Samantha Hudson

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and PTSD
• Video and telephone

About Samantha

Samantha Hudson works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, sleep problems and self‑esteem. She also offers coaching and supports career-related concerns. She uses a conversational, interactive style and combines approaches to help people make practical changes. She is registered with NCPS and has 12 years of practice experience.

Samantha has worked with first responders and veterans from the UK, US and Canada, and has developed courses and keynote talks on post‑traumatic stress and suicide awareness. Her past work includes presenting for specialist police and national agencies on PTSD. She draws on that experience when supporting people who have been through traumatic events.

Her counselling blends cognitive behavioural techniques with client‑centred and existential ideas. Sessions involve talking through current problems, learning new ways to manage thoughts and feelings, and practising small behavioural steps. She also uses skills from dialectical behaviour therapy where emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.

Samantha’s training includes an Advanced Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, and several Level 4 practitioner qualifications in PTSD, anger management and CBT. She has completed specific courses on suicide awareness and post‑traumatic stress for law enforcement, veterans and first responders.

Sessions are offered by video and telephone, and messaging between sessions is possible though messaging‑only therapy is not provided. Costs vary by location and are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How Samantha uses therapeutic approaches in online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for stress, anxiety and long‑standing avoidance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing patterns of thinking and behaviour to reduce symptoms such as panic attacks, poor sleep or workplace stress. Client‑centred therapy places the person’s concerns and experience at the centre of sessions, offering a respectful, collaborative space to talk things through.

Choosing an approach is part of the work. Samantha will discuss what is most helpful and adapt methods to the person’s goals and preferences. That discussion happens together so the plan can be changed as progress is made.

The biography states Samantha offers video and telephone sessions and that messaging between sessions is possible, although messaging‑only counselling is not provided. Confirm the current session options before booking so they fit around work, family or travel. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow check‑ins without travel, and suit people who prefer not to commute to an appointment.

Topics Samantha lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Anger management
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• Sleeping disorders
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Communication problems
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• First responder issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Post-traumatic stress
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Traumatic brain injury
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Existential Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Samantha

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and panic attacks are listed areas she works on, and she uses CBT and other approaches to address them.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She combines client‑centred, cognitive behavioural and existential approaches, with elements of dialectical behaviour therapy as needed.

How much experience does she have?

She has 12 years of practice experience since first qualifying in 2011.

Where is she based?

She practises from the United Kingdom and lists the UK as her location.

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

Yes. She has worked with clients in the UK, US and Canada and accepts international clients.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start counselling with her?

Click the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.