Samirah Alam, Therapist
Samirah Alam, LMFT, helps teens, young adults, and adults across California navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity, emotional balance, and resilience through compassionate, evidence-based therapy. As a Marriage & Family Therapist at LifeStance Health, she provides individual, couples, and family therapy for those experiencing anxiety, depression, and trauma-related concerns. Samirah creates a warm, collaborative environment where clients feel supported in building insight, strengthening coping skills, and making meaningful, lasting change. She supports individuals navigating court ordered treatment, offering a structured yet empathetic approach that promotes accountability while honoring each client’s unique circumstances. Samirah strives to reduce stigma and help clients feel empowered throughout the therapeutic process, supporting them in meeting requirements while also fostering genuine personal growth and emotional well-being. In her clinical work, Samirah focuses on anxiety, depression, and trauma, while also offering support for a range of additional concerns. She has experience working with teens and young adults, as well as individuals within the LGBTQ+ community and those with developmental disabilities. Her approach integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based techniques to help clients develop practical tools for managing distress, improving relationships, and enhancing overall functioning. Samirah provides a supportive space for adolescents and teens as they navigate school challenges, identity development, and life transitions, while also helping adults address stress, relationship concerns, and emotional health across different stages of life. Outside of her clinical work, Samirah enjoys crocheting, reading, playing video games, and spending quality time with friends and family.
Provider Introduction
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-64
- Individual Therapy: Ages 11-64
- Family Therapy: Ages 11-64
Areas of Focus
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- Career & work issues
- General relationship issues
- Marital stress or divorce
- Premarital counseling
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Gambling
- Gender identity
- Grief & loss
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other addictive behaviors
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- Pornography/sexual behaviors
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sexual trauma
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Video game/internet
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Empty nesters
- Parenthood
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- Sexual trauma
- Trauma & PTSD
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & work issues
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Eating issues: food deprivation
- Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gambling
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Intense mood changes
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other addictive behaviors
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- PMS & PMDD
- Pornography/sexual behaviors
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Video game/internet
Family Therapy
Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.
- Attachment issues
- Family conflict
- Social skills & communication
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Gambling
- Gender identity
- Grief & loss
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Other addictive behaviors
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- Pornography/sexual behaviors
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- School avoidance
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Sexual trauma
- Social injustice
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Video game/internet
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BC) (D)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Lakeside Medical (Regal Medical)
- Lucet (SCAN Health Plan)
- Magellan (D)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
Languages
- Bengali
- English
Education
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Pepperdine University
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Pepperdine Univeristy
New patient?
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Questions
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Samirah Alam. You can also call 925-282-1778 to have someone assist you.
Samirah Alam generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 925-282-1778 to find out Samirah Alam's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Samirah Alam:
- Aetna
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BC) (D)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Lakeside Medical (Regal Medical)
- Lucet (SCAN Health Plan)
- Magellan (D)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 925-282-1778 to see how we can help.
Samirah Alam is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Samirah Alam works at:
Yes, Samirah Alam does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Samirah Alam is currently offering in-office visits at the following location:
- English
- Bengali