About Samantha
Samantha Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Texas who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, and relationship or family concerns. She focuses on building self-compassion and stronger communication skills. Her approach is gentle and practical, aimed at small, useful changes that make daily life easier.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental setting where clients can talk through what’s happening now and how the past still shows up.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize understanding patterns, testing small changes, and practicing new ways of relating to others and to oneself. Samantha uses straightforward tools people can use between sessions. Her methods draw on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to shift unhelpful thinking and reduce overwhelm.
Samantha also uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand their relationship patterns and feel more connected. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles guide work on values and purposeful action. With six years of experience, Samantha works with people who struggle with low self-esteem, grief, sleep or eating concerns, and intense emotions like anger or panic.
She also supports those coping with life transitions, feelings of isolation, and problems with impulsivity or guilt and shame. The focus is on practical steps that fit each person’s life. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Samantha helps clients set achievable goals and practices to try between meetings. Her style is warm, attentive, and focused on building skills that last.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people find their own solutions; it helps when someone needs a compassionate space to make sense of feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms, using clear exercises that can be practiced between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and improve focus, which can be helpful for stress, sleep, and ADHD-related racing thoughts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, what has helped before, and how they prefer to work. Together they try methods, note what fits, and adjust the plan so sessions feel useful and relevant to daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions offer a lighter bandwidth option and can fit into a short break during the day. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, reminders, or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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