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Samantha Salmon, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 12 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuse Grief Self esteem

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Samantha Salmon helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She writes plainly and focuses on practical steps. Samantha works in English and offers sessions online to people in the United Kingdom.

She is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Samantha brings 12 years of counselling experience to her practice. She has a long background supporting people affected by domestic abuse and has spent many years in employee assistance and management roles.

Background and approach

That mix of front-line and organisational experience shapes her practical, problem-solving approach. In a session she listens first and follows the client’s pace. She uses client-centred methods to make space for each person’s story and priorities.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try new ways of responding. Mindfulness tools and solution-focused strategies are used when they suit the person’s goals. These give short exercises and small experiments that can ease day-to-day pressure.

Samantha aims to build skills people can use between sessions. She works with additional concerns such as chronic pain or illness, communication problems, control issues, separation and divorce, loneliness, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. Sessions are practical, straightforward and aimed at helping people move toward clearer choices and more manageable days.

How Samantha’s approaches work well online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own priorities and pace. The counsellor listens without judgement and supports clients to find their own solutions, which works well for emotional issues such as grief or low self-esteem.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot patterns in thoughts and behaviours that make anxiety or panic worse. It uses simple exercises and small experiments to try different responses and reduce symptoms over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Samantha will talk through goals, try methods that fit the person, and adjust the focus as needed. That collaborative process helps match techniques to practical problems and preferences.

Online therapy offers different ways to connect depending on the moment. Video calls let people work face to face when a fuller conversation is needed. Phone sessions are useful for lower bandwidth or when being off-camera feels easier. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, working through a difficult moment, or keeping therapy practical between longer appointments.

These options make counselling more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving or mobility limits. Registered and accredited professionals can use these formats to deliver the same therapeutic approaches they use in person, adapted to what each person needs.

What kinds of problems does she help with?

Samantha supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She also focuses on issues such as chronic pain, communication problems, divorce, loneliness and life purpose.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is practical and person-led, using client-centred listening alongside CBT, mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on skills that help between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

She has 12 years of counselling experience, including time working with people affected by domestic abuse and roles in employee assistance and management.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She works in the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She does not accept international clients and works with people located in the United Kingdom only.

What formats do sessions take?

Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and starting handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also listed

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 12 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Samantha Salmon, BACP

Background and approach

How Samantha’s approaches work well online

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety