I'm Sam De Gruchy, a BACP-registered Integrative Therapist offering therapy in-person (Brighton) and online (UK).
I work with clients who want to grow and deepen their understanding of themselves, to connect dots and experience themselves with greater clarity at the centre of their own story.
This can be an honest and at times difficult process, but one that is held with trust and intention by us both in a therapeutic alliance. It is an invitation to aim up whilst being compassionate toward how things are for you right now, as well as curious and empathetic towards where difficulties may have originated.
Being a human being is a rich, complex and challenging process, and I therefore believe there is nobility in showing up in our lives at all, whether we are on top of the world and in flow, or stuck in a rut and feeling out of options or people to turn to.
I offer a space to be met where you need to be met, wherever that might be at this moment.
welcome
I am an Integrative therapist and I work relationally
One of the main benefits of Integrative therapy is flexibility and a dynamic approach. I am trained in several modalities including Person-centred, Gestalt, CBT, Transaction analysis, psychodynamic and existential ways of working - each of these may naturally serve at different phases in your process. I support clients with a wide range of difficulties including anxiety, anger, depression, self-esteem, relationships, life direction, identity, existential and spiritual difficulties.
We are hard wired as relational beings, which can make life a joyous and loving experience, but also mean that many of our problems are experienced in relation to others, if not to ourselves. I place value on the relationship between the two of us as an opportunity for understanding, undoing and improving such difficulties - growing in trust and security in yourself and in relation to the world and others.
I believe in this meaningful space, and I look forward to collaborative work together that serves you in your process.
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