About Samantha
Samantha Hilden is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with eight years of clinical experience. She works directly with adults on relationship strain, stress, anxiety, grief, addiction concerns, and self-esteem struggles. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and understandable for people juggling busy lives.
She draws on client-centered work that focuses on the person's own goals and values. Samantha also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help spot unhelpful thinking patterns and build better coping skills.
How Samantha works
Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit for people facing change or struggling with motivation. Samantha's sessions tend to be collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first, helps people name what matters most, and then offers concrete steps to try between meetings.
This can include small behavior changes, communication skills, or short experiments to test new ways of coping. Her background includes work in inpatient and outpatient settings and experience supporting people through trauma, addiction, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and workplace stress. That variety informs how she tailors plans to practical life demands.
Samantha pays attention to cultural factors and family of origin issues when they matter to the person in front of her. People who prefer straightforward coaching-style guidance mixed with reflective listening often feel comfortable with her. She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Samantha lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Samantha works with
The areas below are the ones Samantha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Samantha's Approaches Work Online
Samantha commonly uses client-centered therapy to prioritize the person's own goals and values. That approach focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels understood and can steer the work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Samantha will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then test approaches together to find what fits. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what feels manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow a fuller face-to-face conversation, phone calls can fit into a break at work or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can work for short check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options aim to make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite busy schedules or travel.
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