About Samantha
Samantha Hilden is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She brings eight years of experience working in inpatient and outpatient settings. Samantha focuses on clear, direct support for everyday struggles.
She uses straightforward language and practical steps in sessions. Samantha aims to build a warm, genuine connection so people feel comfortable sharing hard things. She listens first, then helps set small, manageable goals.
Sessions emphasize practical coping skills alongside exploring what matters to the person.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with people facing addiction, trauma, homelessness, and crisis. She has also worked with college-age adults, people coping with pregnancy and childbirth, and those adjusting after major life changes. These experiences shaped her practical, problem-solving orientation.
Samantha draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow the person’s lead, and uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck and needs a boost in readiness for change. She often adds solution-focused techniques to create short-term plans and track progress.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered remotely through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Samantha describes her approach as nonjudgmental and supportive, aimed at helping people rebuild confidence, repair relationships, and manage stress or grief. She works with adults across a range of life concerns and goals.
Approaches and how online therapy fits your life
Samantha uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the person’s priorities and build trust. That approach focuses on listening closely, reflecting what matters, and helping people find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to practice new ways of thinking and acting that reduce anxiety or low mood.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Samantha will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try methods that match those needs. Sessions can shift over time if different tools work better as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and working through exercises together. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be used for short check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or other obligations, while focusing on real, actionable steps toward change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English