About Samantha
Samantha McEwan is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She brings four years of counselling experience to her online practice and aims to create a calm, respectful space for people to talk through difficult feelings and situations. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.
Samantha also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, parenting strain, eating concerns and issues around self‑esteem. She can help when life changes feel overwhelming or when work and career doubts cause ongoing worry.
How Samantha works
Samantha uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment work and dialectical behaviour skills to build coping strategies. Sessions focus on clear steps you can try between meetings as well as on understanding patterns that keep problems going.
Her way of working is warm and collaborative. Samantha listens first, then offers tools and gentle challenges to help people try new responses. She pays attention to how relationships, past hurts and daily stresses affect mood and behaviour.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text‑based messaging. International clients are accepted and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
Samantha lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Samantha works with
The areas below are the ones Samantha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being ruled by them. It encourages identifying personal values and taking small steps that line up with what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety and shift unhelpful patterns. Attachment‑based work explores how early relationships shape current ways of relating and can help with trust, closeness and communication.Choosing the right approach is part of the work itself. Samantha will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. She treats the plan as flexible and adjusts it as you learn what helps.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or limited local options. Video calls let you use visual cues and recreate a conversational session, while phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is low or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text‑based messaging suit quick check‑ins, brief reflections between sessions or when a written format feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel, and they allow continuity when life circumstances change.
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