- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Samantha
Samantha Schwartz is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and parenting concerns. She works with individuals who feel overwhelmed by life changes, grief, or relationship strain. Her approach is straightforward and focused on what will help in day-to-day life.
Samantha uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen carefully and follow the client’s pace. She blends that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and try practical behavior changes.
Background and approach
Together these approaches aim to reduce distress and build coping skills that work at home and at work. Clients often come for help with panic, depression, or struggles tied to family of origin and attachment. She also supports people facing divorce or separation, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and substance or process addictions.
Conversations tend to focus on clear steps and small experiments clients can try between sessions. Samantha emphasizes collaboration. She helps people set goals, try new coping tools, and adjust plans based on what actually helps.
Sessions balance careful listening with skill-building so progress feels useful day to day. Based in Florida, she draws on two decades of practice to offer steady support and practical strategies. Samantha aims to help people reconnect with values, reduce shame and guilt, and regain a sense of purpose and control.
What Samantha works with
Everything Samantha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Samantha helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Samantha lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Client-centered and CBT approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on careful listening and following the client’s lead. It’s about being heard, naming what matters, and building goals together, which can help with parenting stress, grief, and relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems stuck. Samantha uses CBT techniques to help people test new behaviors, reduce anxiety and panic, and try small changes between sessions to see what works.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Samantha works collaboratively to match methods to each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time based on what helps most in real life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let most people replicate an in-person session, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to do on a short break, live chat is useful for real-time check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief updates or homework between visits. These options make it easier to fit consistent work on stress, parenting, and recovery into a busy schedule.
Questions people ask about Samantha
What concerns does she commonly address?
Samantha works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, grief, parenting concerns, and depression. She also addresses related topics like attachment issues, communication problems, and workplace stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She listens closely, follows the client’s lead, and introduces practical tools to change thinking and behavior.
How much experience does she have?
She has twenty years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns. That experience informs practical strategies and real-world suggestions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Florida LCSW credential and practices in Florida. The credential listed is LCSW and the license is FL LCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for online sessions?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Those options allow flexibility depending on schedule and communication preference.
How are sessions billed or paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific rates depend on the matching and chosen plan.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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