About Samantha
Samantha Aggeles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina with six years of experience. She begins by listening and building on a person's strengths to help them move toward clearer goals. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical change rather than long lectures.
Samantha focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma and abuse. She also helps people who face phobias, panic attacks, obsessive behaviors, mood disorders, and issues that come with caregiving or compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She works with concerns around relationships, family stress, eating, anger, self-esteem, career pressures, and co-morbid conditions. In sessions she leans on approaches that fit the person's needs. She uses client-centered techniques to draw out strengths and priorities.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and EMDR may be used to address patterns of thinking, emotional regulation, and traumatic memories when appropriate. Expect a collaborative tone in the room. Samantha focuses on small, manageable steps and practical skills you can try between sessions.
She talks through what is working and adjusts plans as needed rather than locking into one method. Therapy with Samantha is offered through a mix of formats, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling is done via the site’s matching and booking process.
Approaches that fit online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and strengths. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what they hear, and helps the person set steps that feel right for them. This approach is helpful for people who want guidance that respects their pace and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses clear skill-building and practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms like anxiety or phobic reactions. CBT is often used for panic, obsessive thoughts, and mood challenges.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method that addresses distress tied to upsetting memories. It uses structured processing to reduce the intensity of those memories and can be helpful for trauma-related symptoms when a person and therapist decide it is appropriate.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past, then suggest methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what proves useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats: video calls for face-to-face work, phone sessions when video is not practical, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules and let people choose the way that works best for them.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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