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 works with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, parenting stress, mood challenges, and addictions. Her style is warm, direct, and strength-focused. Samantha centers the relationship as the first step in change. She helps clients recognize the skills they already have and build on them. Sessions are collaborative and practical, with goals set together to match each person's needs. Her background includes work with adults, adolescents, and children in individual and group settings. Samantha uses a mix of cognitive-behavioral ideas and solution-focused techniques to address symptoms and daily challenges. She also draws on client-centered values to keep the work grounded in each person's experience. In session she listens, reflects, and helps clients develop coping tools for stress, anger, and grief. She supports people managing life transitions like divorce, career shifts, or caregiving strain. She also addresses relationship concerns, intimacy issues, and impulsivity in a step-by-step way. Samantha aims to make therapy practical and understandable. She encourages open communication about which techniques feel helpful. If someone prefers to focus on strengths, skills, or meaning in life, she will adapt the approach to fit those goals. To begin, she asks clients to identify where they want to be and then helps them take the next steps.

How these approaches translate to online work

Samantha uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on the person's experience and goals. This means sessions start with listening and reflection so the client feels heard and understood. It helps with stress, relationship concerns, and emotional overload.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical and goal-directed, which can help with anxiety, depression, and impulse control. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is another tool she draws on for emotional regulation and coping skills when feelings feel intense or overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Samantha will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose methods together. The plan can change as progress is made and needs evolve.

Confirm the available online session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can use these formats to help people practice skills, try behavioral experiments, and stay consistent with their goals.