I’m Dr. Samantha Torres

I started my mental health career nearly thirty years ago when I started working for the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. I was seconded by the NHS to do my undergraduate degree in Mental Health Nursing and was awarded a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours. My clinical practice over the years have developed working within inpatient, the community and specialist clinical settings.

I left the NHS as I had the opportunity to live and work in Singapore in South East Asia. I commenced a Lecturer appointment at Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. After four years, I returned to the United Kingdom after receiving a fully funded full-time scholarship to undertake a PhD at the University of Hull in Yorkshire.

 

I was awarded a PhD in Health Studies and a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training. My thesis is titled: Making sense of it all: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of bereaved survivors’ coping experiences following intimate partner suicide.

I returned to clinical practice for the NHS to train as a CBT Psychotherapist and was awarded with Commendation a Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

 

  • University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Commendation (PGDip)

    University of Hull, United Kingdom

    Doctor of Philosophy in Health Studies (PhD)

    University of Hull, United Kingdom

    Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training (PGCert)

    Thames Valley University, United Kingdom

    Bachelor of Science in Mental Health Nursing with First class with Honours (BSc)

  • British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, United Kingdom

    Status: Accredited

    Nursing & Midwifery Council, United Kingdom

    Registered Nurse - Mental Health: no restrictions on practice

  • British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

    Member

    British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

    Individual Member

    European Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies

    Member

    World Confederation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies

    Member

 

My journey has taught me many things and that includes working towards my own values and what matters most to me in life. That’s why I work on my own terms as a private CBT Psychotherapist because it brings meaning and purpose to my life. Do you want to live a value-based life?