Samuel Fawcett, BACP

Samuel Fawcett is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. He came to the work because of his own lived experience of obsessive compulsive disorder, and that personal insight shapes how he meets people in sessions.

He focuses on anxiety, stress and relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Samuel also helps people with attachment issues, shame and guilt, forgiveness, and questions about life purpose. He offers support around sexual difficulties, men’s issues, social anxiety and obsessive-compulsive patterns.

Samuel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as exposure and response prevention, cognitive-behavioural elements, acceptance and commitment ideas, and compassion-focused approaches. He says these methods are tools to reduce distress and change patterns, not labels that define a person.

His style is collaborative and down-to-earth. He aims to challenge unhelpful behaviours while also helping people understand what matters to them. Sessions are practical and paced to each person’s needs.

Clients can expect straightforward conversation, gentle challenge and space to reflect. Samuel emphasises working with the whole person rather than only a diagnosis, and he supports people to find clearer direction and more self-compassion.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Samuel often uses exposure and response prevention, a behavioural approach that helps reduce obsessive-compulsive patterns by gradually facing feared situations while resisting compulsive responses. It is aimed at people with OCD and related anxiety. Acceptance and commitment ideas focus on identifying personal values and taking small actions consistent with those values to reduce avoidance and increase purposeful living. Compassion-focused methods teach skills for reducing self-criticism and building gentler self-relating, which can help with shame, guilt and low self-worth.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk about the options, try techniques that fit the person’s goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. This collaboration helps ensure work stays practical and relevant to what the client wants to change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be useful for a shorter check-in, live chat offers near-instant typed conversation, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments or mobility limits, and allow people to choose how they feel most comfortable engaging.