- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- CBT and ACT
- Attachment-based work
About Sam
Sam Agnew is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with nine years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of relationship and personal concerns. Her practice also covers grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD, bipolar and depression, and career and life changes.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her stated approaches. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to shape conversations and practical work. Sessions focus on naming feelings, improving how people relate to themselves and others, and learning concrete ways to manage difficult moments.
Sam describes her work as integrative and transpersonal. That means she brings together several methods to address emotional, relational and personal levels of experience. She talks through what matters most to each person and adjusts the way she works as that picture becomes clearer.
Her background includes supporting people with addiction, neurodiversity concerns such as autism and ADHD, early life trauma and complex trauma responses. She also helps with issues tied to identity and sexuality, including LGBT concerns, and with the stresses that come from caring roles and chronic health problems.
Practical steps in sessions include clarifying values, practising new ways of communicating, and building routines for sleep or mood management. Sam invites clients to try approaches and then review what helps. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.
How Sam uses EFT, ACT and attachment ideas online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people find and name emotions that are hard to describe. It looks at how feelings shape the way people connect and respond to one another, which can be useful for relationship patterns and intense personal emotions.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and practical steps. It supports noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while still moving towards what matters to someone, which can help with anxiety, mood and life direction.
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current ways of relating. It is used to identify patterns like avoidance or fear of closeness and to try different ways of responding in relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then decide together which methods to try. That collaborative process can change as therapy progresses.
The biography did not list specific session formats. Please confirm the available online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists can adapt exercises, reflective tasks and communication practice to suit remote sessions so the core therapeutic work can continue without needing to attend in person.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, mood conditions and life changes.
How does she use Emotionally-Focused Therapy?
Emotionally-Focused Therapy is one of the approaches she lists. It is used to help people identify and name hard-to-reach emotions and to shift unhelpful interaction patterns.
What experience does she bring?
She has nine years of professional experience working with trauma, addiction, neurodiversity and complex emotional concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted; sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography did not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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