helping people overcome panic, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts so life feels manageable again, since 2019.
Hi! I’m Samantha…
I laugh at my own jokes (someone has to!).
I have a serious sweet tooth—and a cookie connoisseur.
I can touch my nose with my tongue—yes, really.
Wanting more than just talking about it
You’re about to start therapy and your nervous system is already like, what am I doing?
Heart doing a light sprint.
Stomach doing… something unhelpful.
Your mind?
Rapid-fire thoughts:
Is this going to work?
Do I really want to explain my whole life story again - with a British therapist who might sound like a movie villain?
Because honestly… meeting someone new and being vulnerable right away is a big ask.
Maybe you’ve tried therapy before.
You showed up. You talked. You tried to make it work.
And then… you drifted off.
Not because you didn’t care,
but because it felt like you were circling in your head.
Talking about your problems instead of actually shifting them.
A part of you wanted more than just being heard.
It wanted things to make sense.
It wanted change.
And here you are…
because even the part of you that avoids this knows:
something has to give.
What if all parts of you actually felt heard?
There’s a quieter part of you still holding hope.
The one that wants relief.
That wants your brain to calm down for five minutes.
That’s tired of overthinking everything at 2am.
And even imagining that kind of space?
Feels like exhaling for the first time all day.
What if therapy didn’t feel like explaining yourself…
but like understanding yourself?
Where the anxious part of you isn’t “too much”
the overthinking part isn’t “the problem”
and the stuck part actually has a reason for being there.
Using approaches like EMDR, CBT and parts work,
we’re not just talking.
We’re helping your nervous system process what it’s been holding onto…
so those reactions don’t have to run the show anymore.
So even if another part of you is skeptical…
you come into the waiting room anyway.
Oh… this is different
Within a few minutes, something shifts.
Your body softens.
You’re not bracing as much.
You don’t feel analysed or picked apart.
You feel… understood (and not in a surface-level way).
There’s space to talk, but we also gently go deeper.
We notice what’s happening in your body.
We get curious about the different parts of you showing up.
We untangle things instead of circling them.
And yes, sometimes we’ll laugh…
because it turns out healing and having a sense of humour can coexist.
It doesn’t feel like sitting across from someone trying to “fix” you.
It feels like sitting with a real human
who helps you make sense of your mind, your reactions, and your story…
so things actually start to shift.
And at some point you might notice:
you’re not just talking about feeling better…
you actually are
Credentials
BSc/Hons - mental health nursing
BSc/Hons - health visiting (specialist community public health nursing
Post grad diploma - cognitive behavioural therapy for children and young people
Masters - counselling psychology
Basic training - EMDR