Samantha Hodges is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping adults who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or burnt out.
01About Samantha
Samantha Hodges is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping adults who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or burnt out. She speaks plainly and works alongside people who want clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and more confidence in daily life. Her style balances warmth with direct guidance so clients move toward practical change.
She draws on a mix of talk-based and skills-focused work. Sessions often include clear tools for stress, anxiety, sleep, motivation, and managing anger.
Background and approach
She also helps people sort through relationship issues, career decisions, and life transitions. Conversations aim to increase self-awareness and build habits that support lasting change. Samantha holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology.
She has eight years of experience and maintains licensure as an LPC in Georgia. Her background includes training in grief support, end-of-life counseling, and recovery-focused approaches. In practice she uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered work, existential ideas, and Jungian perspectives when they fit a person’s needs.
She also brings mindfulness and compassion-focused methods into sessions to reduce overwhelm and increase focus. People who choose her often want both practical tools and deeper insight. Samantha partners with each person to set goals, practice new skills, and notice what changes over time.
She emphasizes strengths while addressing patterns that hold people back.
02Credentials
- LPC (Georgia)
- License LPC014043 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1194405985 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Samantha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Samantha names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
These are the methods Samantha names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How Samantha’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Samantha commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in sessions. ACT focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful actions even when emotions are hard. It can help with anxiety, low motivation, and decision points. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for depression, sleep problems, and stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Samantha listens to a person’s goals and preferences, then suggests methods to try. She treats the process as a collaboration and adjusts techniques as progress and needs evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exploration, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging work well for shorter check-ins, skill practice, and people who prefer text-based contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep momentum between sessions.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
Samantha helps with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, anger, and coping with life changes. She also works on ADHD, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and collaborative with occasional direct guidance to keep progress on track. Sessions mix talk, skills practice, and mindfulness exercises tailored to each person.
How long has she been practicing?
She has eight years of experience working in counseling and related roles. That background includes grief work, end-of-life counseling, and recovery-informed techniques.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, practicing in the state of Georgia.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Work can happen via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits a person’s routine and communication needs.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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