Samala Wallack, LPC, LMHC

Samala Wallack is a licensed counselor based in Florida who brings 10 years of clinical experience to her work with young adults, adults, and families from diverse backgrounds. She holds credentials as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), and she tailors care to fit each person's goals and life circumstances. Samala has supported people coping with anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, post-traumatic stress symptoms, bipolar disorder, and gender-related concerns, as well as a broad range of relationship and family challenges.

Her practice integrates evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing alongside mindfulness and artistic modalities, allowing for flexible approaches that address self-esteem, parenting and blended-family dynamics, communication problems, and stress related to caregiving or career transitions. She also works with issues like codependency, body image, forgiveness, and midlife questions, adapting interventions to a client's cultural background and personal values.

Samala earned an Educational Specialist degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, a Master of Science in Counseling from Wright State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Counseling Psychology with a minor in Correctional Science from Oakwood University. Her professional background includes work with the child welfare system, public vocational rehabilitation, in-home therapy, residential treatment, and outpatient settings. She approaches therapy as a partnership aimed at steady progress, one session at a time.