Samantha Walding, BACP

Samantha Walding is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with twenty years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns and relationship difficulties. She also helps with grief, depression, family conflict and intimacy-related issues, including sexual dysfunction. Samantha emphasises simple, steady steps and values a respectful, down-to-earth approach.

Her practice starts with listening closely to each person’s story. She treats clients as experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on clear, practical conversations rather than jargon, so people can try small changes between meetings.

Samantha draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centred methods to keep the person’s goals at the heart of the work. Psychodynamic perspectives help uncover repeated patterns and Solution-Focused techniques support short-term goal setting.

Over two decades she has supported clients through addiction recovery, divorce and separation, and managing strong emotions like anger and shame. Her experience includes helping people cope with emptiness, isolation, jealousy and issues around self-love and forgiveness.

Sessions are offered in English, and she is open to working with people from other countries. If you are thinking about starting therapy, Samantha encourages taking one small step and completing the initial questionnaire to match with a suitable therapist.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Samantha uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centred approaches to guide her work online. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people understand how they relate to others now. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities, with the counsellor following the client’s lead to support self-directed change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Samantha treats this as a joint effort - she will discuss goals, try different ways of working, and adjust methods based on what suits the client. That means therapy can evolve as needs and preferences become clearer.

Practical benefits of online work can include fitting sessions into a busy week and keeping appointments without travel. Online meetings can be shorter or more flexible around work breaks, and they can make it easier to have regular contact when geography is an issue. The specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking to find the best fit for your routine and needs.