Samantha Holt, NCPS

Samantha Holt is a counsellor who focuses on the everyday thoughts and habits that affect how people feel and relate to others. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and the fallout from traumatic events. Samantha also supports people wrestling with relationship strain, eating and addiction concerns, sleep problems and anger. She is identified with the NCPS credential, which is shown here as NCPS.

Samantha uses clear, straightforward conversation to help people notice unhelpful thinking and small daily patterns that keep problems going. She pays attention to how early relationships and attachment shape trust and closeness in later life. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs, with practical steps to try between meetings.

Her background includes five years practising in roles that involve working with trauma, relationship difficulties and complex stress. She has also worked with people affected by domestic and sexual violence, addiction and eating difficulties. This experience informs how she understands risky behaviours and repeated patterns.

Samantha draws on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy to look at thoughts, feelings and behaviours together. She aims to help people build more useful habits of thinking and relating, and to find clearer ways to cope with strong emotions.

People who choose Samantha can expect practical exercises, reflective conversation and a focus on changing everyday habits. The work is intended to be gradual and respectful of each person’s pace and history.

How Samantha’s approaches can work online

Samantha uses methods that focus on thoughts, relationships and trauma. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thinking and test new ways of responding to daily problems, which can reduce anxiety or low mood through straightforward techniques and experiments. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape trust and closeness now and helps people change patterns in current relationships by understanding those roots. Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on the effects of traumatic events and addresses symptoms that can disrupt sleep, relationships and daily functioning.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Samantha will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful for each person. Together they will try strategies and adjust the focus as progress is made, with the client’s feedback guiding changes in direction.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support continuity of care for international clients, while the therapist and client decide together which style and timing work best.