MEET RACHEL SAMSONAn Australian-based Psychologist, Media Expert, Educator, Author and her favorite title, Mom. ●
Rachel is a clinical psychologist with over a decade of clinical experience supporting children and families. She works with parents seeking support as they navigate the parts of parenting that leave them feeling frustrated, exhausted, and hopeless.
I help parents make sense of their child’s behaviour and parent in ways that support their child’s developing mind (and feel good).
Rachel has over a decade of clinical experience working with children and families. She works from a developmental and relationship approach and is highly experienced in the application of attachment science to clinical practice. Rachel held a senior psychologist position with the Government of South Australia, Specialist Child and Youth Service where she provided home-based intensive family intervention for children and families with complex needs.
Rachel holds a Bachelor of Psychology with first class honours and a master of psychology (clinical). She was twice awarded the Australian Psychological Society (APS) prize for excellence in psychology.
Rachel has delivered invited seminars and workshops, published research, co-authored book chapters, and presented at national and international conferences, including in Turkey, Austria, and the Netherland, on therapeutic work with parents, parent-child attachment, high sensitivity and differential susceptibility, and the treatment of personality disorders.
Scientific, evidence-based information and practical tools to support your child’s development and your own psychological resilience and wellbeing.
Rachel has advanced-level international certification in Schema Therapy with trainer-supervisor status and is a member of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). She has undertaken training and supervision in Schema Therapy with supervisors in Australia, the Netherlands, and the United States. Rachel collaborated with Dr. Jeffrey Young, the founder of Schema Therapy, and Dr. George Lockwood on the development of an expanded Schema Therapy model for highly sensitive and emotionally reactive individuals which was presented at the ISST international conference in Amsterdam in 2018.
Rachel is a registered Circle of Security Parent Facilitator. She trained in the assessment of parent-child attachment in the John Bowlby-Mary Ainsworth tradition with Alan Sroufe and Elizabeth Carlson at the University of Minnesota and the assessment of maternal sensitivity with Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg at the University of Cambridge. Rachel is a member of the International Attachment Network (IAN). Rachel is trained in the neuroprotective developmental care (NDC, “possums”) approach to infant sleep and cry-fuss problems.
How we can work together
Speaker, Educator,
and Guest Lecturer
Rachel can be contacted by media for interviews about her areas of professional expertise or comment on current events. Rachel is happy to be interviewed on a range of areas, including mental health and resilience, parenting, child development and attachment, infant mental health and infant sleep, romantic and family relationships.
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Mentor and Supervision Consultation for Professionals
Are you a health professional who wants to establish or grow your modern online practice? Do you want to expand your impact beyond the consulting room? Are you seeking guidance around how to incorporate social media into your practice from someone who understands professional ethics? Rachel offers 60-minute mentoring and supervision sessions to health professionals.
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Parent Consultation
Rachel provides education and support that empowers parents to respond to parenting struggles with greater insight, confidence, and skill. She works with parents seeking support as they navigate the parts of parenting that leave them frustrated, exhausted, and hopeless.
a little Get to Know Me
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I start my morning with…
an oat milk iced latte, extra ice
Treat Myself Time:
is a good coffee, browsing the local book store, on a walk listening to a podcast, or catching up on the latest season of MAFS or The Bachelor.
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You can find me…
wherever there is sunshine!
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Currently reading…
The Nurture Revolution Dr Greer Kitshenbaum
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Rachel is a clinical psychologist with over a decade of clinical experience supporting children and families. She is also regularly featured as a parenting expert in the media weighing in on range of hot parenting topics.