Samantha Ryan
Gentle, experienced counsellor for life changes
About Samantha
Samantha Ryan offers a calm, non-judgemental counselling space where people can talk about their lives at their own pace. She uses a person-centred approach and listens for what matters most to each individual. Samantha aims to help people feel understood and to make sense of difficult experiences without pressure or judgement.
She draws on ten years of experience across charity, hospital and community settings. That includes several years supporting people affected by childhood sexual abuse, a year working with people affected by cancer, and time at a women’s centre providing counselling for many concerns.
Background and approach
These roles have shaped her practical, down-to-earth style. In sessions Samantha focuses on helping people reconnect with themselves. She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related problems, addiction, grief, and coping with life changes.
She also supports people with eating or sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger, career challenges and ADHD-related concerns. Her clinical approaches include Client-Centred Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Samantha pays attention to safety and trust, and aims to help people process painful memories while building coping skills for everyday life.
People can expect a straightforward, compassionate counsellor who stays alongside them through hard moments and progress alike. Samantha blends listening with practical discussion so people can take small, manageable steps toward feeling better.
What Samantha works with
How Samantha works
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Sessions & fees
How Samantha's approaches work online
Samantha uses Client-Centred Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in ways that suit online work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own solutions; it is useful for stress, low mood and relationship concerns. Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process distressing memories and manage strong emotions, which can be important for trauma-related difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Samantha will talk with clients about their needs, goals and preferences and then suggest ways to proceed. This is a collaborative process so adjustments can be made as therapy unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are closest to an in-person meeting, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler to fit into a day, live chat can be a quicker way to check in, and text messaging can support regular reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives and across locations.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
