About Sam
Sam Harris is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who uses a conversational, person-focused style to help people manage anxiety and stress. He offers calm, straightforward support for someone feeling overwhelmed. He speaks English and draws on three years of practical counselling experience.
He often helps people coping with grief, depression and the effects of trauma or abuse. He also supports those facing relationship strains, intimacy concerns, addiction challenges and family problems.
Background and approach
Sam works with people dealing with sleep and eating difficulties, anger, low self-esteem and the pressure of career or parenting changes. In sessions he aims to build a non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. He uses approaches that include Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at patterns and try small, practical changes.
Hypnotherapy and psychodynamic ideas are used when they fit a person’s needs. Sam describes therapy as a steady process that often starts with clearer goals and simple steps. He can focus on coping skills for day-to-day life and on understanding deeper patterns that keep problems repeating.
People who want a mix of practical tools and reflective conversation often choose his style. For those taking the first step, Sam encourages patience and small moves forward. He supports people through change and aims to make each session understandable and useful.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Sam blends Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people manage anxiety and other concerns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on a warm, non-judgemental conversation where the person sets the pace and the therapist listens to what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.He may also draw on Solution-Focused ideas to set clear, short-term goals and on elements of hypnotherapy or psychodynamic thinking when they fit someone’s needs. Choosing an approach is collaborative - he will talk through options, try techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps the person meet their goals and feel more able to cope.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls are useful for longer conversations and watching non-verbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, paced reflection or people who prefer typing. These options aim to make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep working on problems between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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