Samantha Walding

Samantha Walding is a counsellor who helps people manage anger, stress and anxiety. She works with clients facing relationship difficulties, addictions, grief and changes in life. She writes plainly and encourages people to notice their own strengths when they begin therapy.

Her approach starts with listening to each person’s story. She treats the client as the expert on their life and looks for practical steps that suit their situation. Sessions focus on small, manageable goals so people can see progress between meetings.

With 20 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom, Samantha has supported people through family conflict, trauma and issues linked to intimacy and self-esteem. She also helps where there are concerns about bipolar symptoms, substance use and sexual difficulties. Her background includes work with attachment issues, codependency and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Her methods draw on Attachment-Based, Client-Centred and Psychodynamic ideas, along with Solution-Focused techniques. That means she pays attention to past relationships, honours the person’s perspective in the room, and looks for steps that move things forward. The mix is adapted to what each person needs.

Samantha is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are carried out in English and she is available to work with clients internationally. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How Samantha’s approaches inform online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how earlier relationships shape current feelings and reactions. It helps people understand patterns like anger or avoidance rooted in close relationships and gives a way to rework those patterns in the present. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s own views and choices at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps people find their own solutions to issues such as anxiety, shame or relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Samantha will discuss different ways of working together and make choices with each client based on their goals and preferences. Therapy is collaborative and regularly reviewed so methods can change if something isn’t helping.

Confirm the specific session options before booking, as formats are not stated in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that feels difficult. Many people find that meeting remotely makes it simpler to stay consistent with appointments and apply what they learn between sessions.