About Samayra
Samayra Tavakoli, LPC, helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes take practical steps toward feeling better. She meets motivated clients who are ready to try new strategies and do work both in session and between meetings. She aims to make the first step feel possible and to support people through early uncertainty.
She keeps the room straightforward and nonjudgmental. Conversations focus on what is causing distress and what small changes could make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Samayra encourages clear goals and actions you can practice at home, not just talk about in the appointment. Her approach blends several evidence-informed methods. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and shift unhelpful thinking.
She uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful steps. She also uses attachment-informed work to understand how past relationships shape current reactions. Samayra has 13 years of professional experience and holds an LPC in Oklahoma.
She also teaches behavioral health science, which keeps her skills fresh and grounded in current research. That background informs practical tools and simple explanations during sessions. She works with a wide range of concerns, including relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, body image and eating concerns, mood disorders, and career pressures.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients for online formats. If someone wants a clear, active plan and steady encouragement, she may be a good match.
How Samayra’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and still move toward what matters. It focuses on values and small committed actions that fit daily life and can help with anxiety, stress, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behavioral experiments. It is useful for depression, anxiety, and changing patterns that keep problems going. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and helps people understand and shift how they relate to others.Choosing an approach happens together. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. Sessions often blend techniques so you get tools that work for your situation rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit people who prefer writing, need brief support during the day, or want flexibility in timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to keep using tools between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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