Samuel Staggs
Compassionate counselor helping clients build emotional mastery
LPCC Kentucky
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Grief, Career
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Samuel
Samuel Staggs is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Kentucky with twelve years of clinical experience. He earned a Master's degree in Professional Counseling and Human Development from Lindsey Wilson College and has worked in public, nonprofit, and independent practice settings.
Background and approach
Over his career he has engaged with people from varied backgrounds and communities, which informs a practice grounded in empathy and practical understanding. Samuel frames his role as a collaborator who helps clients build emotional mastery rather than rescuing them from their feelings.
He draws on an eclectic, strengths-based, trauma-informed stance and integrates approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
His focus includes relationship concerns, grief, career transitions, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting and sleeping difficulties, self-esteem and depression, LGBT issues, compassion fatigue, and related areas such as attachment, codependency, and communication problems. In sessions he emphasizes psychoeducation, coping skills, and growing self-reliance while offering nonjudgmental support and encouragement.
He partners with clients to work through present and past experiences, helping them develop autonomy, self-control, and a clearer sense of personal strengths and goals.
Evidence-Informed Methods for Online Support
Samuel commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered Therapy into online work. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thought patterns and building practical coping skills, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and the client’s own capacity for growth, supporting self-exploration and stronger self-reliance.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process, and Samuel works with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, preferences, and goals. He draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when appropriate to enhance motivation and set achievable objectives, adapting methods as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility in how people connect. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity across locations, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable, while still allowing therapists and licensed professionals to work together on practical strategies and personal growth.
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Experience
12+ years
Licensed
Kentucky
Languages
English