Ruth-Anne Sammes

I am currently open to working with new people. Usually, I'll try to find a regular time with you that will fit consistently week to week, but I also understand that not everyone's schedule allows this and I try to be flexible when needed. 

I am a therapist trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy who works one-on-one with adults online. I work collaboratively, viewing you as the expert in your own life while acknowledging that the challenges bringing you to therapy may well have left you feeling lost, stuck, hopeless, and like anything but an expert.

To me, therapy is a process of both learning and unlearning. The ways of being that currently cause us suffering often start off as necessary or helpful adaptations before becoming a source of pain. By exploring these patterns together and coming to understand them, you can begin making conscious choices and experience more freedom in how you live your life.

I am comfortable working with a wide range of issues - humans are complex, after all - and aim to provide an environment where you can bring the whole of your experience.

Sessions tend to be held regularly, often at the same time each week where possible and are 50 minutes long. Zoom is typically the platform that I use, but I'm be open to meeting elsewhere if requested.

I offer a free initial consultation. Finding the right therapist is an important process, and this first meeting gives us both a chance in real time to see if we’d be a good fit to work together. During our meeting, we’ll talk a bit about what brings you to therapy, what you hope to get out of coming, and what you can expect from the process.