Samantha Walding , BACP

Samantha Walding is a UK-licensed therapist with 20 years of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of emotional and relational challenges. She works with stress and anxiety, addictions, relationship and family conflicts, grief and depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem difficulties, bipolar disorder, and major life transitions. Samantha also offers focused support for concerns such as abandonment and attachment issues, codependency, divorce and separation, drug and alcohol addiction, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, jealousy, self-love, sex addiction, and sexual dysfunction.

Guided by the belief that each person is the expert on their own story, she draws on clients strengths to help them navigate change and overcome the issues that feel overwhelming. Her approach combines respect for the client perspective with evidence-informed methods, creating a space where practical coping strategies and deeper exploration can coexist. Samantha recognizes that taking the first step toward therapy requires courage, and she treats that step as an important part of the healing process.

She holds BACP accreditation - membership in the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings a calm, collaborative presence to her work, helping clients set goals and move toward meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Support

Samantha integrates attachment-based and client-centered approaches into her online practice. Attachment-based therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and can help when difficulties with closeness, abandonment, or trust arise. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist - offering empathy, acceptance, and support to help clients draw on their own strengths and make choices that feel right for them. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to explore deeper patterns and unconscious influences when that perspective is helpful for understanding long-standing issues.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Samantha works with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the focus over time so therapy remains responsive and practical.

Online sessions available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access care from different locations. These options allow Samantha to offer flexible scheduling and ongoing support that can adapt to changes in availability, travel, or circumstance, while preserving the therapeutic relationship and the opportunity for meaningful work.