A LITTLE MORE ABOUT SAM…

Sam is an experienced and respected clinician who works with people from all walks of life and has a way of looking at the world that is compassionate, mindful, curious, and respectful.

As a Hakomi graduate and practitioner of Internal Family Systems (IFS), Sam integrates body-centered approaches with psychodynamic understanding. She is currently a trainee with ANZAP studying the Conversational Model, a psychodynamic psychotherapy. Sam believes that our bodies reflect the many levels of our inner reality. Our posture and shape, our facial expressions, our style of moving and being, even our voices, reflect our emotions, beliefs, and inner experience.

Sam is a trainee member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy (ANZAP) and a student member with the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (APANZ). She is also a member of the New Zealand Naturopaths and Medical Herbalists (NZAMH), the New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalist (NZAMH); the body that sets and manages the standards of practice for Naturopathy and Herbal medicine in New Zealand.

Sam has completed advanced training in autism, ADHD, and inflammatory bowel disease, with special interests in autoimmune conditions, mast cell activation syndrome, and the mind-body interconnection. Sam approaches health through her comprehensive 5-pillar framework: biochemistry using functional testing, emotional health through Hakomi and IFS therapy, nutrition through diet and lifestyle, environmental factors, and genetic wellbeing – analysing SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) to provide detailed information and reports based on clients’ genomes.

Her integrative approach brings together these diverse elements for personalized care. Amongst multiple trainings her qualifications include Master’s Degree in Health Science, PGHlthSci, BHSc (Complementary Medicine), DipClinHerbMed, Yoga Teacher Training, and she is a graduate of the Hakomi method.

Sam provides both in-person services and national and international telehealth consultations, making her expertise accessible to clients worldwide.