Samayra Tavakoli, LPC
Helping people rewrite their stories and cope better
Details
| Name | Samayra Tavakoli |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Oklahoma |
| Licensed in | Oklahoma |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 13 |
About Samayra
Samayra Tavakoli is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or changes in relationships. She aims to build a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly and begin to make real changes in daily life.
Samayra expects clients to be willing to do active work in sessions and between meetings. She supports people who want practical steps and honest reflection.
Background and approach
She encourages trying new ways of responding to old problems and meeting goals one step at a time. Her approach blends Narrative ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based perspectives. That mix helps clients rewrite the stories they tell themselves, clarify values, and repair or understand important relationship patterns.
Sessions include focused conversation and tools that can be used outside the session. Samayra also draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills. She uses clear, concrete exercises for stress, anger, body image, and self-esteem concerns.
She can also address more complex areas such as trauma reactions, dissociation, and mood concerns. In addition to clinical work, Samayra teaches behavioral health science and brings a classroom-informed eye to therapy. She offers services in English and sees international clients as well.
Her practice includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Samayra works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Samayra among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Samayra directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Samayra directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches that guide online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and helps separate a person from a problem so they can rewrite those stories and find different options. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses, and it can help with trust, communication issues, and repairing relationship patterns.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will learn about a person's needs, goals, and preferences and suggest techniques from these approaches that fit. Clients and the therapist then try methods together and adjust the plan based on what helps most in real life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit support into a work break or to share thoughts between sessions. These options let people keep therapy consistent when schedules or locations change, and they support different ways of engaging with the work.
Common questions about this listing
What issues does Samayra commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, self-esteem, eating issues, parenting strain, anger, career questions, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines Narrative ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed work, with client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques for practical change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working in behavioral health and brings that background into her clinical practice.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with an Oklahoma LPC credential and practices from Oklahoma.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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