Samantha Hillyer Counselling

My name is Samantha and I am a qualified counsellor in Nottingham who is experienced in working with adults and young people. I work as a counsellor in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment.

You may seek counselling or therapy for a number of reasons. You may not know what brings you here, just that there is something not right, or missing. Or there may be so many thoughts and feelings inside you that you don't know what to feel or think anymore.

One day back in the 1990s...

my husband died when our daughter was a baby, leaving me with feelings and thoughts and situations that I had no idea how to manage.  That was when my journey began...

In our society, there is a pressure to push our feelings aside - to "get on with it". Yet, ultimately these feelings will surface elsewhere. I believe strongly that mind, body and spirit are linked - we may become ill because of the 'dis-ease' which we feel at the things that have happened to us.

It doesn't have to be this way.

I have worked supporting people in various agencies for several years; from the Probation Service to Social Services, and within the last few years have worked as a Counsellor for Age Concern, Connexions and Relate.

I have counselled people aged 6 to 86, spanning a wide range of issues and situations.

Everybody is different and people express themselves in different ways. Some people want to talk. Others find it difficult to talk about what is bothering them straight away and need to draw, use clay, photographs of their life, or guided visualisations to open up what is happening with them.

However, experience has taught me that no two people are alike so I work differently with everyone.

In this way your sessions are always tailored to you.