Samantha Byrne

I have some availability within my practice currently.  

My typical working hours are:

Monday – 9 - 5pm

Tuesday – 9 - 3pm

Wednesday – 11 - 7pm

Friday – 11 - 7pm

Saturday 9 – 1pm

The biggest step is making contact with a counsellor and it can seem extremely daunting and overwhelming…I have been in your shoes and I know it’s not easy but doing so is the first stride to helping yourself. 

At Cherish The Pearl counselling, I believe you are the pearl who deserves to cherish yourself and to be cherished.  

I can help by providing a warm, non-judgmental, confidential space in which you will feel safe to talk about your experiences. I see you as the pearl and will value you as a person, acknowledging and recognizing your journey as well as helping to work with your individuality and beauty.  

I am an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor who sees therapy as something we should all undertake and as much needed self-care.  I am passionate about my work and helping people to make sense of what is happening to them.  Whether that be to overcome previous trauma,  conquer challenges they face currently, or move forward in their lives.  

It is important to me that our therapeutic relationship is built on trust, respect and care.  It is not easy to open up to someone about your emotions and/or confusion you have, even if you think it is trivial.  Rest assured I care and am here to listen to you and help you with your thoughts and feelings. 

My experience has been extensive, working for a charity that specialised in parenting therapeutically, helping birth/foster/adoptive parents of children with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).  I  have also worked with the NHS and a social enterprise in the community supporting people with many difficulties including: 

trauma

compassion fatigue/ blocked care

depression

loss 

bereavement

anxiety

relationships

stress

marriage breakdowns

suicide

self-confidence

boundaries

childrens behaviours

parenting therapeutically

Cherish the pearl...Cherish your mind.

As an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor I draw on different approaches whilst also tailoring sessions to your needs and requirements.  Working together we can explore the roots of any difficulties that may be challenging or causing you distress and stopping you from being the person you want to be.   

If you have ever asked yourself the following questions or you identify with the statements  then contact me for an initial chat:

I just want to hide under the bed covers.

Why can’t my child behave?

Why am I so worthless?

I’m just hopeless.

I don’t know who I am meant to be?

Why can’t I cope?

Everything is getting on top of me.

What is it about me that doesn’t fit?

Why does my child keep doing that?

I don’t want to see people.

Why am I just not good enough?

I get so stressed and anxious about life.

What is wrong with me?

I need to talk to somebody.

Why does nobody listen to me? 

Cherish the pearl...Cherish your mind.

I offer a free initial telephone consultation of up to 20 minutes whereby you can ask me any initial questions and we can explore what you would like to get from therapy and how we can work together. 

We would then arrange a session whereby we would discuss the contract which would include my responsibilities to you, a confidentiality agreement, the fee and payment details and the cancellation policy.