Personal Profile
Hello. If you've found your way here, it may mean that you're thinking about looking for some support with what's happening in your life. At times life can feel off-balance - like you're a bit lost, or feeling anxious, or stuck; maybe you're unsure of where to start or even why you feel like this. I’m Samantha and I’m here to help you make sense of your feelings and find a way forward. I'm a professional, qualified counsellor, based in Newton Abbot. In person counselling sessions take place in my therapy room in the centre of Newton Abbot, but I also online, via video call. If you're looking for help with a specific problem, or a just need a safe space to work out what's going on for you, get in touch for an initial free, no obligation chat about how I might be able to help you.
About Me
Candlewood Counselling
Candlewood Counselling
Introduction
I’m Samantha, an experienced integrative counsellor in private practice in Newton Abbot, offering face-to-face and online therapy.
Choosing the right counsellor can feel like a bit of a minefield, but it’s the first step on the way to finding the support you’re looking for. So, here’s some more information about me that might help you to decide if I sound like a good fit for you.
As an integrative counsellor, I’ve been trained in a number of different counselling approaches, which I combine and adapt to suit what we think you need.
I work in a person-centred way, meaning I see our relationship as central to the counselling process- you are the expert in your own life, and my role is to meet you with openness, honesty and without judgement — to truly see and hear you, so that you feel understood.
It’s a collaborative way of working, rooted in compassion, curiosity and respect for your lived experience-these are the foundations of a therapeutic relationship that can help you with whatever you’re facing.
Over time, I hope you’ll gain a sense of me as the real person behind the ‘counsellor’ label, just as I’ll look to help discover and celebrate the authentic ‘you’.
Training
I qualified as a counsellor after training at Heartwood Counselling and Psychotherapy College Devon. I’m fully insured and hold a Level 4 Advanced Diploma in Counselling. I receive on-going clinical supervision, and regularly update my practice through CPD and additional further training, which includes:
Neurodiversity
- Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy with Autism and ADHD clients
- Counselling ADHD
Trauma
- Putting Polyvagal Theory Into Practice: Creating safety and Connection with Trauma Clients
- Working with Relational Trauma: disorganised attachment
- Attachment: development of identity in childhood
- Impact of Anxious Attachment
- Avoiding Secondary Trauma
- Using Trauma-Informed Grounding Techniques
Grief
- Talking with Bereaved people
- Applying Theories of Grief to Practice
- How Adverse Circumstances Can Complicated grief
Domestic Abuse
- Level 3 Domestic Violence Awareness
- Domestic Abuse Awareness
- Working with Survivors of Domestic Abuse and Violence
- Creative Ways of Healing Trauma of Domestic Abuse and Violence
- Working with Eating Disorders
Other
Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
Access to Therapy for Older adults
Qualifications
NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Level 4 Advanced Diploma In Counselling ( NCPS Accred)
Membership Bodies
I’m a registered member of both the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy)and NCPS, ( National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) and adhere to their professional and ethical guidelines
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Main Therapeutic Approach
Other types of Therapy offered
- Narrative therapy
- Brief therapy
- CBT
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential
- Gestalt
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Person centred
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Solution focused brief therapy
- Transactional analysis
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