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Samantha Holt

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Samantha Holt, NCPS

United Kingdom

Psychologist and psychotherapist - family and parenting concerns

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About

  • Attachment patterns
  • CBT techniques
  • Trauma-focused work

About Samantha

Samantha Holt is a psychologist and psychotherapist (NCPS) with five years' experience working with adults in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, eating issues, anger, addictions, grief, intimacy concerns, sleep problems and parenting pressures. Her work also covers mood conditions such as depression and bipolar, ADHD, and difficulties around career and life transitions.

Samantha uses approaches that focus on how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. She pays particular attention to attachment patterns and how they affect trust, closeness and conflict in relationships. Samantha also draws on cognitive behavioural methods to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns.

People who meet her can expect a direct, conversational style. She encourages clear discussion of problems and practical steps to manage day-to-day difficulties. Sessions look at patterns that keep problems going and small changes that reduce distress and improve functioning.

Her experience includes work with trauma-related responses, domestic and sexual violence, eating problems, addiction, and managing anger. She also supports people dealing with grief, control and attachment issues, and the after-effects of complex or repeated traumatic events.

Samantha offers a straightforward way of working. She helps people identify goals, tries out different strategies, and reviews what is and isn’t helping. For adults balancing family demands, caring responsibilities or challenging relationships, she focuses on realistic steps to make everyday life feel more manageable.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape feelings of safety, trust and closeness. It helps people understand why they react the way they do in relationships and offers ways to change repeated patterns that cause conflict or distance.

Client-centred therapy keeps the person’s own experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without directing the process and supports people to find their own solutions and make personal decisions about change.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together they will try ways of working that suit the person’s needs. This is a collaborative process where adjustments can be made as work progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can help fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel, making it easier to schedule appointments around work or childcare, or by offering shorter check-ins when required. Registered or accredited professionals often use this flexibility to keep continuity of care and make regular sessions more practical for people juggling family responsibilities.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseEating disordersAnger management

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityCancerCodependencyCommitment issuesControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of family or parenting concerns does she help with?

She works with adults coping with parenting stress, family conflict, and intimacy-related issues. This includes support for separation or the emotional fallout of difficult family dynamics.

How would she approach anxiety or panic?

She uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical coping strategies. Work is paced to suit how someone manages day-to-day life.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She is a psychologist and psychotherapist with five years' professional experience. Her practice covers trauma, addictions, eating concerns and relationship issues.

What credential does she hold and where does she practise?

She is listed as NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.

Can someone see her if they live outside the UK?

Sessions are offered to international clients as well as people in the UK. All sessions are conducted in English.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session by selecting an available slot.

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