Cassandra Sams, LMHC, LPC

Cassandra Sams is a licensed counselor with 23 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, young adults, and their families through a wide range of life challenges. She holds the credentials LMHC and LPC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor - and has completed a Specialist in Education degree from Georgia State University. Her clinical background includes work at a Children's Advocacy Center, an adolescent treatment facility, a family counseling center, and several years in private practice, giving her a broad perspective on developmental, relational, and trauma-related issues.

Cassandra has helped people manage anxiety and depression, self-injurious behaviors, low self-esteem, codependency, sexual trauma, and relationship struggles among couples and family members. Her approach draws on cognitive-behavioral methods alongside reality therapy and humanistic principles, and she often incorporates creative techniques such as art-based activities to invite new ways of thinking about difficult problems. Cassandra emphasizes listening and creating a safe space where clients can feel heard while they explore change.

She views clients as the experts on their own lives and approaches therapy as a collaborative journey. As a guide and witness to each person’s resilience, Cassandra supports clients in identifying strengths, developing coping strategies, and moving toward greater wholeness and purpose.