Sam Parker , BACP

Sam Parker is a BACP-registered counsellor who specialises in person-centred counselling for both adults and young people. He became a counsellor because he genuinely cares that people know they are not alone, and that conviction shapes a practice focused on listening, empathy, and respect. Sam supports people facing a wide spectrum of concerns, including depression, anxiety, eating distress and eating disorders, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, behavioural and substance-based addictions, bereavement and grief, chronic and physical health challenges, life-limiting illness, neurodiversity-related experiences, and matters connected to faith or religion.

Over the course of more than eight years working in wellbeing, mental health, and addiction services, Sam has worked primarily with individuals and has also managed and trained staff who provide similar support. His experience spans work with people from around age 11 through to those aged 75 and older, and includes roles in Alternative Provision and Education, an NHS Bereavement Service, and several local and national charities.

Before training as a counsellor Sam studied Theatre to Masters level, and creativity remains an important part of how he thinks and connects. He balances sincerity with a readiness to share in a client’s humour, using that connection to better understand who they are. Sam offers a non-judgmental, stigma-free, person-centred approach that prioritises warmth and compassion, inviting each person to set the pace so together they can explore what matters most. (BACP is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.)