Samayra Tavakoli, LPC
Oklahoma · 13 years in practice
Samayra Tavakoli is an Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Oklahoma
- 11271 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1386002087 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Samayra
Samayra Tavakoli is an Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and low self-esteem. She encourages clients who are ready to do the work and try new ways of coping.
Sessions focus on practical steps and honest conversation to move toward clearer goals. Samayra builds a calm, nonjudgmental setting where feelings and worries can be talked through. She asks direct questions and uses simple exercises during sessions to sharpen awareness.
Background and approach
Clients are invited to practice skills between meetings to make steady progress. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to understand strong emotions and attachment patterns. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts, accept difficult feelings, and choose actions that match their values.
Samayra has a background teaching behavioral health science and brings that learning mindset into therapy. That means she explains techniques clearly and checks in on what is working. People who prefer a collaborative, active process tend to do well with her style.
She supports a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, parenting stress, eating and body image worries, career issues, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Her work is practical, straightforward, and focused on helping clients take the next step.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Samayra lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 Samayra names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How Samayra Uses Emotion and Action Online
Samayra combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with approaches that help people take concrete steps. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps identify and work with strong feelings and attachment patterns so people can change how they respond to emotional triggers. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches noticing thoughts and difficult feelings without getting stuck, then choosing actions that match personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on tracking thoughts and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Samayra will listen to your concerns, discuss goals, and recommend which methods to try first. She checks progress regularly and adjusts the plan with you, so the work stays relevant to your life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Text and chat are useful for short check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing helps you clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, relationship and family strain, eating and body image issues, parenting stress, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and active. She mixes emotion-focused work with practical exercises to build skills and clarify values.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 13 years of professional experience and also works as a behavioral health science professor.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Oklahoma.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is open to working with international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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