Call: 07500 647234

Email: enquiries@arnicacounselling.co.uk Contact me for a free 15 minutes zoom meet or telephone call

~Samantha Quinn~

Highly Qualified Individual, Marriage & Couples Specialist

~ 24 years experience~

Helping individuals and couples thrive

Individual Counselling, Ilkley

A warm welcome to all adults;


For individuals wanting to explore themselves at a deeper level, from understanding the root cause of your difficulties to creating a more fulfilling life now and in the longer-term, I can provide you with knowledge and tools to help you manage your day to day.

I have a degree and Masters Degree in Counselling, and I'm also BACP accredited, as well as 24 years experience helping others understand themself and change. Some common difficulties I can help you with are; anxiety, depression, self-harm or harming others, addictions, anger, unhappiness, difficult relationships, low confidence, grief and loss, for example.

I also have extensive knowledge and experience of helping others with past experiences of sexual, physical or emotional abuse, as adults and/or children. This also includes those with diagnoses of Complex Trauma/PTSD, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Borderline Personality Disorder (BDP). I have studied a masterclass in Trauma, the different types of trauma, how these experiences affect our bodies, brain and nervous system and how I can help you recover in the long term.


You may not know what it is you're struggling with, no matter, we can gently explore you and your experiences so I can help you understand what it is you're experiencing and why, slotting together those jigsaw pieces about you, helping you thrive not just survive.


Fee is £80 50 minute appointment



Marriage or Couples Counselling, Ilkley

A warm welcome to all couples of any background, faith, religion, sexuality and type of relationship.

Are you a couple struggling to feel joy or happiness in your relationship? are you wanting to improve your communication, to reconnect emotionally and intimately? I can help you understand the root cause of your difficulties at a deeper level, as well as the practical tools and suggestions for you to practice day to day, helping you create long-lasting change. These changes, like any new learning, takes practice and effort from you both.

It's common to disconnect from each other, and big life events usually can cause this, such as; the arrival of children, loss or grief, stress, work etc. Maybe you've never connected as you'd like to, whatever the reasons, I can help you if you're open to learning about you as an individual, as well as what's happening between you both. In my training and experience with couples ( I have a Postgraduate Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy, and 10 years experience) I've found each of them unknowingly bring into the relationship their past experiences of relationships, including childhood relationships. We are a mix of nature ~ nature ~ intergenerational (what passes through families generation to generation). I can help you unravel what's occurring between you both, creating clarity.

In the last 10 years of helping couples, I have helped them heal and become more connected, some examples of common issues are; betrayals (financial, sexual for example), distrust, communication difficulties, reduced intimacy to name a few.

Fee is £110 60 minute appointment

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About Me

What led me to this career path? I began engaging in my own therapy in my 20s, which began to change my life, and my job was one of the changes. It's been a path of non-stop learning about myself and this role ever since, and I believe as a therapist, regular self-reflection and educational growth is important, so I can help you on your path to increasing awareness and understanding of the relationship with yourself and in your relationships.


Outside of work, I love yoga, it really does align my body and mind, creating a calmer, more able body and mind. I also love nature and animals and how they connect and ground me to what's really important to my mental health.


I began my undergraduate training 24 years ago and I've not stopped training and learning since! I've also worked with thousands of adults clients in this time in many different settings and with many different problems. In the last 10 years I began working with couples, also achieving a specialist post graduate qualification in Relationship Psychotherapy in 2024, so I can help you whatever your sexuality or type of relationship; arranged marriages, polyamorous, same-sex etc. I've also completed a Masterclass in Trauma, which is the modern version of understanding trauma, what it is, how it shows itself and how I can help you best.

Since 1999, I've had experience of working in the NHS as a Staff Counsellor as well as in Outpatients at Lynfield Mount Hospital in Bradford as an Adult Mental Health Therapist. For the last 19 years, I've worked as a Private Therapist in West Yorkshire.

Qualifications and Training

2023-2024 -Postgraduate qualification (AdvDip) Advanced Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy - NAOS Institute

2020 -Trauma Masterclass with Bessel van der Kolk

2013-2014 - Supervision Diploma (DipSup) - Leeds Centre for Psychological Development.

2003-2005 - Postgraduate qualification (MA) Masters Degree in Counselling - Bradford University

1998-2002 - BA(Hons) Degree in Counselling & Psychology - Bradford University


I'd love to help you, so please reach out with any questions. I'll respond within 24 hours;

enquiries@arnicacounselling.co.uk

07500 647234