Sam's Counselling Room Halloween

I considered I should create what they call a ‘blog’ to introduce myself. This is something new to me. Like some of you, I can find new experiences daunting, particularly when I lack confidence with social media presence, probably because my knowledge is limited in this area.

Although ‘long in the tooth’ in terms of working with mental health, being in Private Practice is a new adventure for me. I have felt the safety and comfort of working within agency/NHS settings and hadn’t realised how much working closely working with colleagues daily had given me a sense of security.

This new journey has given me time to reflect on some of the issues you may also be facing. Are you starting a new journey? How is it for you? Stepping outside of our comfort zone can be exciting and scary at the same time, a bit like Halloween itself!

I guess my website explains a bit about who I am in terms of assisting you, the client. Additionally, I acknowledge how difficult it is to firstly reach out for therapy and then navigate all the wonderful therapists out there to find the right ‘fit’ for you. Sam's Counselling Room | Counsellor

Working within the field of mental health I was fortunate to have a therapist recommended for my own therapy. This seemed to work well for me as the person who recommended the therapist knew me and knew the therapist and thought we could be a good match, and they were right and I had a positive, healing therapy journey.  But its not always that easy, is it? Trawling through the many therapist directory’s/registers and perhaps having several assessments to find your therapist can be exhausting in itself. Where to start? Like it or not, many of us go by first impressions and that all important photograph of your therapist can give you a sense of ‘Am I drawn to this person?’ or ‘Does this person look like they can help me?’ or even ‘Does this therapist look trustworthy?’. So many questions! And that’s just the start. Like a ‘pic n mix’ therapists are individuals, just like you.