Counsellor profile
Samantha Hudson, NCPS
Based in United Kingdom ยท 12 years of experience
Trauma, stress and workplace issues
Continue with SamanthaAt a glance
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom (NCS22-04004)
- Qualifications
- NCPS
- Experience
- 12 years
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Samantha supplied to BetterHelp.
- CBT
- ACT
- Video and telephone
About Samantha
NCPS. 12 years' experience. Samantha Hudson works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, coaching, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, self-esteem and career issues. She also focuses on communication problems, disaster coping, dissociation, divorce and separation, domestic violence, first responder issues, midlife crisis, veteran and armed forces issues, panic, PTSD, self-love, sexual assault, traumatic brain injury, women's issues and workplace difficulties.
Samantha uses a conversational and interactive counselling style. She combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Client-Centred approaches, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Existential ideas. Sessions emphasise practical coping strategies, clearer thinking and exploring values and priorities. She offers video and telephone sessions and clients may send messages between sessions; messaging-only therapy is not offered.
She has worked with first responders and veterans from the UK, the US and Canada and has developed trainings and keynote talks on post-traumatic stress and suicide awareness. Samantha has run continuing professional development courses and spoken to specialist policing and national agencies about PTSD.
Her formal qualifications include an Advanced Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Level 4), and Level 4 practitioner qualifications in Post Traumatic Stress Management, Anger and Aggression Management, Transactional Analysis in Relationships, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She also holds City & Guilds training in Conflict Management.
Samantha aims to help people who want therapy to talk through difficult experiences and make changes. She works with individuals who choose to explore past events, learn new coping skills, or look at values and future goals. To begin, a matching questionnaire is completed and a first session is scheduled.
Approaches used in online counselling and what they involve
Samantha commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in her work. ACT focuses on identifying values and taking committed action toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings; it can help with anxiety, low mood and recovery from trauma. CBT looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical strategies to reduce unhelpful thinking and build coping skills, which is often useful for stress, panic and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss your goals, symptoms and preferences and help decide whether ACT, CBT or another approach suits you best. That choice can evolve as sessions progress and is agreed collaboratively.
Samantha provides video and telephone sessions and allows clients to send messages between appointments; she does not offer messaging-only therapy. If you need confirmation of the exact session formats currently offered, check before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins by phone, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals who work online can still use the same therapeutic methods as in-person work, helping clients practise skills and review progress across sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she support?
She supports stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, sleep problems, self-esteem and career issues among other areas such as PTSD, panic and workplace difficulties.
What is her counselling style?
Her style is interactive and conversational, using practical coping strategies alongside exploration of values and relationships.
How long has she practised?
She has practised since 2011, giving her 12 years of clinical experience.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed as NCPS and holds an Advanced Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy and related Level 4 practitioner qualifications; she practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She accepts international clients, including people from the UK, US and Canada.
How are sessions delivered?
She offers video and telephone sessions and allows messaging between sessions, though messaging-only therapy is not provided.
How do I start with her?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Checking a registration
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