Samantha Eisenhart-Petkovski, LPC, LMHC
Therapist who focuses on practical skills
Book with SamanthaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Samantha works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Michigan, Florida, Texas
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Samantha
Samantha Eisenhart-Petkovski is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 17 years of clinical experience. She practices in Texas and draws on a long career helping people manage stress, anger, mood changes, and relationship challenges. Samantha favors a practical, strengths-based way of working that focuses on what clients already do well and how to build from there.
She keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented. Samantha listens and helps people name what matters most to them.
Background and approach
She uses tools from cognitive-behavioral work and skills training to reduce intense emotions and improve daily coping. In the room she emphasizes connection and collaboration. Samantha works with each person to set clear goals and choose methods that fit their life.
She asks about what has helped before and teaches simple strategies to use between sessions. Her background includes work across mood disorders, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, grief, addictions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses practical challenges like career shifts, midlife questions, impulsivity, and caregiving stress.
This range gives her many ways to relate to real-world problems. Samantha aims to help people notice their strengths and build habits that reduce reactivity and increase calm. She offers a direct, compassionate approach while encouraging steady steps toward change.
If someone wants practical help for anger, anxiety, or life transitions, she focuses on skills that can be used right away.
What Samantha works with
Everything Samantha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Samantha's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Samantha lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects back what they say, and supports them in finding their own solutions. This approach helps when someone needs a calm, accepting space to sort through feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses concrete tools to change thought patterns and behaviors that feed anxiety, anger, or low mood. It teaches practical skills such as noticing unhelpful thoughts and practicing new responses, useful for everyday stress and mood problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It is helpful for strong emotional reactions and impulsivity by offering step-by-step skills people can try in heated moments.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences, then adapt methods that feel like a good fit. Clients and the therapist check progress and adjust plans as needed.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for visual connection, phone works well when video is not possible, live chat allows focused check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Samantha
What concerns does Samantha often address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and abuse, parenting questions, relationship and family problems, grief, addictions, ADHD, and mood disorders.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, strengths-based approach and focuses on building coping skills. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented.
What is her clinical background?
She has 17 years of professional experience working with adults and young people across individual and group settings and a broad range of concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and practices in Texas with licensure noted for Michigan and Florida as well.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Work can happen via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.