curriculum vitae

revised April 23rd, 2024

Samara is a graduate of the competitive University of North Texas’ psychology program receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and was awarded a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling⸺a CACREP-designated program⸺from Liberty University. She completed the statutory 3000-hour internship at Granbury Youth Services in Granbury, Texas at a compressed, full-time pace, strengthening her clinical application of psychoanalytical theory.

Her eclectic style is comprises SFBT, DBT, CBT, and Person-Centered modalities; embracing Positive Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral, and Holistic therapeutic philosophies with a condition focus on ADHD, anxiety, and depression.

Samara has held full licensure as a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) since 2018, with adjacent credentialing as an ADHD-Certified Clinical Service Provider (ADHD-CCSP), a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) clinician, and a Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (CIMHP). Samara is a Doctor of Philosophy student in Developmental Psychology at Liberty University beginning in Spring ‘24.

She maintains an active practice in Near Southside, Fort Worth, with a condition focus on anxiety, depression, ADHD, life events, and otherwise coming-of-age evolutions of juveniles and young adults. She has experience in various clinical settings spanning private practice, child advocacy, and juvenile rehabilitation.

As of January ‘24, Samara has counseled 7600 direct hours over eight years, including 50 hours of additional ADHD training.

Samara has successfully administered the Brown Executive Function Attention Scales test with clients reporting receiving academic accommodations for proper documentation of their diverse neurological disposition.

Samara is a graduate-level preceptor satisfying psychotherapeutic practicum observation and supervision, a prerequisite for nurse practitioner and counseling graduate students. She provides Texas LPC-Associate supervision for post-graduate clinicians from her private practice setting.

Between graduate studies and private practice, Samara lectures graduate-level courses for academic paths to licensure for Texas Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists (LMFT) and Texas Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) as a Professor of Counseling at The Kings University in Southlake, Texas; an accredited, private, non-profit institution.