Samantha Chater Therapy

13/11/2025

It’s World Kindness Day today.

If you’ve been running on empty, here’s a tiny reminder that kindness includes you too.

What’s one small thing you can offer yourself today?

07/11/2025

If you're worried your child has an eating disorder or problem, read our tips and advice on how to find professional help and how to support them at home.

06/11/2025

One of my locations where I offer counselling sessions in the Counselling Pod at the Nebula Forest Centre in Carrington. It’s such a calm, private space tucked away in the trees. It’s the perfect place to pause, breathe, and make sense of what’s been going on.

There’s something about being surrounded by nature that helps us slow down, clear our minds, and feel more grounded. Many people find that talking in this peaceful setting helps them open up more easily and feel a little lighter by the time they leave.
And if you’re lucky, you might even spot — or hear — our gentle neighbour, the goat, pottering about nearby. 🐐💚

If you’d like to know more or book a session, you can message me directly or visit my website to find out more. Let’s find some space for you. 🌲

29/10/2025

29/10/2025

When you’ve lived with anxiety for so long, it can start to feel like part of your identity.

You tell yourself: “I’m just an anxious person.” But you’re not.

Anxiety is what you’ve been navigating often in silence, often on your own.

The racing thoughts.
The constant “what ifs.”
The tension in your body that never seems to fully let go.

It shapes your choices — where you go, what you say, the opportunities you turn down because it feels safer to stay small.

And yet… underneath it all, there’s still you.

The you that wants to feel calm in your own skin.

The you that longs for ease, freedom, connection.

Anxiety isn’t your personality. It isn’t your truth. It’s a pattern your mind and body have been stuck in.

Counselling offers a space to untangle that pattern, to separate who you are from what you’ve been carrying.

Because you are not your anxiety. You are so much more.

Get in touch for a free 20 minute consult. Link in comments.

21/10/2025

When you’re grieving, people often rush in with advice, distractions, or quick fixes such as “Keep busy.”, “Time heals.”, At least…”

But grief doesn’t want to be fixed.

It wants to be felt. Witnessed. Honoured.

It’s the empty chair at the table. The ache when you reach for the phone and remember. The wave of sadness that hits in the middle of an ordinary day.

And grief isn’t always about losing a person. It can be the loss of health, the body you once knew, the role you had, the version of life you thought you’d have.

What hurts most is when you feel like you should be “over it” by now, or when others can’t sit with your pain.

Counselling offers a different kind of space. A place where you don’t have to hide your tears, rush your healing, or explain yourself.

A place where your grief can simply be, without judgment.

Because grief doesn’t need to be fixed. It needs to be witnessed and honoured.

19/10/2025

One of the things I value most in my work is offering therapy in ways that feel right for you.

✨ Some clients meet me in person, in a calm and private therapy room.
💻 Others prefer telephone or online sessions, joining from the comfort of their own home.
🌿 Some choose walk and talk therapy, side by side, out in nature, where fresh air and movement can make it easier to open up.
🏡 And for those who need the support, I also offer home visits, bringing therapy to you when getting out isn’t possible.

Wherever we meet, the heart of the work stays the same: creating a safe, supportive space where you can bring whatever you’re carrying.

Because therapy isn’t about the four walls. It’s about the connection.

18/10/2025

Love using the Thrive Wellbeing Hub as one of the locations I provide client sessions for counselling and hypnotherapy. A warm welcoming space ❤️

16/10/2025

Do you ever open your eyes and feel that heavy knot in your stomach before the day has even begun?

The mental load starts straight away, work, family, responsibilities and you wonder how you’re meant to keep all the plates spinning.

It’s not just the to-do list. It’s the quiet voice that says: “I'm running on empty… when is it my turn?”
The fear of letting others down and people pleasing.
The pressure to keep holding it all together.
The weight of not feeling like yourself anymore.

You don’t have to live in that cycle of dread and exhaustion. Therapy can give you a space to breathe, to untangle the noise, and to reconnect with you.

Imagine starting your mornings with more calm, clarity, and a sense of choice in how you step into the day.

You don’t have to face it alone. Reach out and book in for a free counselling consultation. Link in comments.

10/10/2025

One of the spaces I love to use is at Thrive Wellbeing Hub in Sale. It’s such a warm and comfortable setting for counselling sessions.

If you’ve been thinking about starting therapy, you’re welcome to get in touch.