I'm Sam De Gruchy, a BACP-registered Integrative Therapist based in Brighton and Hove, offering therapy both in-person and online.
I provide a containing space to work in and through your unique process, combining a range of approaches. At the core of my practice is the therapeutic alliance - healing through relational therapy with intention, intuition & an open heart and mind.
At times it can feel as though we are isolated or misunderstood, in dread or despair, overwhelmed or stuck. Therapy is the opportunity to come up for air, and at the same time to dive deeper into ourselves: to heal or transform what no longer serves us and to nurture and empower ourselves from a place of depth and understanding.
In my practice I see my role and purpose as to facilitate contact with your innate healing wisdom, with a 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 lean into immediacy with a focus on what arises in the present moment, 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 work relationally, which places value on the connection between the two of us as part of a therapeutic alliance - humour, empathy, healthy individual disagreement are all welcome as part of the therapeutic process. I am here to listen attentively and compassionately, 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