- sleep and rest focus
- trauma aware approach
- practical coping strategies
About Samantha
Samantha Holt is a counsellor who focuses on sleep and rest alongside a wide range of emotional and behavioural concerns. She offers straightforward support for stress, anxiety, depression and difficult life changes. Samantha aims to help people find calmer nights and steadier days through gentle, practical conversations.
Samantha uses a mix of approaches that look at how relationships and past events shape current patterns. She pays attention to attachment and how early connections can affect sleep, mood and intimacy. Her work also addresses trauma, addictions, eating-related concerns and difficulties with anger and control.
She holds the NCPS credential, which is stated as part of her professional details. Samantha has five years of experience specifically listed, and she practises in the United Kingdom while accepting international clients who prefer English sessions.
In sessions, Samantha aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where people can talk through what is keeping them awake or feeling exhausted. Conversations focus on practical steps as well as understanding the roots of problems. This can include developing routines, experimenting with thoughts and behaviours that affect sleep, and working through relationship patterns that disturb rest.
Her background includes work with trauma, domestic violence and addiction-related issues. People seeking help for grief, compassion fatigue, bipolar symptoms, parenting strain or career stress may also find relevant support. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule a session based on availability.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Samantha uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early connections shape sleep, closeness and everyday patterns. This approach helps people understand why they might feel unsafe or restless around others and how that carries into bedtime routines.She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which focuses on the links between thoughts, behaviours and sleep. CBT can help with unhelpful thinking that keeps someone awake and with practical steps to change routines and reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Samantha will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they try methods and adjust what they do based on what helps the individual rest and function better.
The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and offer options that avoid travel. Many people find it simpler to attend regular sessions and to try homework between meetings when sessions are held remotely.
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Experience
5+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Samantha help with related to sleep?
Samantha works with sleep and rest difficulties alongside stress, anxiety, depression and trauma-related sleep disruption. She also supports people experiencing relationship issues, grief, addictions and eating-related sleep problems.
What is her therapeutic style in sessions?
Her style combines client-centred listening with approaches that look at attachment and thoughts and behaviours. Sessions often mix practical suggestions with reflection on how past experiences affect current sleep and relationships.
How much experience does she bring?
The profile lists five years of experience. That experience is framed alongside a background of working with trauma, addictions and relationship concerns.
What credential does Samantha hold and where does she practise?
Her listed credential is NCPS. She practises in the United Kingdom and provides services in English.
Can international clients work with Samantha?
Yes, she accepts international clients and provides sessions in English.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know whether online or other formats are offered.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start working with Samantha?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.