Samantha HoudaClinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW (she, her)
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
About
As a feedback-informed, goal-oriented therapist, I would use the cognitive behavioral skill of exploring thoughts and feelings and how those may shape unhealthy/unwanted beliefs about themselves or others. My initial approach is to create an open and comfortable atmosphere by using open ended questions, engaging, having the client share about what’s important in their lives, their culture, background, hobbies. From there, explore reasons for coming into therapy - longstanding struggles, more recent/situation, history of trauma, are we in a crisis and are there safety concerns. This helps gauge the treatment interventions. View 5 Photos I focus on building clients' internal resources by teaching distress tolerance and practicing mindfulness. We create a treatment plan with goals, objectives, and homework. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address thinking patterns and Solution-focused therapy to motivate and sustain behavioral change, emphasizing solutions over problems.
