Meet the Team
Compassionate care rooted in clinical excellence and faith.
Providence Counseling and Consulting LLC is a husband-and-wife counseling practice serving Oklahoma through secure telehealth sessions. Both James and Samantha Garner are Licensed Professional Counselors in Oklahoma, providing individual, couples, and family counseling with a focus on anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma, and life transitions.
Married since 2011, we are grateful to be raising our two children, our adopted son and our daughter. Our own experiences as a family have deepened our appreciation for the joys and challenges that life can bring and have strengthened our commitment to serving others with empathy and understanding.
Having both been raised in the church, our Christian faith continues to shape our lives and our approach to counseling. Whether clients are seeking counseling from a biblical perspective or simply looking for compassionate, evidence-based care, our desire is to provide exceptional care where lasting growth and healing can take place.
Licensed Professional Counselor
James Garner
LPC-S · National Certified Counselor
James is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor with a Master's degree in Counseling from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master's degree in Theological Studies from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His education in both counseling and theology has equipped him to thoughtfully integrate evidence-based counseling with a biblical worldview.
He works with adults and couples from a variety of backgrounds who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, life transitions, and questions of purpose or faith. He also enjoys helping individuals strengthen communication, resolve conflict, and build healthier relationships.
James's counseling approach is collaborative, solution-focused, and tailored to each client's unique goals and strengths. His goal is to create a welcoming, nonjudgmental environment where clients feel safe to be honest, ask difficult questions, and pursue healing with confidence and hope.
Outside the counseling office, James continues to grow as both a counselor and theologian through ongoing study, reading, and professional development.
Licensed Professional Counselor
Samantha Garner
LPC
Samantha is a Licensed Professional Counselor with nearly a decade of experience serving children and families as a school-based therapist. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Master of Science in Counseling from Oklahoma State University.
Throughout her career, she has worked with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, behavioral concerns, ADHD, self-esteem challenges, foster care transitions, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and a variety of other mental health concerns. Her approach is developmentally appropriate, individualized, and focused on creating a safe environment where children and adolescents feel understood, supported, and empowered to grow.
Samantha believes children experience the greatest success when families are part of the therapeutic process. Whenever appropriate, she partners with parents and caregivers to strengthen communication, build healthy coping skills, and create supportive environments that foster lasting growth at home and at school.
She also has a special passion for supporting women as they navigate the joys and challenges of motherhood, including changing responsibilities, family demands, and difficult seasons of life.