Samantha Johnson
Calm, practical support for everyday struggles
About Samantha
Samantha Johnson welcomes people who are worried, overwhelmed, or struggling to cope. She writes simply and listens carefully. Her approach aims to make sessions feel safe and straightforward for anyone trying to manage stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, low self-esteem or life changes.
Samantha holds NCPS, the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society credential. She has three years of clinical experience and has also spent several years supporting people in education settings.
Background and approach
That background gives her practical insight into everyday pressures and how they affect mood and relationships. In sessions she combines person-centred values with practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches. That means she listens first and then helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns.
Together they develop small, concrete steps to change how someone thinks, feels and copes. Common themes she helps people with include panic attacks, depression, parenting strain, attachment concerns, body image and caregiver stress. She also supports people facing divorce, midlife decisions, money worries, and the emotional impact of pregnancy and childbirth.
People meet her through video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Samantha works with individual adults and tailors each plan to what the person needs right now. If someone prefers a steady pace, sessions focus on listening and reflection.
If someone wants faster practical tools, sessions include skill building and short exercises.
What Samantha works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches that suit online sessions
Person-centred work focuses on listening, acceptance and creating a supportive space. It helps people who need time to talk things through and to feel understood before making changes. Cognitive behavioural methods look at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and teach practical steps to reduce anxiety, panic attacks and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Samantha will talk with each person about goals, preferences and day-to-day demands. Together they decide whether a gentler listening approach or a more structured programme is the best fit and adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick notes, ongoing reflections or when someone prefers not to use audio. These options support flexibility and help people keep therapy going around work, childcare and other commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
