Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hello! My name is Samantha Whelan and I am an LPC currently licensed in Oklahoma, Alabama, and New Hampshire with 12 years of professional experience. I decided to take a sabbatical to raise my two children while continuing to keep up with professional development thru continuing education. During these years the ups and downs of everyday life with family, kids, and friends gave me more insight into personal life struggles than I could have acquired by only reading a textbook or sitting in my office. I consider it one of the greatest honors of my life to be able to help people who may be experiencing a personal, family, or relational challenge by providing support, practical feedback, skills-sets and tools that I have acquired in my many years of conducting group and individual psychotherapy sessions.
The majority of my professional counseling career was spent prior to the birth of my children. This period of intense focus on my development as a counselor provided me with the chance to develop the capacity to exhibit sympathy and accurate empathy when working with some of society’s most challenging circumstances. During this critical time of professional growth, I had the distinct honor to work with people struggling with the grip of addiction and mental health challenges. Because of the bio-psycho-social nature of the disease of addiction, I was challenged to become competent in addressing a myriad of my clients social, emotional, spiritual, physical, legal, familial, and financial issues caused by the trauma of unhealthy habits and poor decision making.
It was during these early years that I developed my own personal style of counseling and psychotherapy. This style of therapy is deeply rooted in the discipline of cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral theory, motivational interviewing, and client centered therapy . These styles allow both you and I to work together during our therapy sessions. I would also like to mention that I myself have been where you are. I have sought out counseling as well and as a counselor myself I had very high standards. I feel like this experience also gave me such great insight into what it felt like to be “on the other side of the desk” and I truly knew how it felt to be heard and validated and I hope that I can make my clients feel the same way.
It is my belief that most individuals fall somewhere along a continuum of change. Many times a person’s lack of awareness of where they might be placed on this continuum is a starting point for our counseling sessions. Change doesn’t happen overnight. But, my hope for you is that we can find out what you would like to improve and find out what types of behavior change need to happen in order for you to accomplish your personal growth goals in a safe, confidential setting. Always remember your agenda is my agenda.
I look forward to working with you!
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Samantha Whelan is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Oklahoma with 14 years of clinical experience. She maintains state licensure as a professional counselor in Alabama and Arizona and has continued professional development throughout her career.
She took a planned sabbatical to raise her two children while keeping up with continuing education, and she says the daily realities of family life deepened her understanding of the personal struggles people face beyond what textbooks can convey. That period reinforced her appreciation for practical, real-world approaches to growth and healing.
Throughout her career Samantha has worked extensively with individuals and groups, offering support to those navigating addiction and a range of mental health challenges. The bio-psycho-social complexity of addiction led her to address many interconnected issues – social, emotional, spiritual, physical, legal, familial, and financial – as part of comprehensive care.
Her therapeutic approach blends cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral theory, motivational interviewing, and client-centered methods. These evidence-informed styles help her collaborate with clients to build skills, receive practical feedback, and apply tools learned in sessions to daily life.
Samantha also draws on her own experience of having sought counseling, which gave her insight into what it feels like to be on the other side of the desk and the value of being heard and validated. She believes change occurs along a continuum, and that identifying where a person stands on that continuum is often a useful starting point. Change takes time, and her aim is to work with clients to clarify what they want to improve and which behavior changes will support their goals in a safe, confidential setting. She emphasizes that the client’s goals drive the work and looks forward to supporting people through their personal and relational challenges.
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