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities has given me an understanding of the emotional needs of young people and neurodiverse clients. The patience and empathy I bring in here informs all my work.
Do you need someone to listen to your worries and your beliefs about yourself?
Many of us think and feel this way but feel alone as we do not share how we feel. A kind, non-judgemental ear can really help you to feel heard and accepted.
I am trained in Transactional Analysis which us to understand the interactions that we have with others, and to better understand why you think and feel the way you do and how we can begin to feel more in charge of our own lives.
You are okay, you have the ability to think and you have the ability to change the parts of your life you want to change.
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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 per session
Concessions offered for
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Further information
My available hours are:
Online therapy:
- Monday 8am-6pm
- Tuesday 8am-6pm
Face to face therapy at Didsbury Counselling and Therapy centre (Manchester)
- Tuesday 8am-12pm
