About Samantha
Samantha Salmon helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, grief, or low self-esteem. She speaks plainly and offers steady support so clients can take manageable steps forward. Samantha works in English and draws on 12 years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom.
She holds BACP registration, which indicates a professional affiliation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her approach begins with listening.
How Samantha works
Samantha uses client-centred therapy to prioritise each person’s concerns and preferences. She combines that with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new ways of reacting. Mindfulness exercises are used to ground difficult moments, and solution-focused work helps build small, achievable goals.
Samantha has substantial experience with issues linked to domestic violence, workplace stress, and relationship breakdown. She also supports people facing chronic pain, long-term illness, and the emotional effects of major life changes. Her background includes work in employee assistance programmes and roles aimed at helping young people re-engage with education and community life.
In sessions she keeps explanations simple and offers tools that can be practised between meetings. The work is collaborative - Samantha helps clients decide which strategies fit their lives. Conversations cover practical steps as well as feelings, so progress feels tangible.
Therapy sessions can be arranged by following the site's matching and scheduling process. Samantha aims to create a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can explore options and build resilience.
Samantha lists 4 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
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Samantha’s approaches work online
Samantha frequently uses client-centred therapy to make sessions feel collaborative and focused on the person’s priorities. This approach means the counsellor listens first, then follows the client’s lead to explore what matters most and what small changes might help.She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT provides clear exercises and experiments clients can try between sessions to reduce anxiety and manage panic or unhelpful thinking patterns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Samantha will discuss options and agree on methods that fit a person’s goals, preferences and daily life. The choice is reviewed as progress is made so the plan can change if needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates or people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life, or mobility challenges and help keep momentum between meetings.
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