- Career guidance
- Skills and tools
- Mindset coaching
About Samantha
Samantha Hodges is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Georgia who works with adults navigating stress, anxiety, career concerns, and life transitions. She helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or emotionally exhausted find clearer direction and practical tools. Samantha blends coaching and counseling to help clients build confidence and make intentional changes that fit their goals.
She uses straightforward, collaborative sessions where clients learn skills and practice new ways of thinking and behaving. Sessions can include mindfulness, skills practice, and talks about values and priorities. Samantha aims to be warm and direct when needed, helping people stay focused on what matters most to them.
Samantha holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Kentucky. Her training covers grief and bereavement, assertiveness and boundaries, trauma-informed mindful cognitive behavior approaches, addiction recovery tools, and conflict resolution.
Her work often centers on improving self-esteem, coping with grief or trauma, managing ADHD-related challenges, and navigating relationship or career stress. She emphasizes strength-based work so people can lean into existing skills while developing new ones.
She describes her style as compassionate and collaborative, with a readiness to challenge where helpful. The goal is to help clients gain self-awareness, practical coping skills, and the confidence to create lasting change.
She uses straightforward, collaborative sessions where clients learn skills and practice new ways of thinking and behaving. Sessions can include mindfulness, skills practice, and talks about values and priorities. Samantha aims to be warm and direct when needed, helping people stay focused on what matters most to them.
Samantha holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Kentucky. Her training covers grief and bereavement, assertiveness and boundaries, trauma-informed mindful cognitive behavior approaches, addiction recovery tools, and conflict resolution.
Her work often centers on improving self-esteem, coping with grief or trauma, managing ADHD-related challenges, and navigating relationship or career stress. She emphasizes strength-based work so people can lean into existing skills while developing new ones.
She describes her style as compassionate and collaborative, with a readiness to challenge where helpful. The goal is to help clients gain self-awareness, practical coping skills, and the confidence to create lasting change.
Areas of expertise
Also works with
AddictionsRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseSleeping disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterEmptinessForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic Therapy
Experience
8+ years
Credentials
Georgia
Languages
English
How Samantha Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Samantha often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, meaningful actions even when uncomfortable feelings arise, which helps with anxiety, career decisions, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skill work to reduce unhelpful patterns and manage mood and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and personality. That collaboration includes trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as needed so progress matches what the client wants to accomplish.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people practice skills between sessions in real-life settings. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively through remote work, helping clients learn coping tools, improve decision making, and build routines that support long-term change.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She helps adults with stress, anxiety, depression, career strain, ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and collaborative, and she can be direct when needed. Sessions focus on practical skills, values work, and building self-awareness.
How long has she practiced?
She has eight years of experience as a licensed professional counselor working with adults on mental health, relationship, and career challenges.
Where is she located and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Georgia and holds the LPC credential, listed as GA LPC.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.