Sam Sharman-Dunn

I currently have availability on the following days:
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.

I also have availability for ADHD coaching.

My office hours are:
Monday to Thursday, 9 am - 5.30 pm

I am an Integrative Counsellor with 6 years of experience in Psychodynamic Counselling, offering long‑term and fixed‑term therapy in Leicester City Centre and online. I provide a kind, safe, non‑judgemental and neurodivergent‑affirming space where you can talk openly about whatever is worrying you.

My specialist area is Autism, ADHD and wider neurodivergence. I am neurodivergent myself and have 10 years of experience as an Autism Specialist Mentor, supporting autistic and AuDHD students in Higher Education through the National Autistic Society and university support services. I also hold a certificate in ADHD Coaching (recognised by the Association for Coaching and the Universal Coaching Alliance).

I work with anxiety, stress, depression, burnout, loss and bereavement, family issues, ill health, menopause, PMDD, ME/CFS, LGBTQ+ experiences, low self‑esteem and self‑harm. If you are feeling overwhelmed, stuck or unsure how to move forward, counselling may help.

I offer long‑term, open‑ended integrative counselling with a psychodynamic focus. You are invited to bring anything that is troubling you. Together, we explore your current experiences, make sense of past events, and understand how your relationships and history may shape how you experience the world today.

I also work somatically, using breath‑work, body awareness and EFT Tapping to help you feel grounded and supported while processing difficult emotions.

Sessions are weekly, 50 minutes, at the same time each week. Therapy is available face‑to‑face in Leicester City Centre or online via Zoom, and you are free to end therapy at any time.

After you contact me, I will email you to arrange an initial assessment session (please check your spam folder if you haven’t heard from me within two working days). The assessment session lasts 1 hour and can be face‑to‑face or online.

This session is an opportunity for you to ask questions about the counselling process, and for me to learn more about what brings you to therapy and what you hope to gain from it. It also allows us to see whether we feel like a good fit to work together.

Assessment sessions are £45. Counselling sessions are £60.

Availability:

I currently have availability on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.

ADHD Coaching sessions are also available. (£60 per session).

My office hours are: 

Monday to Thursday, 9 am–5.30 pm.

My Qualifications:

• Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling

• Certificate in ADHD Coaching

• Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling

• Level 2 Certificate in Mental Health Awareness

• Youth Mental Health First Aid

Additional Training and CPD

• Autism Awareness Training – National Autistic Society

• Self‑harm and Suicide Awareness – Harm‑Ed

• Internal Family Systems in Action – PESI

• The Science of ADHD – ADHD Adults UK

• Working Within Diversity – Myira Khan

• ADHD and Productivity – Dr James Brown

• Understanding and Working with Trauma – Johanne Flynn

• Working with Shame – Carolyn Spring

• Working with Trauma – Carolyn Spring