Therapist profile
Samantha Graham-Douglas, LPC
Missouri
Licensed Professional Counselor - Stress and Trauma
Continue with SamanthaWhere Samantha stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Missouri / 2007035322
- NPI
- 1538337159
- Experience
- 16 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Missouri
About
- Client-Centered therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral tools
- Trauma-focused care
About Samantha
Samantha Graham-Douglas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 16 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Samantha also addresses related concerns such as codependency, substance issues, and challenges tied to adoption or blended families.
She uses straightforward, person-focused sessions that let clients tell their story and identify strengths. Samantha leans on Client-Centered methods to center the client's perspective. She combines that with evidence-informed tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to work on thoughts and behaviors that keep people stuck.
For trauma, she integrates Trauma-Focused approaches and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help process painful memories. Sessions often include practical coping strategies for dissociation, distressing reminders, or the aftermath of domestic violence and disaster experiences.
Samantha also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing family patterns and attachment wounds. That can be useful when people struggle with abandonment fears, family of origin issues, or repeated relationship problems linked to people-pleasing and boundary difficulties.
Her style is collaborative and direct. Clients set goals and work through concrete steps between sessions. To begin, readers are asked to use the site matching process and schedule an initial appointment to see how her methods fit their needs.
How sessions work
How Samantha’s approaches work in online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's own experience and priorities. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps people clarify what matters to them. This approach helps when someone feels lost in other people's needs and wants to reclaim their own voice.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It offers concrete exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and build new habits. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress that comes from repetitive thinking patterns.
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that works on processing disturbing memories so they cause less distress. It is used for trauma and abuse reactions and is often combined with other trauma-informed work.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, symptoms, and comfort level. Plans can change as progress unfolds and different tools may be tried over time.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current online options when booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework so that the work continues between appointments.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Additional focus areas include codependency, substance issues, and blended family challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a person-focused approach that centers the client's perspective and works on practical steps. Sessions combine listening with tools to change thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with trauma, anxiety, grief, and family-related issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Missouri and practices from that state.
Does she see clients who speak other languages or live overseas?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options through the booking process before scheduling.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.