Sam Shepherd
Registered Member MBACP
Contact information
- Phone number
- 07891950555
Features
- Flexible hours available
- Wheelchair accessible office
- Concessionary rates
Availability
Available: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
About me and my therapy practice
Therapy for me encompasses three key values: connecting with people, working creatively, and discussing life philosophically.
I came to therapy through my own trauma, coping mechanisms and journey of self-acceptance. I know first hand how difficult it can be to take that first step. When we feel that we 'should' be able to cope and manage by ourselves. Often denying or minimising our feelings and experiences.
Whilst it can be hard to open up and explore difficult feelings and painful life events at first. The transformation I gained and see from my clients through this process is what gives me the passion for the work that I do.
Therapy has evolved from the days where you would expect, a very silent aloof professional nodding and making soothing noises. I see myself as a therapist who is a collaborator; a present, active and engaged participant in your process.
Together we will work to bring greater self-awareness to what is troubling you and what aspects of your life you are wanting to address and change. Offering my own thoughts, feelings and observations to help make connections between present difficulties and past experiences.
I am currently taking on new individual clients and couples as well. So please feel free to contact me to discuss any questions you may have and to make arrangements for counselling.
If you would like to know more about how I work please visit my website:
www.samshepherdtherapy.co.uk
Practice description
I have experience working with a broad range of clients and as a queer counsellor also respect and work affirmatively with diversity and difference.
Some of the areas I have experience working with include:
Coaching
Anxiety and panic attacks
Low mood and depression
Existential anxiety
Family and relationships difficulties
Trauma and abuse
Clients who identify as LGBT, GSRD or TGNB
Addiction and addictive tendency
Disconnection from oneself, society and others
Low self-esteem/ Low-confidence
My first session
I offer reduced fee bands. Please include this when sending your enquiry.
Our first session together will be your assessment session. This gives us a chance to get to know each other and to dive into the reasons for you coming to therapy.
I work with an open-ended process so there are no fixed number of sessions that we work to.
Some of my clients have been with me for years, others find they get what they need from shorter term work between 12 and 24 sessions.
As the work evolves we will have regular reviews to check in. Monitoring both the progress that is being made as well as any blocks or resistances we may encounter along the way.
I offer face-to-face and online counselling.
Please email me if you have any further questions or would like to make arrangements for counselling.
My room in East Dulwich is easily accessible from; Herne Hill (SE24), Clapham (SW4), Stockwell (SW9), Kennington (OX1), Camberwell (SE15), Nunhead (SE15), Peckham (SE15), Forest Hill (SE23), Brockley (SE4), Honor Oak Park (SE23), Sydenham (SE26) and Crystal Palace (SE19) and London Bridge (SE1).
What I can help with
Abuse, Addictions, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cultural issues, Depression, Identity issues, Life coaching, Loss, Men's issues, Obsessions, OCD, Personal development, Post-traumatic stress, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Work related issues
Types of therapy
CBT, Creative therapy, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Jungian, Person centred, Phenomenological, Psychodynamic, Relational, Transactional analysis, Transpersonal
Clients I work with
Adults, Couples, Groups, Older adults, Organisations, Trainees
How I deliver therapy
Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short-term face-to-face work, Time-limited
Features
- Flexible hours available
Practice description
My role as your supervisor is to support you in your clinical work as a therapist, and also to support you, the therapist.
Our working relationship will allow room for you to feel you can explore, reflect and challenge your work with clients. Whilst also exploring your own feelings and process.
As an integrative practitioner I am comfortable working within a range of modalities. Allowing the space to be creative and to consider different ways of looking at presenting issues.
As well as this, I also encourage you to visualise how you want to grow as a therapist. Considering specialisms, areas of interests and potential ways to evolve and expand on the passion for the work that you do.
What I can help with
Abuse, Addictions, AIDS/HIV, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cultural issues, Depression, Health related issues, Identity issues, Life coaching, Loss, Men's issues, OCD, Post-traumatic stress, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Creative therapy, Existential, Gestalt, Humanistic, Integrative, Phenomenological, Relational
Clients I work with
Adults, Couples, Groups, Trainees
How I deliver therapy
Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy