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Samantha Fairgrieve

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Samantha Fairgrieve

BA1 English

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I work with adults who struggle with difficulties in relationships, anxiety and self-esteem — particularly when the same relational and emotional patterns keep repeating despite effort, insight or previous therapy.

People come to see me for many reasons: ongoing conflict in relationships, feeling distant or shut down, becoming reactive or overwhelmed, struggling to trust or rely on others, or losing touch with their own needs under pressure. Some people experience this as anxiety or self-doubt, while others notice it through acting out, withdrawing or feeling stuck in familiar patterns.

My work focuses on the emotional roots of these difficulties, not just managing symptoms. Using a focused, experiential approach, we pay close attention to what happens internally in real time — including emotional reactions, bodily responses and habitual defences — so that long-standing patterns can shift at the level where they were formed.

This approach is suited to people who find themselves reacting strongly or feeling shut down in relationships, and who want to understand and change these patterns rather than simply suppress them.

From the first session, we work collaboratively to clarify what is driving your difficulties and what will help bring meaningful, lasting change.

About Me

I am a UKCP-accredited and BACP-registered psychotherapist with over ten years’ experience in private practice, working with adults who struggle with relationship difficulties, anxiety and low self-esteem, particularly when the same patterns keep repeating.

I am trained primarily in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), an evidence-based, focused and emotionally engaged approach that helps people understand and change deeply rooted patterns rather than simply coping with them. This allows clients to break repetitive cycles in relationships, manage difficult emotions more effectively and experience lasting emotional change.

Alongside ISTDP, my background in psychosynthesis informs a reflective approach to meaning, purpose and emotional growth, helping clients explore their identity, values and emotional development in a safe, collaborative space.

I work with adults in individual psychotherapy, offering both in-person sessions in Bath and online therapy. I also offer a free 30-minute introductory online consultation to help you decide whether this way of working feels right for you.

I work with adults in individual psychotherapy, offering both in-person sessions in Bath and online therapy across the UK.

I work with

Individuals
Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Anger Management

Behaviours often labelled as “anger” — such as shouting, acting out, punching walls or losing control — are frequently driven by unregulated anxiety rather than anger itself. In my work, these behaviours are understood as signals of internal overload rather than something to simply suppress or control. Many people I work with feel caught between intense reactions and regret afterwards, or worry about the impact of their behaviour on relationships, work or family life. Therapy focuses on recognising how anxiety escalates into destructive behaviour, learning to regulate this internal pressure and helping clients experience the emotions driving these reactions in a safe and manageable way. This allows greater choice and self-control, so that behaviour is no longer in charge.

Anxiety

Anxiety often sits alongside relationship difficulties, self-esteem issues or chronic self-doubt, and may be experienced as overthinking, physical tension, emotional overwhelm or a persistent sense of being on edge. Some people feel anxious internally, while others notice it through reactivity, avoidance or difficulty staying emotionally present. Rather than focusing solely on managing symptoms, I work with the emotional processes that generate anxiety, helping clients understand how internal pressure builds and how it can be reduced by working directly with underlying emotions and conflicts, rather than simply learning to cope with anxiety.

Relationships

I specialise in relationship difficulties, particularly when the same patterns keep repeating despite effort or previous therapy. This can include people-pleasing, withdrawal, reactive or intense behaviour, guardedness, conflict, fear of closeness, or feeling unseen or unsafe in relationships. Therapy focuses on understanding the emotional patterns that drive these behaviours and how they play out in current relationships, so that you can develop new ways of relating with greater emotional openness, self-trust and security. My approach helps clients navigate both intense reactions and withdrawal, creating lasting change in the way they connect with themselves and others.

Stress

Ongoing stress is often a sign of deeper internal pressure rather than external demands alone. People experience this in different ways, including feeling constantly driven or on edge, struggling to switch off, becoming irritable or overwhelmed or pushing themselves beyond their limits. For some, it is linked to over-responsibility, perfectionism, difficulty setting boundaries or a tendency to put others’ needs first. For others, stress is driven by feeling under threat, mistrustful or on edge in relationships or at work, becoming caught in assumptions about what others think or intend, and reacting strongly to these internal narratives. Therapy focuses on understanding how this internal pressure is generated — including how thoughts, emotions and reactions interact — and how it can be reduced by developing more sustainable ways of relating to oneself, emotions and external demands, easing the need to stay continually braced or reactive.

Trauma

I work with trauma understood not only as single events, but also as the cumulative impact of repeated emotional or relational experiences over time. This often has its roots in early or repeated experiences of feeling unsafe, unseen or unsupported in relationships. Trauma can shape how people respond under pressure, including heightened alertness, mistrust, emotional shutdown or intense reactions in relationships. Therapy provides a focused and contained space to work with these patterns safely, helping clients process underlying emotions and reduce the ongoing impact of past experiences on present-day relationships and emotional life.

Types of Therapies Offered

Psychosynthesis Psychotherapist

What I can help with

Types of sessions

Face to Face - Long Term
Face to Face - Short Term
Online Therapy
Telephone Therapy

Office

George Street Therapy Rooms
2nd Floor
2 Prince's Buildings, George Street
BA1 2ED
United Kingdom (UK)

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Cost:

£90 per 50 minute session

Bath Office

3rd Floor
1 Northumberland Buildings
Wood Street
Bath BA1 2JB

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Cost:

£90 per 50 minutes, longer sessions also available

UKCP College

Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC)

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UK Council for Psychotherapy
York House, 221 Pentonville Road,
London N1 9UZ

020 7014 9955

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