Samantha Houda, LCSW - Roseville, CA - Mental Health Counseling, Psychotherapy

Samantha Houda, LCSW

Mental Health Counseling, Psychotherapy
Sacramento, CA 95825 (3 other locations)
Virtual Visit Available
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.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. In the meantime, build their internal resources/strengths by teaching distress tolerance. I believe in the practice of mindfulness and offer resources for clients to use in between sessions along with other homework/activities. We will come up with a treatment plan with goals and objectives with homework/activities and check in on progress at each session.Two common
approaches I practice are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Solution-focused therapy.CBT helps clients increase their awareness of the trigger for their thinking patterns and the works to identify the impact that has on their beliefs, feelings of oneself/others, their behaviors and subsequently how this interfere's with their relationships/interpersonal experiences. We will practice various skills to help catch unhelpful thinking patterns and learn ways to correct that way of thinking and minimize distress. I also teach and guide meditations that can and are encouraged to be practiced in between sessions.Solution-focused therapy helps clients make changes by constructing solutions rather than focusing on problems. I find solution focused to be future-oriented approach for formulating, motivating, achieving, and sustaining desired behavioral change.I am a therapist at Octave, a behavioral health practice creating a new standard for mental health care that's both high-quality and accessible. To learn more about my availability, please reach out to our Client Experience team by emailing or calling.
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Quick Facts

  • accepting new patients
  • 5 insurances accepted
  • speaks English
  • 1 specialty
  • 4 locations

Locations

Samantha Houda has 4 locations

Octave - Virtual

Sacramento, CA 95825
Accepting New Patients

Octave - Virtual

Roseville, CA 95661
Accepting New Patients

Octave - Virtual

Sacramento, CA 95814
Accepting New Patients

Octave - Virtual

Sacramento, CA 95826
Accepting New Patients

Insurance Plans Accepted by Samantha Houda

  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • HealthNet
  • MHN
  • Out of Network with Insurances

Specialties

Samantha Houda has the following specialty

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