Samantha Eisenhart-Petkovski , LPC, LMHC

Samantha Eisenhart-Petkovski is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 17 years of clinical experience. She practices from Texas and focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. Samantha aims to build a strong connection so people feel heard and able to make changes.

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting matters, and issues around self-esteem. She also supports people coping with addictions, grief, anger, relationship and family problems, and mood instability. Her background includes work across individual and group settings with adults and adolescents.

Samantha uses an individualized, strength-based approach. She leans on client-centered work and cognitive-behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns, try different responses, and build coping skills. She also draws on dialectical behavior ideas and emotionally focused methods when they fit the person's goals.

In sessions she is present, empathetic, and focused on collaboration. She helps clients set clear goals and chooses techniques that match those goals and preferences. The focus is on practical tools people can use between sessions to manage stress and handle hard moments.

Her approach emphasizes identifying personal strengths and turning them into useful strategies. Samantha encourages open communication about what is and is not working so the plan can change as needed. The aim is steady progress toward a more manageable and meaningful daily life.

How Samantha’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Samantha commonly integrates client-centered work and cognitive behavioral methods in her practice. Client-centered work means the conversation centers on the person's goals and experience, with the therapist listening and reflecting so the client can find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioral ideas focus on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying concrete behavioral changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or problematic patterns.

She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation skills or distress tolerance are needed. That approach breaks skills into clear steps people can practice during stressful moments and helps with impulse control, strong emotions, and relationship interactions. Choosing the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process; Samantha will talk with the client about goals and preferences and adapt methods as the work unfolds.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit during a break or when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for focused exchanges, and messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options help people keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and life demands.