Work With Samuel

Behavioral Coach

Samuel Mays, Behavioral Coach

Bio:
I aim to enhance the lives of the individuals that I serve, beginning with a trauma informed perspective. I have compiled a volume of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults with a vast variety of backgrounds, challenges, and life goals. Focusing on building therapeutic rapport, I strive to cultivate safe space that encourages honest transparency and facilitates a pragmatic approach to problem solving. I welcome learning new stories and empowering each person to draw on their resilience in order to realize the value they contribute while striving to achieve success as defined by them.

What is a Behavior Coach?
A Behavior Coach works with individuals to identify, target, and eliminate disruptive and/or inhibiting behaviors and replace those behaviors with prosocial behaviors and actions. Some of the challenges and related disorders that a behavior coach can aid individuals with are depression, anxiety, high functioning autism, ADHD, OCD and other related disorders disorders. A behavior coach overall teaches and makes suggestions to help individuals (and families) make positive changes.

Education | Certificates | Training
CPR & First-Aid Instructor 2019: Health and Safety Institute
Adverse Childhood Experiences trainer 2020: AZ ACES Consortium
Thrive Resiliency for Teens trainer 2020
Empowering Breakthrough Stewards of Children 2016: Child sexual abuse prevention
Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections 2003: Certificate of Completion – Pre-Service Training Academy
Greater Phoenix Child Abuse Prevention Council 2002: Bullying Prevention / Student Empowerment Facilitator Training
Arizona Department of Corrections 1998: Certificate of Completion – Correctional Officer Training Academy
Rio Salado Community College 1998: Correctional Studies Certificate of Completion

Currently: I am offering in-person sessions (with COVID precautions being implemented) and tele-therapy. I am seeing Individuals Ages 10+

Have questions or want to schedule a time to talk? let us know by filling out the form below.

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What issues would you like to work on?

Do you currently or have you ever suffered from an eating disorder?

Have you ever been admitted to the psych hospital?

Would you prefer in person or virtual?

Do you have a preference regarding a female or male therapist?

Do you currently or have you ever had an addiction problem?

What career or profession are you in?

Are you specifically seeking an African American therapist?

Are you specifically looking for an EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing therapist?

It is required that you are physically in Arizona when session occur virtually, do you reside in Arizona?

If you are looking for family or couples therapy. Please answer the questions above about your partner in this section.

If you are a parent looking for a therapist for your child, please place your name here.

If you have Cigna, do you have Cigna Medicare?

If you do not have Aetna, BCBS, or Cigna/Evernorth there are self pay options: Self pay prices are based on which therapist you see and range from $100- 200 per session. Protocol calls for at least two sessions a month in order for progress to be made. What does your budget for therapy look like?

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Working with Ashlea has been life changing. I came in broken, lost, and riddled with PTSD. She showed me a new way to live life. I am now happy, joyous, and free. All thanks to her.

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