Samantha Walding, BACP

Samantha Walding is a UK-licensed therapist with 20 years of professional experience and a BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship and family difficulties, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, anger, self-esteem issues, bipolar disorder, and major life changes. Her additional focus includes attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, substance-related problems, feelings of emptiness, shame and guilt, isolation, jealousy, self-love, and sexual concerns such as sex addiction and sexual dysfunction.

Samantha draws on a range of clinical approaches to tailor therapy to each person’s needs, believing that the client is the expert on their own story and that existing strengths can be an important foundation for change. She aims to create a supportive environment in which practical coping strategies can be explored alongside deeper patterns that affect relationships and emotional well-being. Beginning therapy can take courage, and Samantha recognises and supports that first step while helping clients identify goals and work toward meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships and attachment patterns influence current emotional responses and relationship dynamics. It can help people who struggle with abandonment, insecurity in relationships, or difficulties forming close connections. Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the centre of the process, emphasising empathy, acceptance, and the client’s own goals; it is useful for building self-esteem, working through shame, and fostering personal insight. Psychodynamic Therapy explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape present behaviour and relationships, which can be helpful for understanding recurring difficulties such as relationship conflicts, unresolved grief, or long-standing emotional patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Samantha collaborates with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts interventions over time so therapy can respond to what is most helpful for the person.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists regardless of location, helping clients maintain continuity of care while balancing everyday commitments.