Julia Samuel

Julia Samuel MBE Msc,  MBACP (Snr Accredited) UKCP Registered Psychotherapist

Julia is a leading UK psychotherapist. At St Mary’s Hospital Paddington, she established the post of psychotherapist for Maternity & Paediatrics, where her role for 25 years involved seeing families who have children or babies who die, and where she trained and supported the staff.

In 1994 she worked to help launch and establish The Child Bereavement UK and as the The Founder Patron was involved and in many aspects of the charities work, having a key role in fundraising, strategy and training. She has stepped back from active involvement now.

In 2016 Julia was awarded an MBE in recognition of her services to bereaved children and in 2017 Middlesex University awarded her an Honorary Doctorate.

In 2017 Julia published Grief Works which was a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK and has been published in 17 countries. In March 2020 she published This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings and is also a Sunday Times bestseller.

She also has a private practice where she sees families and individuals for many different issues.