Samantha Whetstone

My overall approach blends a Jungian psychoanalytic approach, psychodynamics, coaching techniques and somatic awareness, with deep, inherent empathy and intuition. In both psychoanalytic and coaching work, I focus on helping individuals to develop increased self-awareness and understanding of their unconscious personality traits, mindsets, behaviours and patterns - so that these can be integrated, inform conscious attitudes and help to manage life's challenges. This can involve Jungian dreamwork and other Jungian creative approaches (e.g. drawing, painting, music, movement and active imagination), for those who are comfortable with this. It is my strong hope and wish that, through their own psychological development and through gaining greater fulfilment in life, the individuals I work with will in turn be able to play more positive roles within their families, organisations and communities in general. I also seek to empower individuals to be able to make lasting, sustainable changes, without the need for ongoing support.

In psychanalytic engagements, I principally support individuals in relation to:

• dreamwork;
• life and career transitions;
• relationship challenges;
• balancing work and parenthood;
• emotions related to living abroad;
• fertility and pregnancy loss;
• depression;
• anxiety;
• stress
• low confidence;
• general personal or professional development.

In coaching engagements, typical topics include:

• exploring and implementing career transitions, including moving into leadership or managerial roles, returns from parental leave and complete career changes;
• managing and improving working relationships, including with stakeholders, within teams and people management;
• working through difficulties with low confidence or lack of career direction and motivation;
• improving stress, time and anxiety management;
• managing challenges related to an expatriation or repatriation;
• general professional and communication skills development.

Engagements can also incorporate psychometric and personality assessment tools where helpful, including:

• personality typology (Jung's typology and MBTI);
• Jung's Word Association Test;
• Hogan personality assessments.

2025 onwards - Jungian Psychoanalyst (Diploma Candidate, CG Jung Institute Zürich) - Private practice in Jungian psychoanalysis working with adults.

2024 onwards - Emotional Support at the Lisbon Project - Emotional support to immigrants and refugees based in Lisbon.

2022 onwards - Professional Coach and Consultant at Freefort Ltd - Leadership and professional development coaching, consulting and facilitation for large international law firms. This includes coaching and facilitating at development centres for senior lawyers and delivering workshops on topics related to professional development.

2020 onwards - Professional Development and Career Coach at Citrinitas Coaching - Professional development and career coaching to lawyers, other professionals and organisations in the UK, Europe and APAC.

2009-2020 - Corporate, Finance and General Commercial Lawyer for several global law firms and multinational organisations in the UK, Singapore and Zurich, including Ashurst LLP, Hogan Lovells, BNP Paribas and Anglo American.

• Diploma Candidate in Psychoanalysis, CG Jung Institute Zürich (2025)
• ICF Team Coach Series (2023)
• Hogan Certification (2022)
• MA in Jungian & Post-Jungian Studies (Distinction), University of Essex (2020-21)
• Certificate in Neuroscience of Change, Coaches Rising (2021)
• ICF Associate Certified Coach (2020)
• ICF Accredited Coach Training Program in executive & organisational coaching, Bailey Balfour (2019-20)
• Solicitor, England & Wales (2011)
• LLB & Maîtrise in English & French Law, University of King’s College London & Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2003-2007)