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Samantha McEwan, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 4 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseDepressionCoping with life changes
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Samantha McEwan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She draws on her varied background to offer calm, practical support to people facing anxiety, stress, depression and relationship strain. Samantha works in straightforward language and aims to make sessions feel manageable for a busy life.
She focuses on understanding what sits behind difficult feelings rather than only treating surface symptoms. That means talking through patterns, memories and everyday pressures that keep people stuck.
Background and approach
Samantha uses a mix of gentle listening and structured tools so conversations lead to real changes at home or work. Typical areas she helps with include trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, eating and body image, burnout and workplace stress, and support around neurodiversity and attachment issues.
She also offers help for mood disorders such as bipolar, and for people dealing with chronic illness or caregiving strain. Samantha blends several practical approaches when working with clients. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and client-centred methods are used as appropriate.
Sessions often include simple exercises, activities to try between appointments, and focused problem-solving. People can expect a direct but compassionate style. Samantha aims to help clients build coping skills, improve communication, and make everyday life feel more manageable.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
How Samantha’s approaches work online
Samantha commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy when working with clients. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviours to reduce symptoms such as anxiety, low mood or panic. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult feelings without fighting them and to commit to actions that match their values.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals and preferences and decide together which methods to try. That shared process means plans can be adjusted as progress is made or circumstances change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and practical exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being off camera helps. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around family, work and travel commitments.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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