Samantha Synett, LMSW, LCSW

Samantha Synett is a licensed social worker who brings a direct, collaborative style to therapy. She uses practical, goal-focused work and a warm, laid-back manner to help people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions. Samantha welcomes questions and encourages clients to take an active role in planning their care.

With seven years of clinical experience, Samantha combines talk therapy with coaching skills to support decision-making, boundary-setting, and self-compassion. Her background includes work with service members and Veterans, people facing serious illness, and college-aged clients. She focuses on helping people reclaim a sense of purpose after trauma or loss.

Samantha favors approaches that build skills and values-driven action. She regularly uses cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-informed work, and mindfulness practices to reduce symptoms and strengthen coping. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person’s goals.

People who meet with Samantha can expect straightforward feedback, practical tools, and encouragement to try new ways of handling old problems. She emphasizes self-advocacy and brings discussions of identity and life circumstances into the work as needed. That includes attention to race, inclusion, and equitable care.

Her style blends clinical care and coaching: structured steps to address symptoms alongside ongoing support for life changes, career questions, and relationship concerns. Prospective clients are invited to ask questions and prepare goals so sessions can start producing useful changes quickly.

How Samantha’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small steps toward those values. It helps with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress and teaches practical skills to change them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build healthier connection and boundaries.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn which online formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, shorten commute time, and allow for brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use mindfulness and CBT exercises in real-world settings and practice new skills between appointments.