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Julia Samuel and her Psychotherapist daughters Emily and Sophie interviewed by Eugene Ellis
With Julia Samuel, Sophie Samuel, Emily Samuel & interviewed by Eugene Ellis
Part of our purpose at TR Together is to build a strong community, for psychotherapists to connect professionally and personally so we were excited to host our first in-person social event in December 2023. Julia Samuel and her psychotherapist daughters, Emily and Sophie were interviewed by Eugene Ellis as part of a special evening at the Freud Museum in London. There was an opportunity to explore the museum, enjoy the interview with our guests, and join a drinks reception, offering a chance to meet with colleagues old and new. The TR Together team were at the event and really enjoyed meeting with our community.
The Samuels are making a great impact by sharing the work that psychotherapists are doing behind closed doors. Julia has made an incredible contribution to the field of psychotherapy through decades of challenging clinical work with a focus on bereavement. She has held multiple roles in the charitable sector, is author of three Sunday Times bestsellers, Grief Works, This Too Shall Pass and Every Family Has a Story, and has launched a successful Grief Works app. Most recently, together with her daughters, she has been hosting a highly successful podcast, Therapy Works. The interview was an opportunity to hear how she has achieved this and what motivates her to keep going!
Alongside Julia we heard from daughters Emily, an integrative child psychotherapist, and Sophie an adult psychotherapist. The evening offered a behind the scenes chat with Eugene about their work together on the highly successful podcast Therapy Works. The podcast's mission is to ‘expand our understanding of therapy and prove that meaningful conversations that may contain difficult conversations can be profoundly healing’. Each episode offers a glimpse into Julia’s therapy room as she holds intimate conversations with guests; some are well-known and others are facing particular challenges in life. This is followed by a three-way conversation as Emily and Sophie join Julia to reflect on each podcast.
Eugene’s interview encouraged Julia, Emily and Sophie to reflect on the profound lessons they’ve learned from their guests to inspire you and the wider therapy community with the transformative power of therapy, storytelling and family bonds.
We hope you enjoy this recording and are able to join us for our next in person social event.
Programme
Julia, Emily and Sophie Samuel in conversation with Eugene Ellis
Julia, Emily, and Sophie Samuel were interviewed by Eugene with a focus on their distinctive journeys as therapists, their different trainings, styles of working and client groups. They also explored their collaboration on the podcast, Therapy Works so you can learn about their mission to broaden general understandings of therapy and its potential. Discover how each episode offers an intimate glimpse into Julia's therapy room, as she engages in meaningful dialogues with a diverse range of guests, exploring their stories and challenges. The conversation doesn't stop there – Emily and Sophie join their mother to reflect on each podcast, offering a unique perspective that intertwines professional insights with familial dynamics. We hope you hearing more from behind the scenes!
Emily Samuel
Emily Samuel is UKCP accredited integrative Child Psychotherapist with an MA in Child Psychotherapy. Emily has over 12 years of clinical experience. She worked for 7 years as a clinician at the Yale Child Study Center Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic for Children. Emily was on the early childhood team providing dyadic intervention for caregivers and children under the age of 5 as well as seeing older children for a diverse array of mental health needs. Emily also provided clinical services to the Moms Partnership - an interagency Yale initiative with the goal of improving maternal mental health, infant attachment and increasing socio-economic mobility of high-risk mothers with the ultimate goal of supporting future generations. Emily specialises in trauma, early childhood, and mental health with training in Child Parent Psychotherapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behaviour therapy, Dialectical Behaviour therapy and the Circle of Security. Emily currently has a private practice based in Bath. Emily also teaches the Infant Observation seminar at the Institute of Arts and Therapeutic Education in London.
Julia Samuel
Julia Samuel MBE is a leading UK psychotherapist who worked for decades in the NHS. She has held many roles in the charitable sector. She is Founder Patron of Child Bereavement UK an organisation she played a significant part for 25 years. She is a Vice President of BACP. Julia was given an Honorary Doctorate by Middlesex University in 2017. Julia has written three books, all Sunday Times bestsellers, Grief Works, This Too Shall Pass and she published Every Family Has a Story in 2022, the USA edition published November 2022. Her books have been published in 17 foreign territories. She has written for all the national newspapers and broadcast on many TV and radio programmes. Her new podcast series Therapy Works was released in October and was immediately in the top 10 Apple charts, no 1 on mental health. In 2021 Julia produced a 5* rated app for those who grieve, Grief Works – a 28 day course to support you in your grief which has been 5* rated, Apple featured it numerous times as a recommended and trending app. Julia has been married for over 4 decades, has 4 adult children and 9 grandchildren.
Sophie Samuel
Sophie Samuel is a UKCP and EAP accredited psychotherapist with an MSc in the person-centred approach from the Metanoia Institute (UK) and an MSc in Experimental Psychology from the University of Cambridge. For over a decade she has worked with clients from diverse backgrounds with issues such as depression, anxiety, bereavement, trauma, abuse, domestic violence, eating disorders and relationship issues. Sophie works in private practice and for the charity Focus Counselling, providing affordable counselling. She has worked as a therapist in the UK and Ireland, in the NHS, in schools, in an eating disorder clinic and for the domestic violence charity Woman’s Trust. Sophie has further expertise in trauma and the criminal justice system including conducting research into the impact of childhood maltreatment on brain development at University College London (UCL) and working for the award-winning criminal justice charity Switchback, which supports young prison-leavers to build a stable, rewarding life. Sophie is married with two young children.
Eugene Ellis
Eugene Ellis is a psychotherapist, writer and public speaker. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. For many years, he has worked with severely traumatised children and their families in the field of adoption and has a particular interest in body-orientated therapies and facilitating the healing of trauma. Eugene is also the Director and founder of the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network, the UK's largest independent organisation to specialise in working therapeutically with Black, African, Caribbean and South Asian people.
His book, 'The Race Conversation: An essential guide to creating life-changing dialogue’ (2021), explores the race construct both through its cognitive and historical development and also, more crucially, on the intergenerational, non-verbal communication of race, both as a means of social control and as an essential part of navigating oppressive patterns.
Eugene is also one of the co-editors of 'Therapy In Colour: Intersectional, Anti-Racist and Intercultural Approaches by Therapists of Colour’ (2003), which seeks to articulate new theoretical perspectives useful for both white practitioners and practitioners of colour to support therapy with black and people of colour clients through an intersectional lens, including the intersection of gender, sexuality and relationship diversity and colourism.
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