About Petra

Petra Samlow is a psychotherapist, psychology educator, and keynote speaker whose work explores how early experience, psychological development, and social context shape human behaviour — and why insight alone is often insufficient to create lasting change.

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Positioned at the intersection of applied psychology, trauma-informed practice, and lived experience, her work focuses on patterns that repeat across relationships, leadership, and organisational contexts. She is particularly interested in how adaptation, coping, and meaning-making develop over time, and how these processes continue to influence adult behaviour long after circumstances have changed.

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Informed not only by formal training and research, but also by lived experience — including early exposure to complex childhood adversity — this perspective has shaped her interest in adaptation, resilience, and the enduring influence of early psychological environments on adult functioning.

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Petra’s professional path has unfolded across markedly different environments, from growing up in a restrictive political system to working within international creative industries, entrepreneurship, and psychological research. These experiences continue to inform her focus on autonomy, resilience, and the often-invisible forces that shape how people relate to themselves, others, and the world around them.

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Alongside her therapeutic practice, Petra writes and speaks on topics including trauma, attachment, emotional regulation, leadership, and disengagement at work. Her research explores psychological need frustration and generational disengagement, with a particular focus on Gen Z employees and the impact of leadership and organisational culture.

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This site brings together her writing, research, speaking, and public work.

Individual and couples therapy services are offered through World of Wealth & Wellness Therapy & RTT.