Samantha Mathews therapist on Natural Therapy Pages
Member since 2011

Samantha Mathews

E F Counselling

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Couple & Individual Counselling

E F Counselling

Servicing area

Colonel Light Gardens, Daw Park

Focus areas

Fears Emotionally focused Negative emotions Sadness Anxiety Emotions

I provide couple and individual counselling through my private practice, E F Counselling in Adelaide. Practical, professional and well structured sessions are provided for couples and individuals looking for help with relationship issues. Learn new ways to communicate effectively with your partner, improve your sense of connection and intimacy, take home practical exercises to help you outside the therapy room.

I am a regsitered clinical counselling member of PACFA. Have a look at the website http://www.efcounselling.com.au for further details

As part of the therapeutic process your issues will be heard and understood in a sensitive and non-judgemental way. Providing support, as well as challenge when appropriate, can open up new possibilities and help to regain well-being for you and your relationship


Couples Counselling


Emotionally focused couple counselling involves taking a holistic and individual approach towards the Relationship itself. Therapists look at the Relationship as a whole helping couples to identify the patterns and structures apparent in the union and how they have become stuck in certain ways of relating.

At the same time therapists are alert to the individual needs and wants of each person in the Relationship. Using both a systemic and individual lens to look at a Relationship helps to ensure the counselling will be respectful, balanced and focused on the needs of the individual in the context of the relationship.

Emotions are at the core of this therapeutic approach as negative emotions like anger, hurt, fear, pain and sadness arise when our adult needs are not being met. Emotions tell us when something is not right in our relationship as they are primarily an adaptive mechanism or warning system showing us that our needs are not being fulfilled.

EFT therapists harness these emotions and work with clients so they can regulate their emotions and use them to ensure a Relationship is healthy and a source of happiness for both participants. If we can identify and express our emotions openly with our partner it can ensure our needs, wants and desires are achieved within the context of a loving relationship. Conflict arises when our needs are ignored, devalued or deemed to be unimportant.


Individual Counselling


People can experience varying degrees of Anxiety at any time in their life although it tends to affect young people in their late teens and twenties and women more so than men. You may be someone who has always worried a bit more than other people but there is something different about anxiety; it is when the worrying becomes more pronounced even when there may not be a triggering event or cause.

Low level anxiety or generalised anxiety disorder is quite common and although uncomfortable people can manage to carry on as before and function on a daily basis. Sometimes people experience depression alongside the anxiety as sleeplessness and irritability and feeling on edge a lot of the time takes it toll. Relationships can suffer as the person with anxiety may withdraw from social contact or find it difficult to explain to their partner what is happening to them.

More severe forms of Anxiety include panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder.


Samantha Mathews


After graduating from Jansen Newman in 2007 I have worked part time for two of the largest not-for-profit organisations in Australia alongside developing my private counselling practice, Sydney Sanctuary Counselling Services. Firstly I worked for Relationships Australia in a counselling and relationship education role on the Northern Beaches and Lower North Shore.

This experience ensures you will receive quality, well informed counselling from a professional with recent training and employment in the field of relationship education and therapy. I have also worked for Aspect (Autism Spectrum Australia) in a counselling role as a telephone support and advice line officer providing parents, school counsellors, case workers and people on the spectrum with counselling and referral information.

Qualifications

Graduate Certificate Emotionally Focused Counselling
Graduate Diploma Counselling & Psychotherapy Jansen-Newman Institute
PGCE Secondary English
MA Victorian Literature
BA Hons English & History


Testimonials


"I learnt how to talk to people without aggression and anger and to be able to stand up for myself without causing confrontation. I also learnt to listen to what people had to say and to acknowledge their feelings. I would recommend these sessions to anyone who is hitting speed bumps in their relationship as it will most definitely get you over these bumps so that you can go on enjoying one another again. Thanks so much Sam."
(Aaron Couples Counselling)



"Thank you, thank you, thank you Sam for helping and guiding us through a difficult patch !!! You were so easy to talk to and helped me see things so clearly" (Nic Couples Counselling)
"Sam is a very good listener, thinks about what you've said and helps you see things in a different light. She also helps you "name" your feelings i.e identify them more clearly rather than "I feel angry". This naming process is very helpful in thinking about why you feel the way you do and addressing the real cause of your feelings. I would highly recommend Sam".
(LM, Couples Counselling )



"I went for counselling when I was relatively new to Sydney, I had very few friends, was away from my family, and had just had a very bad experience at work. As a result I was depressed and anxious, I really was at my lowest of lows. Through counselling with Sam, and my determination, I eventually came out the other side. I always felt Sam genuinely cared for my well-being, and she encouraged me to keep pushing through. I am pleased to say I feel like I am a better, more fulfilled person now than before I got depressed, I have a zest for life and will always be very grateful for Sam's help in reaching this point."
(Sarah, individual counselling)



"This was my first time seeing a counsellor and I felt that you provided a safe environment for me to be able to reveal my innermost thoughts and feelings. You were calm and patient and yet gently challenging at times. I felt heard and respected and whilst life is still not easy I feel much more equipped to deal with my problems. Thanks very much Sam"
(name withheld, individual counselling))



"We felt Sam (couple counselling) covered a lot of ground quickly and the therapy started from the first session. Talking honestly about our feelings was not as difficult as we first thought."
(name withheld, couples counselling)


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