Samantha Wilkinson, BACP
6 years in practice
Samantha Wilkinson is a counsellor who uses an existential approach to help people make sense of difficult life moments.
License and registration
- BACP
- 405590 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Samantha
Samantha Wilkinson is a counsellor who uses an existential approach to help people make sense of difficult life moments. She names what matters to each person and helps them work out values and choices. Samantha writes plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone under pressure.
Samantha holds BACP registration, which shows she meets professional standards in the United Kingdom. She has six years of experience in clinical and community settings.
Background and approach
Over that time she has helped people with stress, anxiety, depression and bipolar challenges, and with addictions and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing grief, major life changes, sleeping or eating difficulties, and parenting strain. Samantha has a particular interest in neurodiversity and has worked with autistic clients and people with ADHD.
She helps people talk through communication problems, intimacy concerns, and relationship or attachment issues. Her approach mixes practical tools and reflective work. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to offer exercises and new ways of responding.
Attachment-based and client-centred ideas shape how she builds trust and listens to each person’s story. Samantha offers sessions for varied needs including career concerns, self-esteem, body image, and chronic illness stress. She encourages a collaborative pace and helps people try out changes between sessions.
If someone is ready to take a next step she guides them through arranging a first session.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Samantha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Samantha names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches work online
Existential therapy helps people look at meaning, purpose and choice when life feels uncertain. Online sessions let someone talk through values and decisions while keeping focus on what matters to them. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical steps to accept difficult feelings and act in line with chosen values; it is useful for anxiety, stress and stuck patterns. Attachment-based therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current trust and closeness problems and can help with intimacy and communication concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to the person’s goals and try methods together to see what fits. This is a collaborative process where techniques are adapted to the client’s pace, needs and preferences rather than imposed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face discussion and exercises. Phone sessions suit those with lower bandwidth needs or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflection and flexible contact between longer sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to sustain regular contact with a therapist.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Samantha help with?
Samantha supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and bipolar issues. She also works with grief, addiction, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy problems, and many other life challenges listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends existential reflection with practical methods. She uses approaches like ACT and CBT alongside client-centred listening to help people try small changes.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and has worked across clinical and community settings. That period includes focused work with autistic people and those with ADHD.
Where is Samantha based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, as stated in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she can work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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