Meet Our West London Counselling and Psychotherapy Team!
Name - Gareth Sammer
Role - Lead therapist and practice manager
Gender - Male
Qualifications - Certified Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist, Masters Degree (MSc) in Psychotherapy, Diploma in Psychotherapy, Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Diploma in Hypnotherapy.
Accredited Membership - UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), The National Counselling Society, The National Hypnotherapy Society
Practices - Chiswick (W4 5TA and W4 2SA), Online
Specialities - Anxiety, Depression, Sex Addiction, Compulsive Sexual Behaviours, Sexual Issues, Weight Loss Hypnosis, Hypnotic Gastric Band, Smoking Cessation Hypnosis
Fees: Individuals: Initial Consultations £60, Counselling & Psychotherapy £80 per session, Hypnotherapy £90 per session, Smoking Cessation hypnosis £390 (4 session package), Hypnotic Gastric Band - £490 (5 session package).
Couples: - Initial Consultation £60, Relationship / Couples counselling £100 per 50 minute session, £160 per 80 minute session.
Gareth founded West London Counselling, Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy Services in 2013 after moving to London from his busy practice in Kent. He has always been intrigued by the workings of the human mind; what compels people to become who they are and how they can become trapped by their own thoughts and emotions, destined to repeat unhealthy or destructive cycles over and over again. As an active member of St. John Ambulance for over 20 years, Gareth enjoyed that feeling of knowing he was making a real difference to people's lives and well being. When he began looking for a career change, that passion for helping others and his interest in the human mind made a career in psychotherapy and counselling an obvious choice.
He began training with a company called "Chrysalis", achieving Diplomas in Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapeutic Counselling and Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy. By the time he qualified, he had the desire to specialise in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy. An extremely reputable and prominent TA training program was found at The Metanoia Institute based in Ealing, West London. Here Gareth embarked upon the MSC (Master's) Degree in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy. He gained his MSc, along with his Certificate in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy and Diploma in Psychotherapy in November 2018.
As well as his successful private practice, Gareth has experience working with the Metanoia Counselling and Psychotherapy Services in Ealing as well as the Ealing Abbey Counselling Services. In 2018 he also began running psychotherapy and counselling training workshops.
Over the years, Gareth's work has featured in several newspaper articles, he has been interviewed live on BBC radio and has appeared in several internet television features discussing various aspects of hypnotherapy, counselling and psychotherapy.
Gareth holds accredited membership with the UKCP, one of the leading bodies for Counselling and Psychotherapy in the UK. He also holds professional grade membership with the National Hypnotherapy Society and the National Counselling Society. As part of these recognised bodies, he is bound by their code of ethics and rules of practice.
If you would like to know anything else about Gareth, please feel free to contact him using the button above.
If you’d like to book an appointment with any of our counsellors, psychotherapists or hypnotherapists, please visit our “Find a Therapist” page. Alternatively for general enquiries, please contact our lead therapist and practice manager Gareth Sammer.
West London Counselling, Psychotherapy & Hypnotherapy Services are here to provide professional therapeutic support online via Zoom, over the phone or face to face at our any of our therapy practices in Acton, Chiswick (High Road), Chiswick (South), Ealing (North), Clapham, Ealing Broadway, South Ealing, Hanwell, Kew, Putney & Fulham, Richmond upon Thames and Southfields.
We have a catchment area of Acton, Barnes, Boston Manor, Brentford, Chelsea, Chiswick, Clapham, Dukes Meadow, Earls Court, Earlsfield, Fulham, Greenford, Grove Park, Gunnersbury, Hammersmith, Hanger Lane, Hanwell, Holland Park, Hounslow, Isleworth, Kew, Mortlake, Montpelier, Northfields, Notting Hill, Park Royal, Parsons Green, Perivale, Putney, Richmond, Shepherds Bush, Southall, South Ealing, South Kensington, Tooting, Turnham Green, Twickenham, Wandsworth, Wembley, West Brompton, West Ealing, West Kensington, White City, Wimbledon and many other areas in West London