Sam is a clinical psychologist who gained her qualifications at the University of Wollongong and Southern Cross University.

Since completing her degree, Sam has worked with a range of individuals and families experiencing mild to severe mental health difficulties and across a variety of clinical settings, including hospital and community mental health settings. Alongside private practice, Sam also works part time at the local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

Sam has a particular interest in working with older adolescents, young people and adults experiencing enduring psychological difficulties and has focused her training and experience on eating disorders and complex trauma presentations. She equally enjoys working with a variety of presentations.

Sam also enjoys working with parents during the peri- and post-natal period, having completed her Masters thesis on the role of attachment, self-compassion, and co-parenting in parents' sense of competency.

Drawing from a variety of therapeutic modalities, including cognitive and behavioural therapies, Sam’s approach is primarily informed by attachment theory, psychodynamic therapies, internal family systems, and schema therapy. Central to her practice is the value Sam places on the therapeutic relationship.