Liza Samuel , LCSW

Liza Samuel , LCSW Liza Samuel, LCSW
Psychotherapist
đź’¬ Trauma & Grief Therapist
đź’Ş Helping you heal before you pass it on
đź’Ą Cycle breaker mom
🌴 Founder Azadi Therapy | Miami Beach

06/02/2026

Many successful people spend years functioning without ever slowing down long enough to understand how they actually feel.

The pressure stays hidden until something finally breaks.

Doing the inner work early changes everything.

06/01/2026

You’re exhausted.

All day you were fine. Busy. Focused. Getting things done.

Then your head hits the pillow…
and your mind turns on.

Replaying conversations.
Planning tomorrow.
Thinking about things you have been avoiding.

It feels like overthinking.

It’s actually delayed processing.

During the day, you are in go mode.
There is no space to feel everything.

So your system waits.

And at night, when things finally get quiet, it starts to unload.

Your body goes:
“Okay… now we can deal with this.”

So the thoughts come in.

Not because something is wrong with you.

Because something in you has not been fully felt yet.

There is also this:

Your brain is trying to protect you.

It runs through scenarios.
Rehearses conversations.
Prepares for what could go wrong.

It is not trying to torture you.

It is trying to keep you safe.

But thoughts are often a cover.

Underneath them is emotion.

Stress.
Fear.
Grief.
Uncertainty.

And at night, there is nothing to distract you from it.

So it gets louder.

The goal is not to shut your mind off.

It is to understand what it is trying to process.

Because once something is actually felt…
it does not have to keep looping.

Let me ask you this:

When your mind races at night…
what is it really trying not to feel?

05/31/2026

Many people spend years silently managing anxiety, depression, or emotional patterns alone.

You do not need to hit a breaking point before asking for support.

Struggling is already enough reason to deserve help.

05/30/2026

therapy should be your space to feel safe supported and fully yourself

if it isn’t it may be time to find a therapist who feels like the right fit

05/29/2026

Some sessions I want to cry. Some sessions I want to rage on your behalf. Sometimes I do curse. I'm very human too.

But more goes on inside.

Inside I am holding you so tight.

You're safe in this room. And I mean that in ways I will never say out loud.

We got you.

Would it feel comforting or uncomfortable to hear this?

05/28/2026

There are certain phrases that make me pay closer attention.

Not because you’re doing anything wrong.

Because they usually mean there’s more there.

“I’m fine”
Usually not fine

“It’s not a big deal”
It probably matters

“I don’t care”
You might care a lot

“I know this sounds stupid but…”
It’s usually important

“I should be over this by now”
You’re judging something that still needs attention

“That’s just how I am”
A pattern that feels fixed

“I don’t want to talk about it”
That’s often where we need to go

“I’m probably overreacting”
You’ve learned to question your own feelings

You’re not doing anything wrong when you say these.

You’re protecting something.

That’s what I’m listening for.

Do you think people can read you that easily?

05/27/2026

What therapy notes actually look like after you leave:

“Client demonstrated resistance”
You avoided the exact thing we needed to talk about

“Ambivalent about change”
You want different… but not enough yet

“Incongruent affect”
You were smiling while saying something painful

“Utilized humor as a defense”
You made a joke right when it got real

“Limited distress tolerance”
Big reaction, fast

“Insight improving”
You’re starting to see your patterns in real time

It sounds clinical.

It’s not.

It’s me tracking how you protect yourself, how you cope, and where things are starting to shift.

Nothing in your chart says “too much.”

It says human.

Which one do you catch yourself doing the most?

05/26/2026

Things therapists write… vs what’s actually happening:

“Client demonstrated resistance”
You don’t want to talk about it and I get why

“Ambivalent about treatment goals”
Part of you wants to change, part of you really doesn’t

“Engaged in intellectualization”
You’re explaining your feelings instead of feeling them

“Limited distress tolerance”
You keyed his car

“Client minimized symptoms”
“That’s just how I am” after describing something very not fine

“Incongruent affect”
You’re laughing while telling me something devastating

“Utilized humor as a defense mechanism”
You made a joke right when it got real

“Termination discussed”
You’re doing well and we talked about not needing me forever

Therapy notes sound clinical.

The work is human.
Does this surprise you… or did you already know?

05/25/2026

No one talks about how hard it is to be a therapist.

You sit with people's pain all day. Real pain. Brutal pain. Pain that sometimes has no solution.

And your entire job is to never make it about you.

You control your face. Your horror. Your own grief. Sometimes your bladder.

So the person in front of you can feel held.

Because pain doesn't need a solution. It needs a witness.

The loneliness of this work is something most people never see.

The heaviness is real.

I love this work. But that doesn't mean it's light.
Do you have a job where you hold a lot for other people?

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Miami Beach, FL
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Telephone

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Website

https://myazadi.com/

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