- Client-centered focus
- CBT strategies
- Creative exercises
About Cassandra
Cassandra Sams is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of clinical experience. She draws on long-term work in adolescent services, family settings, and private practice to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
She has worked in a Children's Advocacy Center and an adolescent treatment facility, and has spent years in private practice and a family counseling center. Those roles shaped a practical, down-to-earth approach to everyday problems. Cassandra uses language clients understand and focuses on small, doable steps in sessions.
Her therapy blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques. Conversations focus on identifying patterns, testing new behaviors, and building skills people can use between visits. She also sometimes offers creative exercises, such as simple art-based activities, to open new ways of thinking.
Cassandra often helps people facing grief, parenting strain, relationship challenges, and issues with self-esteem or codependency. She also supports people navigating bipolar mood concerns, career questions, and midlife transitions. She encourages clients to notice strengths they already have and to try manageable changes.
The aim in sessions is straightforward: listen, reflect, and plan next steps together. Cassandra believes people are the experts on their lives and describes her role as a guide while they work toward clearer goals and a stronger sense of direction.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person in front of the therapist. It means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the client set their own goals. This approach supports issues like grief, self-esteem, and finding life direction.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns and trying different behaviors or thought exercises. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. Cassandra treats therapy as a collaborative process and will work with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She may combine listening-based work, CBT exercises, and occasional creative tasks to meet a client's aims.
If you want online sessions, confirm the available formats before booking since formats are not listed here. Many people find remote sessions help them fit therapy around work, childcare, or travel. Online work can make it easier to do short check-ins, use written worksheets between visits, or try art-based exercises during a meeting, depending on the agreed format.
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Experience
23+ years
Credentials
Georgia, Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Cassandra work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, and codependency among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style mixes client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions focus on spotting patterns, testing new behaviors, and practical steps between visits.
What background does she bring to therapy?
She has 23 years of experience including work at a Children's Advocacy Center, an adolescent treatment facility, private practice, and a family counseling center.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in Georgia. She is also licensed to practice in Florida as noted in her background.
Does she work in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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