01 · Who Samuel works with

Samuel works with stress, Anxiety, anger management and self esteem

Samuel lists 5 specialisms and 13 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Samuel chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Samuel's own words

What Samuel says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

I am Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with 3 years of professional work experience with youth, adolescents, and adults in a community mental health setting serving at-risk youth and their families. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, anger management, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, & depression. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support and empower you in that journey. My approach to counseling is through the lens of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and incorporates aspects of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I've completed additional training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sandtray Therapy, and Attachment-Based Family Therapy, and I plan to continue pursuing certification in those modalities.

Samuel Gaspard, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Samuel works

The 3 approaches Samuel lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Samuel lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Samuel's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Samuel runs a session.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Samuel practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Samuel's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Samuel at this point.

2. Naming Samuel specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Samuel is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Samuel.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LPC

Licensed in

Texas

Licence

TX LPC 85106

Licence number

85106

Licence expires

30 Sep 2028

NPI

1114799913

Years in practice

4

Gender

Male

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

06 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Samuel's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

Maker Therapy is not BetterHelp, does not take bookings, and has not met Samuel. There are no reviews or ratings on this page because we have no way to verify one. If you start therapy through a link here, we may be paid a commission - it does not change your price and it does not affect who appears here or in what order.

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