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About Me

I am proud to present New Start Counselling and Psychotherapy. Not only do I have a lifelong passion for helping and counseling females along their health and well-being journeys, but I am also passionate about being adaptable and meeting people where they are along that journey.

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I understand that issues of depression, anxiety, grief and loss, PTSD (trauma), parenting, and relationships can seem daunting, but with the right support, I can help you look at these issues differently. Together, we can understand them and find ways, through our Counselling relationship, to overcome their impacts.

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I have always found it an honor and privilege to be part of anyone's mental health journey. It is my vision and mission to change the nature of Counselling so that women, teenagers, and children are masters of their journey.

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Empowerment all the way. If we teach our teenagers and children, while they are young, to work through issues, we are setting them up to be strong adults.

I am a single mother of twin girls, who are now teenagers and know the struggles and triumphs of being a single parent. My teen years have brought a new perspective to the word 'struggle,' but even in that arena, I have found real ways of coping and caring for myself and my children. I understand the issues that face female teenagers and am committed to helping them become mentally strong and independent women.

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On a private level, I bring to Counselling my lived experience of mental health. My teen years were hard as I unknowingly struggled to reconcile childhood trauma with oncoming adulthood. I have been a single parent, witnessed trauma, and experienced depression at its most debilitating. I have recently become an empty nester, and what a challenge that was, for every change in life brings grief. What all those events have taught me is something that no lecture theater can do. I know what it is like to be there, but I also know what it is like to have found the strength to navigate through. It is a nice place to be, and even better when I can be the counsellor for others working through their mental health issues.

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I am currently writing a book called 'Diagnosis to Drummer,' a story about my life before, during, and after my diagnosis of MS. It chronicles how I navigated through such a diagnosis to start living my authentic and purposeful life. 

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I enjoy playing drums, reading, meditating, walking my dogs, tending to my garden, making candles, and spending time with family and friends.

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I practice from a wonderful space at Project 18 in Port Adelaide SA, that I am sure you will love. Additionally, I will be working from Seaton SA in May  2024 and will be extending my online Counseling practice so that I can reach more people.

Samantha Seymour Mental Health Counsellor who works with females to be empowered and live full lives.

Specialty areas:

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  • Depression

  • Anxiety 

  • Relationship Issues

  • Stress Management

  • Parenting 

  • Teenagers 

  • Life Transitions

  • Life changes through health diagnosis

  • Empty Nester Syndrome
     

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