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I currently have some limited availability

You're capable, often high-functioning, and you understand yourself well. And yet something keeps getting in the way - the same relationship dynamics returning, anxiety that won't fully lift, or a quiet sense of disconnection between how life looks and how it actually feels.

If that resonates, I'd love to hear from you.

I'm Jacqueline Samuel, a UKCP-registered attachment-based psychotherapist in Borehamwood and online across the UK. I work with adults who have insight into their patterns but haven't been able to change them alone - because insight, on its own, is rarely enough. Therapy offers something different: a space to understand where those patterns came from, and to find what becomes possible when you do.

I work with adults navigating anxiety, relationship patterns, depression, and identity transitions - including faith and sexuality.

I came to this work through my own experience of feeling stuck - in patterns I could see clearly but couldn't seem to shift. That history informs how I sit with people. I understand what it takes to begin, and I understand what becomes possible when you do.

Before establishing my private practice I worked in the United States as an addictions counsellor, supporting teenagers and adults  - many of whom had found themselves outside mainstream support systems. That work taught me that the most important thing in any therapeutic relationship is the sense that the other person is genuinely on your side.

Outside the consulting room I am endlessly curious about what makes people who they are - which is, I suppose, why I do this work.

I offer individual attachment-based psychotherapy in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire and online across the UK. Sessions are 50 minutes, held weekly, at a consistent time.

Fee: £150 per 50-minute session

Reduced fee: A small number of reduced-fee spaces are available - please enquire

Free introductory call: 15 minutes, no obligation, before any commitment

My practice is grounded in the belief that most adult difficulties have roots in earlier relational experience - and that understanding those, rather than simply managing symptoms, is what creates lasting change.

In therapy, we explore those roots with curiosity, not judgment, and find what becomes possible when we understand them.

I work with adults navigating anxiety, relationship patterns, depression, and identity transitions including faith and sexuality. I have particular experience with people leaving religious communities - I have spoken on BBC Radio on this topic - and with high-functioning individuals who have insight into their patterns but haven't been able to shift them alone.

Before anything else, I offer a free 15-minute video call - a chance for us to meet, for you to ask any questions, and for both of us to get a sense of whether working together might feel right. There's no obligation and no pressure.

If we go ahead, the first full session is 50 minutes. You don't need to prepare anything or have your story straight. We'll talk about what's brought you to therapy, what you're hoping might be different, and what feels most pressing right now.

I'll listen carefully and ask questions - but there's no assessment, no right or wrong answer, and nothing you need to perform. By the end of the session we'll have a clearer sense of where to begin.

Most people find it easier than they expected. That's usually where we start.