About Samala
Samala Wallack is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She brings ten years of counseling experience to people facing anxiety, stress, depression, relationship strain, and life changes. Samala focuses on practical help that fits a person's everyday life.
Samala uses a conversational, client-centered way of working. She listens first, then helps set small, doable goals. Sessions often include problem-solving and skills people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Her approach also draws on Motivational Interviewing to clarify what matters to a person and build motivation for change. Solution-focused methods help people identify strengths and quick steps forward when the situation feels stuck.
The overall style is collaborative and goal oriented rather than long-winded or purely academic. Samala has worked across a range of settings, including in-home therapy, residential treatment, outpatient care, and systems that support child welfare and vocational rehabilitation. This variety shaped a practical focus on helping clients manage daily challenges and adjust to transitions.
She tailors plans to each person's needs, addressing concerns like self-esteem, caregiver stress, blended family issues, body image, codependency, and midlife questions. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online in formats that fit modern schedules.
Approaches that fit into online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship so people feel heard and understood. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of their feelings and set personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to change patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. CBT works well for worry, panic, and low energy.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process means approaches can be mixed and tailored rather than fixed ahead of time.
Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit counseling into busy days. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates and ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats give flexibility while keeping the focus on clear goals and practical steps.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Florida
- Languages
- English
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