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Areas of Support
Anxiety, Depression, and OCD
Depression, fear, anxiety, and OCD are some of the most common and uncomfortable difficulties we can experience at some point in our lives. In adolescents, these can feel particularly intense and disruptive. With support and skill building, we can learn to manage emotions and intrusive thoughts rather than feeling controlled by them. Through counselling, clients of all ages can rebuild motivation, perspective, and the joy they once had in their life
ADHD, Learning and Academic Support
ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and other learning differences can affect organisation, motivation, emotional regulation, and confidence at school, university, or work. Samantha helps clients understand how they learn, develop practical strategies, and advocate for the support and reasonable adjustments they need.
Emotional Dysregulation and Impulse Control
Strong emotions can quickly become overwhelming, leading to anger, shutting down, impulsive decisions, conflict, or intense shame afterwards. Samantha helps clients recognise what drives these reactions, develop practical regulation skills, and respond more intentionally at home, school, university, work, and in relationships.
Disordered Eating and Body Image
Disordered eating can involve restriction, bingeing, emotional eating, rigid food rules, body dissatisfaction, guilt or anxiety around eating.
Samantha helps clients understand the emotional, developmental, and behavioural patterns involved, while building safer coping skills and a more stable relationship with food and their body. Where medical or specialist eating disorder support is needed, therapy can form part of a wider coordinated treatment plan.
LGBTQIA+ and Identity Support
LGBTQIA+ young people deserve kind, clear support so they are not just coping, but thriving. We offer a safe, affirming space for adolescents to explore identity, build self esteem, manage anxiety, and strengthen resilience and healthy boundaries, at a pace that feels right for them. As a parent or guardian, you may have understandable questions or concerns.
While we will not promise to explain everything, we can support you to respond with confidence, care, and steadier communication during what can be a complex and stressful time for the whole family.
Peer and Relationship Difficulties
Friendships, dating, and family relationships can become sources of anxiety, conflict, or rejection. Samantha helps clients understand recurring patterns, communicate more effectively, strengthen boundaries, and develop healthier relationships while remaining confident in their own needs and identity.
Teenager and Young Adult Substance Missteps
While experimenting with alcohol or drugs can be common in adolescence and young adulthood, sometimes it becomes risky or hard to manage. If it is affecting your mood, sleep, motivation, relationships, or school or work, you are not alone.
We can help you understand your triggers and risk factors, and build healthier ways to cope with stress, anxiety, low mood, pressure, or feeling numb. You will learn practical tools and a safer plan, with parent or family support if helpful.
Trauma & PTSD
Many people experience lingering symptoms after painful or traumatic experiences. Anxiety, fear, and hopelessness can remain long after the event has passed. We can support you to move through these feelings and gently rebuild a sense of safety and steadiness, including support with grief and healing.
Where clinically appropriate, we may use evidence based approaches such as CBT and EMDR, alongside trauma focused methods including Developmental Restoration Approach (DRA) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to help distressing memories feel less intense and more firmly in the past.
Adulting 101
As a young adult, you may have been taught a lot at school, but not always the practical skills that make everyday life feel manageable. Adulting can be overwhelming, especially when you are expected to have it all figured out.
Adulting 101 is a supportive space to build confidence and independence, one step at a time. We can help with decision making, confidence and communication, routines and organisation, financial planning basics, career direction, and life skills. It is also a place to talk honestly about stress, pressure, and how hard it can feel to carry everything on your own, and to leave with practical tools that make life feel steadier.
Parenting and Family Support
Children do not come with owners manuals. As they move through different developmental stages, family life can become challenging and even volatile.
We offer parenting and co-parenting support through skill building, education, and coaching. The child, teenage, and young adult years often bring more conflict and trickier communication as young people seek autonomy.
Samantha helps parents understand what may be driving difficulties, strengthen communication, establish appropriate boundaries, and respond more confidently while protecting connection within the family.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured, evidence based therapy that helps the brain process distressing memories so they feel less intense and intrusive. It is recommended by NICE for PTSD and described by the NHS as a therapy that can reduce PTSD symptoms.
In EMDR, we work at a safe, manageable pace, focusing on stuck patterns such as upsetting memories, unhelpful beliefs, anxiety features, OCD triggers, rumination, and the emotional impact of difficult experiences. Many people notice meaningful improvement within 6 to 10 sessions, although this varies. We agree a plan together and review progress regularly.
Online Services
Online sessions can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy for most needs, and many people find it easier to engage when they are in their own space. For teens and young adults, virtual sessions are often preferred, offering a flexible way to connect while still making meaningful progress towards your goals. For couples and families, online work can reduce the stress of travel and childcare and allow support to happen in the real context of home life.
Sessions take place securely via Zoom from the comfort of your own confidential space, with appointments offered at times that fit around school, work, and family commitments without the need to extra travel time.