Meet

Dr. Samora

Your Liberation Coach

Creating spaces where self-discovery, empowerment, and transformation unfold with intention.

I lead transformative workshops, retreats, and coaching experiences designed to nurture identity exploration, embodied liberation, and authentic, purposeful living.

I’m Samora Covington, PsyD — a liberation psychologist, tenured college professor, and restorative practitioner. I am the founder of Liberated Radiance Restorative Healing Services, where I design and facilitate learning and healing experiences for Black women and people of the global majority.

I hold a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and have spent 10+ years in my career working at the intersection of mental health, education, and restorative practice. As a Psychology Professor, my work centers the psychology of human relations, trauma-informed care, cultural responsiveness, and collective wellbeing.

Through Liberated Radiance, I lead workshops, retreats, circles, and coaching experiences that support self-understanding, emotional regulation, leadership development, and sustainable wellbeing.

Whether you’re seeking personal growth, collective healing, or professional renewal, my goal is to create spaces where people can reconnect with themselves and move forward with intention.

My approach is grounded in liberation psychology and restorative practices and integrates expressive arts and somatic techniques as tools for reflection and growth. These methods allow individuals and groups to explore identity, values, and lived experience in ways that are culturally affirming and trauma-responsive.

For many, life has become a cycle of survival—navigating daily stressors, carrying the weight of expectations, hurting from past wounds, and pushing forward despite exhaustion. Much of my work supports people navigating leadership, caregiving, and high-responsibility roles who feel depleted, disconnected, or pressured to constantly perform competence. I help individuals and organizations move from burnout and survival toward clarity, alignment, and fulfillment.

Foundation of Care

Liberation Psychology

My work is grounded in liberation psychology, a framework that understands wellbeing as deeply connected to social, cultural, and historical context. Rather than pathologizing distress, this approach honors the ways people adapt and survive within the systems that shape their lives. In practice, this means creating space to examine internal narratives alongside external realities—supporting clients in reconnecting with agency, self-trust, and possibility. Healing here is not about fixing what is “wrong,” but about reclaiming what has been constrained or fragmented and moving toward lives marked by alignment, dignity, and choice.

Expressive & Creative Arts

Expressive arts are central to how I support reflection, insight, and integration in my work. These practices invite exploration beyond words alone, using movement, writing, collage, and creative play as pathways to self-understanding. Rather than focusing on artistic outcome or performance, expressive arts create space for embodiment, emotional truth, and curiosity. This approach allows individuals and groups to access wisdom held in the body and imagination, supporting meaning-making, regulation, and transformation in ways that feel accessible and deeply affirming.

Restorative Practices

Restorative practices guide how I hold space, build relationships, and support individual and collective healing. Grounded in values of connection, accountability, and shared humanity, this framework centers listening, presence, and mutual respect as foundations for growth. In my work, restorative practices shape environments where people feel seen, valued, and safe enough to engage honestly. This approach supports repair, belonging, and sustainable change, recognizing that healing often unfolds in relationship through dialogue, reflection, and intentional care.