Samantha Walding, BACP

Samantha Walding helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety and life changes. She meets each person where they are and focuses on practical steps they can use day to day. Samantha uses straightforward language and invites people to bring the problems that matter most to them.

She has 20 years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). That background means she has worked with a wide range of concerns, including addictions, grief, depression and anger. Samantha also supports people facing intimacy-related issues, bipolar symptoms and the fallout from trauma and abuse.

Her approach is person-centred and collaborative. She listens for attachment patterns and early life themes that still affect relationships now. Together with the person she looks for small, realistic changes that can ease daily pressure and improve wellbeing.

Samantha pays attention to how shame, guilt or a history of abandonment show up in relationships and behaviour. She also focuses on practical coping skills for addiction, compulsive sexual behaviours and separation or divorce. Sessions aim to balance understanding past causes with finding solutions that work today.

People who choose Samantha often want a calm, steady therapeutic presence and clear practical tools. She offers a warm, non-judgemental style and helps people build more satisfying self‑relationship and healthier connections with others.

How Samantha’s approaches work online

Attachment‑based work looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and feelings. Online sessions can help people notice these patterns, name what happens in close relationships and practise new ways of relating.

Client‑centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what the person says. It gives space to untangle painful feelings and to build self‑compassion, which is helpful for shame, low self‑esteem and emotional overwhelm.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Samantha will talk with each person about their goals and try different ways of working until a good fit emerges. This is a collaborative process that balances understanding past patterns with practical steps for change.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and work well for brief check‑ins or when being off camera helps. Live chat and text messaging provide a way to stay in contact between sessions or to work in shorter, more frequent bursts. These options make it easier to arrange therapy around work, family and daily demands.