Sam Harris, BACP

Sam Harris uses a client-centred approach to guide people through hard times. He draws on methods such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic ideas to help clients make sense of difficulties. Sam has three years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom. He offers calm, steady support for people who feel overwhelmed or stuck.

Sam works with a broad range of issues including stress and anxiety, grief and depression, and trauma and abuse. He also helps with relationship and intimacy-related worries, parenting strain, addictions, sleep and eating problems, and career concerns. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment issues, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and codependency.

In sessions Sam listens first and then helps people identify practical steps they can try between meetings. He uses CBT techniques to look at unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours. He may draw on psychodynamic ideas to explore how past experiences shape present feelings.

Sam also offers solution-focused conversations to clarify goals and find small, achievable changes. When suitable, he may use hypnotherapy to support relaxation and behavioural change. The aim is to match the approach to what each person needs in the moment.

Sam keeps language plain and explanations simple so the work is easy to follow. He encourages people to set a pace that feels manageable and to try things out in everyday life. For someone who wants practical, empathetic support, Sam provides straightforward guidance and steady encouragement.

Therapeutic approaches and how online therapy can help

Sam combines client-centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people make practical changes. Client-Centred Therapy involves listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters to the person. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk and be heard. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and introduces clear strategies to try between sessions, which can help with anxiety, depression and sleep or eating issues.

Sam also draws on psychodynamic ideas when it helps to understand how past relationships shape present feelings. That approach explores deeper patterns and can be useful for issues such as attachment, abandonment or recurring relationship difficulties. Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process; the therapist and client decide together based on goals, preferences and what feels most useful.

Online work is available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat allows shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or mobility limits and to keep continuity when life is busy.