Samantha Love , NCPS

Samantha Love is a United Kingdom-based therapist with 15 years of clinical experience supporting people through relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and a wide range of life transitions. She works with issues such as intimacy concerns, family and blended family problems, grief, sleep difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and challenges linked to autism and Asperger syndrome.

Samantha brings a background in special educational needs within prison education and secondary education, and she has worked as a counsellor in both settings. She has a particular specialism in counselling people on the autistic spectrum and in addressing the effects of childhood trauma and abuse. Her practice blends structured and creative methods to help people feel comfortable exploring difficult experiences.

She follows an integrative model, drawing on approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic ideas, mindfulness-based strategies, and person-centred therapy, and she often incorporates creative techniques to suit individual needs. Samantha holds a degree in Psychology and a diploma in therapeutic counselling and has tutored counselling students online. She holds the NCPS credential and is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and the National Counselling Society (NCS). She is trained in online and telephone counselling and is a member of the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online (ACTO). Samantha typically responds to inquiries within 24 hours Monday to Friday and maintains an online presence at samanthalovecounselling.com.