Samantha Whelan, LPC

Samantha Whelan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing from Oklahoma with 14 years of clinical experience. She paused her full-time practice to raise her two children while maintaining professional growth through continuing education, and that period of family life gave her practical insight into the everyday struggles people face beyond what textbooks can teach.

Early in her career she worked extensively with individuals coping with addiction and complex mental health challenges, developing fluency in addressing the many social, emotional, spiritual, physical, legal, familial, and financial dimensions that often accompany those issues. That work helped shape a therapeutic approach that balances empathy with practical skills and feedback to support meaningful change.

Her counseling style draws from client-centered traditions while incorporating cognitive behavioral techniques, behavioral theory, motivational interviewing, mindfulness strategies, psychodynamic ideas, solution-focused methods, and trauma-focused interventions. Samantha applies these approaches collaboratively, helping clients identify where they are on the continuum of change and what concrete steps can move them toward their goals.

Samantha has also experienced therapy from the client side, which informs her sense of what it feels like to be heard and validated. She concentrates on helping people manage stress and anxiety, address addictions, navigate relationship and family challenges, process trauma and grief, and work through issues related to self-esteem, parenting, intimacy, mood disorders, ADHD, and life transitions. Her work emphasizes practical tools, skill building, and a respectful, person-centered partnership aimed at steady, sustainable progress.

She views change as a process and centers each person’s priorities in treatment, offering support and direction so clients can pursue the specific improvements they want in their lives.