I'm Sam De Gruchy, a BACP-registered Integrative Therapist offering therapy both in-person (Brighton and Hove) and online (UK-wide).
At the core of my practice is the therapeutic alliance, cultivating healing and clarity through relational therapy with care and intention. I provide a containing space to work in and through your unique process, integrating a range of psychotherapeutic approaches.
At times it can feel as though we are isolated or misunderstood, in dread or despair, overwhelmed or stuck. Therapy is a welcoming space to come up for air, and at the same time to dive deeper into ourselves, to nurture and empower ourselves from a place of depth and understanding.
I see my role and purpose as to facilitate contact with your own inner healing wisdom, with a genuine and compassionate understanding of just how difficult things can get along the way.
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Integrative therapy is the coming together of multiple therapeutic approaches adapted and combined in a way that best serves you as a unique human being. I am trained theoretically and therapeutically in Psychodynamic, Existential, CBT, Transactional Analysis, Attachment and Gestalt approaches among others, always working from a Person-Centred base in my practice.
Sessions typically lean into immediacy with a focus on what arises in the present, whilst honouring and working toward your goals, and cultivating clarity and self-compassion over time. This is supported by a gentle and empathetic inquiry into where difficulties may have arisen from in your past. I support clients through a wide range of difficulties including self-esteem, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions, existential difficulties and/or spirituality. .
Working relationally means I place value on the interaction and connection between the two of us in a therapeutic alliance. Humour, empathy, differences of opinion are all welcome as part of the therapeutic process. I am alongside you, here to listen attentively and compassionately, and always with your best interests in mind.
Way of working
Advanced Diploma in Counselling - Heartwood Counselling and Psychotherapy (accredited by National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society)
MSc Psychological Studies (with Merit) -University of Glasgow (accredited by British Psychological Society)
Foundation Certificate in Psychotherapy & Counselling - Regent's University
BA History (with Hons) - University of Exeter
Registered member of the BACP - British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists
Affiliate member of IPT - Institute of Psychedelic Therapy