Samantha Hughes, LPC

Samantha Hughes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, eating and body image concerns, depression, and life transitions including midlife crisis. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, self-esteem struggles, career questions, and issues like abandonment, codependency, and feelings of emptiness.

Samantha uses a goal-focused approach that keeps the client in charge. She and the client set clear, achievable goals and track progress together. Sessions focus on understanding what led to current struggles and making practical steps toward change.

Her style is warm and attentive. Samantha describes her work as walking beside people during growth and self-discovery. She pays attention to strengths and helps clients notice the resources they already have to face challenges.

In sessions she blends talking, guided reflection, and practical exercises. She may draw on narrative techniques to reframe experiences, mindfulness skills to manage stress, and motivational strategies to keep progress moving. Hypnotherapy is also listed among her approaches and may be used when appropriate.

Clients can expect an encouraging atmosphere that emphasizes respect and unconditional positive regard. Samantha aims to make therapy a place for honest reflection, problem solving, and steady growth. The overall pace is guided by each person’s goals and comfort level.

Approaches that translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and following the client’s lead to build understanding and trust; it can help with anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions by centering the client’s experience. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and manage difficult thoughts and feelings, which is useful for anxiety, grief, and low mood. Narrative Therapy invites people to tell and reframe the stories they live by, helping with issues like identity, life purpose, codependency, and feelings of emptiness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Samantha will discuss these methods with each person and collaboratively decide what fits best based on goals and preferences. She uses a mix of approaches rather than a single method, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Her online practice includes live sessions and ongoing asynchronous messaging during the week, but confirm current session options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and keep momentum between sessions through written messages. These formats let people continue therapy from different locations and maintain steady work toward goals without changing their daily routine.