- Collaborative approach
- Practical skills
- Life transitions
About Samantha
Samantha Whelan is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Oklahoma. She draws on 14 years of work in counseling and a later pause to raise her children to bring practical, down-to-earth guidance to people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, self esteem concerns, grief, and relationship strain.
She favors a collaborative style where the person sets the agenda and the therapist offers clear feedback and skills. Sessions focus on real problems and small changes that add up over time. Samantha aims to help people identify what they want to change and which behaviors get in the way.
Before taking time away for family, much of her career involved treating addiction and related mental health issues. That work exposed her to the wide social and emotional impacts of addiction, and shaped her approach to addressing practical life problems alongside emotional healing.
Her common methods include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy. Samantha blends these to fit each person’s needs, using tools, skills, and conversational work rather than lengthy jargon.
She emphasizes gradual progress and meeting people where they are on the path to change. Samantha also draws on her personal experience of having been in counseling herself, which informs how she listens and validates concerns. Her goal is straightforward: help people make meaningful, manageable changes in their daily life.
She favors a collaborative style where the person sets the agenda and the therapist offers clear feedback and skills. Sessions focus on real problems and small changes that add up over time. Samantha aims to help people identify what they want to change and which behaviors get in the way.
Before taking time away for family, much of her career involved treating addiction and related mental health issues. That work exposed her to the wide social and emotional impacts of addiction, and shaped her approach to addressing practical life problems alongside emotional healing.
Her common methods include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy. Samantha blends these to fit each person’s needs, using tools, skills, and conversational work rather than lengthy jargon.
She emphasizes gradual progress and meeting people where they are on the path to change. Samantha also draws on her personal experience of having been in counseling herself, which informs how she listens and validates concerns. Her goal is straightforward: help people make meaningful, manageable changes in their daily life.