Sam — Integrative Counsellor in Fareham, Hampshire
At a Glance
- Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
- Diploma of Higher Education in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Level 5, Distinction)
- Diploma in Humanistic Gestalt Counselling (Level 4, Distinction)
- BSc in Psychology
- Individual counselling · EAP counselling · Organisational referrals
- Integrative approach incorporating CBT, Humanistic Gestalt, EFT, and CFT
- Specialist experience: trauma · domestic violence · abuse · anxiety · neurodivergence
- Face-to-face in Fareham, Hampshire · Online and telephone UK-wide
- Adults (18+) · Older adults · EAP clients
- £65 per session
- Daytime and evenings
- Free 15-minute consultation — no commitment, no pressure
Counselling in Fareham, Hampshire — About Sam
Some things take time to find the words for. Some experiences sit heavily, shaping the present in ways that can be hard to unpick alone. Whether you are navigating the aftermath of something difficult, living with persistent anxiety or low mood, or seeking support for something that feels complex or specific — Sam offers a space to begin.
Sam is a qualified integrative counsellor based in Fareham, Hampshire, offering face-to-face sessions locally and online and telephone counselling across the UK. She holds a Diploma of Higher Education in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Level 5, Distinction) and a Diploma in Humanistic Gestalt Counselling (Level 4, Distinction), alongside a BSc in Psychology. She is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Her integrative approach draws on CBT and Humanistic Gestalt frameworks, with additional techniques from Emotion Freedom Technique (EFT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) integrated into her practice.
Sam has specialist experience in trauma, domestic violence, and abuse — areas she has worked with across both organisational settings and private practice. She brings particular attentiveness and sensitivity to this work, alongside a grounded understanding of what it takes to support clients navigating complex and difficult experiences.
Background & Experience
Sam’s professional background spans both organisational settings and private practice — a combination that has given her exposure to a wide range of presentations and clinical contexts. Her work in organisations has included supporting individuals affected by trauma, domestic violence, and sexual assault, and has complemented her private practice work with a breadth and depth of experience that continues to inform her approach.
Her CPD reflects the depth of her specialist interests — including training in Polyvagal Theory (the neurological framework underpinning trauma responses), working with dissociative disorders, managing anxiety, advanced anger management, and working with autism. These are not surface-level additions but reflect a sustained commitment to understanding the more complex presentations she works with.
Sam has clinical experience working with neurodivergent clients — including those with autism and ADHD — developed through her counselling and organisational practice. This experience informs a thoughtful and adapted approach to sessions where relevant.
Sam maintains regular professional supervision and is committed to ongoing professional development. She works with individual clients on a private basis and also supports those referred through EAP arrangements and one-off organisational referrals.
Therapeutic Approaches
Sam draws on several therapeutic frameworks, integrating them according to each individual client’s needs.
Integrative Counselling
Sam’s integrative approach means she draws thoughtfully from multiple therapeutic traditions rather than applying a fixed method. This flexibility allows her to tailor her practice to each client’s individual needs, personality, and life experience — adapting as the work develops rather than following a predetermined structure. Integrative counselling in Fareham and online.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Sam holds a Level 5 Diploma of Higher Education in CBT with Distinction — a higher qualification level than most CBT practitioners. CBT explores the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, identifying unhelpful patterns and developing more constructive ways of responding. Sam’s high-level CBT training gives her a particularly nuanced application of this approach, especially useful for anxiety, depression, OCD, and stress-related presentations. CBT therapist Fareham and online Hampshire.
Humanistic Gestalt Therapy
Humanistic Gestalt therapy attends to the whole person — bringing together an awareness of present-moment experience, the importance of the therapeutic relationship, and an understanding of how patterns of thought, feeling, and behaviour develop over time. It is particularly useful for clients who benefit from an experiential, relational style of working alongside the more structured elements of CBT. Gestalt counsellor Fareham and online.
EFT and CFT (Integrated Approaches)
Sam integrates Emotion Freedom Technique (EFT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) within her practice where these are useful to individual clients. EFT combines elements of cognitive therapy with acupressure — using gentle tapping to reduce the emotional intensity of distressing thoughts and feelings. CFT draws on evolutionary psychology and mindfulness to help clients develop a more compassionate relationship with their own experience, particularly useful where self-criticism and shame are significant factors.
Areas of Focus
Sam offers counselling in Fareham and online and telephone counselling across the UK. The following are areas she works with regularly and has specific experience in.
Trauma, domestic violence and abuse
Sam has specialist experience supporting individuals who have experienced trauma, domestic violence, and abuse — including sexual assault. Her practice is informed by Polyvagal Theory, training in working with complex trauma and dissociation, and sustained clinical experience in these areas. Trauma counselling Fareham and online Hampshire. Domestic abuse counsellor Hampshire. PTSD therapy Fareham and online.
Anxiety and stress
Anxiety counselling in Fareham and online with Sam draws on her Level 5 CBT qualification and integrative approach — exploring both the roots of anxiety and developing practical tools for managing it. GAD, health anxiety, social anxiety, OCD, panic attacks, and phobias are all areas she works with. Anxiety counsellor Fareham and Hampshire.
Depression and low mood
Depression counselling in Fareham and online with Sam — working alongside people experiencing persistent low mood, loss of motivation, or emotional flatness, without judgment and without pressure.
Burnout
The particular exhaustion of chronic overload — when work, caring responsibilities, or sustained pressure have depleted your resources — is an area Sam works with regularly. Burnout counselling Fareham and online Hampshire.
Anger management
Sam holds an Advanced Anger Management Counselling qualification (Level 4) alongside her clinical experience in this area. Anger management counselling in Fareham and online — exploring what lies beneath anger and developing a more considered relationship with strong emotions.
Neurodivergent-affirming counselling
Sam has clinical experience working with neurodivergent clients — including those with autism and ADHD. Her approach adapts to individual communication styles, processing differences, and the specific emotional and relational dimensions of neurodivergent experience. Autism counsellor Fareham · ADHD counselling Hampshire.
Self-esteem, relationships and bereavement
Self-esteem counselling, relationship counselling, and bereavement counselling in Fareham and online with Sam — bringing the same quality of attentiveness and care to these areas as to her specialist work.
Sessions with Sam
Sam offers face-to-face counselling at her practice in Fareham, Hampshire, and online and telephone counselling to adults across the UK. Sessions are available during the day and in the evenings.
Sam works with individual clients on a private basis and also supports those referred through EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) arrangements and one-off organisational referrals.
Sessions are 50 minutes. Sam works with clients on a short-term or longer-term basis depending on what you are bringing and what feels right. Sessions are confidential. There are limited circumstances in which this may need to change — for example, if there is a serious risk of harm to you or others. Sam will explain these clearly before any work begins.
Location — Fareham, Hampshire
Sam offers face-to-face counselling in Fareham, Hampshire, and online and telephone counselling to individuals across the UK. If you are based in or near Fareham, the following gives you a sense of how long it typically takes to travel there.
| Portchester | 10 mins |
| Whiteley | 10 mins |
| Hedge End | 15 mins |
| Portsmouth | 20 mins |
| Gosport | 20 mins |
| Waterlooville | 20 mins |
| Havant | 20 mins |
| Eastleigh | 20 mins |
| Southampton | 25 mins |
| Winchester | 25 mins |
Journey times show how long it takes to reach Fareham by the fastest available transport. Online and telephone counselling is available to anyone across the UK.
Sam’s face-to-face counselling in Fareham is particularly convenient for clients based in Portsmouth, Southampton, and Gosport. Online and telephone counselling is available to anyone across the UK.
Fees
- Individual sessions: £65 per session
As part of Hope Therapy’s team of 90+ qualified counsellors, Sam is matched to clients where there is a strong therapeutic fit. Counselling in Fareham and online with Hope Therapy starts from £65 — significantly more accessible than many comparable private practices in Hampshire.
Book a Free Consultation
If you are looking for a counsellor in Fareham or Hampshire, or would like to access online or telephone counselling from anywhere in the UK, a free 15-minute consultation is a good place to start. There is no commitment and no pressure — just a chance to ask questions and find out whether Sam is the right fit for you.
Hope Therapy’s team is also available by phone 24 hours a day if you would prefer to speak to someone before booking.
Book your free consultation: https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation
More Info
| Qualifications | Diploma of Higher Education in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Level 5, Distinction, Diploma in Humanistic Gestalt Counselling (Level 4, Distinction, BSc in Psychology (background context) |
| Professional membership | Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) |
| NCPS | Hope Therapy & Counselling Services is an Organisational Member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) |
| Services | Individual counselling · EAP counselling · Organisational referrals |
| Therapeutic approach | Integrative · CBT (Level 5 Distinction) · Humanistic Gestalt · EFT (integrated) · CFT (integrated) |
| Session format | Face-to-face (Fareham, Hampshire) · Online · Telephone |
| Session length | 50 minutes |
| Availability | Daytime · Evenings |
| Fee | £65 per session |
| Venue | Fareham, Hampshire |
| Languages | English |
| Last reviewed | April 2026 |
| Booking | https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation |
Further Areas Sam Works With
- Abuse counselling Fareham and online
- ADHD counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Affairs and betrayals — counselling online
- Anger management counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Anxiety counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Asperger’s syndrome — counselling online
- Autism counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Bereavement counselling Fareham and online
- Burnout counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Carer support counselling online
- CBT therapist Fareham and Hampshire
- Child-related issues counselling online
- Depression counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Disabilities — counselling online
- Discrimination — counselling online
- Domestic abuse counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- EAP counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Emotional abuse counselling online
- Family issues counselling online
- Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) counselling online
- Grief counselling Fareham and online
- Health anxiety counselling online
- Infertility counselling online
- Learning difficulties — counselling online
- Life transitions counselling Hampshire and online
- Loneliness counselling online
- Low self-confidence counselling online
- Low self-esteem counselling Fareham and online
- Neurodivergent counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- OCD counselling Fareham and online
- Panic attacks counselling Fareham and online
- Phobia counselling online
- Physical abuse counselling online
- Postnatal depression counselling online
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) counselling Fareham
- Pregnancy and birth counselling online
- Relationship counselling Fareham and online
- SAD — seasonal affective disorder counselling online
- Separation and divorce counselling online
- Sexual abuse counselling Hampshire and online
- Social anxiety counselling online
- Stress counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Trauma counselling Fareham and Hampshire
- Work-related stress counselling online Hampshire
- Young carers — counselling online
- Listing ID: 976
- Type of Support: CBT Counselling, Counselling
- Types of Counselling: Adults (18+), LGBTQ+ Support, Neurodiversity e.g.ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia etc
- Type of Session: In Person, Online (Via Zoom & Skype), Phone
- Availability: Daytime, Evening, Weekend