Samantha Lankford Houda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
Carlsbad, CA 92010
Let's Connect (760) 257-2145
Accepting NEW clients. Welcome to CORE Purpose Therapy. CORE stands for Courage, Optimism, Resilience & Empowerment. The therapeutic experience is a journey and starts by building a foundation of trust allowing you to feel safe to begin processing and healing. By seeking therapy, you will be tapping into your inner strengths, developing your potential and strengthening resilience. Whether you are struggling with phase of life challenges, relationship concerns, divorce recovery, health challenges, scapegoat abuse, heal from past trauma, or coping with grief and loss, I will help you to explore a resolution.
Taking an individualized approach, I integrate therapeutic approaches to address the issues you seek support. Utilizing Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy along with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Prolonged Exposure techniques to help improve tolerance to distress and recover from trauma.
Having a range of experiences with international and local social work, I am able to adjust my expertise to my clients needs. I enjoy working with a variety of people from all different backgrounds and look forward to being your provider
Call or Email Samantha Lankford Houda now for a free 15 minute consultation - (760) 257-2145
Let's Connect (760) 257-2145
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $175
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Optum
- Oscar Health
- Quest Behavioral Health
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
Samantha Lankford Houda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (760) 257-2145
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / 64860 Samantha Lankford Houda
- In Practice for 16 years
- Attended San Diego State University School Of Social Work, Masters of Social Work, Graduated 2009
- Certificate from University of Pennsylvania Prolonged Exposure / 2021
- Certificate from EMDR EMDR / 2015
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Samantha Lankford Houda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (760) 257-2145
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Anxiety
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Anger Management
- autoimmune, covid stress
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Image
- Cancer
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Dual Diagnosis
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Peer Relationships
- Self Esteem
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Veterans
- vicarious trauma, health care provider stress
- Women's Issues
Samantha Lankford Houda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (760) 257-2145
Client Focus
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals
Communities
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Queer Allied
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals
Communities
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Queer Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Samantha Lankford Houda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (760) 257-2145
Location
Nearby Areas
Samantha Lankford Houda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Call for a free consultation now - (760) 257-2145