Samala Wallack, LPC, LMHC

Samala Wallack is a licensed counselor who brings 10 years of clinical experience supporting young adults, adults, and families from diverse backgrounds. She holds the credentials LPC and LMHC - titles that indicate professional licensure to provide mental health counseling - and she frames care around practical, personalized strategies that match each person's goals and life context.

Her practice addresses a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, adjustment challenges, post-traumatic stress symptoms, bipolar disorder, and gender dysphoria. She also works with relationship and family difficulties, self-esteem and body image struggles, caregiver stress, and life transitions. Samala integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, Motivational Interviewing, and artistic modalities to help clients explore thoughts, emotions, and behavior patterns and to build concrete coping skills.

Samala completed an Educational Specialist degree in Mental Health Counseling at the University of Missouri Kansas City, a Master of Science in Counseling from Wright State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Counseling Psychology with a minor in Correctional Science from Oakwood University. Her professional background includes work with the child welfare system, public vocational rehabilitation, in-home therapy, residential treatment, and outpatient services. She tailors treatment to each client and partners with them to make steady progress one session at a time.

Approaches that guide online therapy and personal growth

Samala commonly draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support clients in an online format. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathy, active listening, and building a trusting therapeutic relationship so clients feel understood and can explore personal goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, offering practical tools for issues such as anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help clients clarify their motivation for change and to set realistic, achievable steps when ambivalence arises. Throughout the process Samala works collaboratively with each person - assessing needs, discussing options, and adjusting the approach as goals and preferences become clearer - so the therapeutic method fits the individual rather than the other way around.

Online therapy with Samala is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options increase flexibility for people juggling work, family, or health needs and make it easier to maintain continuity of care when schedules or circumstances change.