About Samantha
Samantha Graham-Douglas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports individuals coping with trauma and abuse, family challenges, grief, and depression. Her approach centers on listening and building on each person's strengths.
She believes people are the experts on their own stories. Sessions focus on practical steps and small changes that feel doable. Samantha aims to make the work feel collaborative and respectful rather than prescriptive.
Background and approach
Her practice draws from a mix of methods that match the problem at hand. She uses Client-Centered techniques to create a steady, supportive space. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps break patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going.
For trauma-related concerns she includes Trauma-Focused methods and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when appropriate. These approaches target intense memories and strong emotional reactions so daily life becomes easier to manage. With 16 years of experience, Samantha has worked with people facing co-occurring issues like substance use and addiction alongside mental health concerns.
She also addresses family of origin issues, blended family stress, and challenges related to adoption and foster care. Her style is straightforward and steady. She supports clients as they try new coping skills and adjust goals over time.
Samantha offers sessions in English and practices from Missouri as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
How therapy methods translate to online care
Samantha uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a steady, listening-based relationship where clients lead the pace and focus of work. This approach helps people clarify goals and feel understood before moving into skill-building.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT works well for anxiety and depression because it breaks problems into manageable steps clients can practice between sessions.
Finally, Trauma-Focused Therapy and EMDR are part of her toolkit for processing intense memories and reducing strong reactions. These approaches aim to make traumatic memories less disruptive to daily life while increasing the capacity to cope.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Samantha will discuss options and adapt techniques to match a client's needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in about what is working and adjusts the plan as therapy progresses.
Online formats offer flexibility for different routines and energy levels. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions or live chat can fit into short breaks or be easier when bandwidth is low. Text-based messaging supports quick check-ins and ongoing skill practice between scheduled sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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