A B O U T S A M

hi,

I’m Sam

I work with people who have noticed something in their emotional life or relationships isn’t feeling comfortable, sustainable, or how they want it to be.

I’m not a blank slate therapist.

I show up as a real person.

In the therapy room, you’ll get a sense of my personality and how I conceptualize your care and experiences as we work together. I will join you in curiosity about your internal experience and the meaning you’re making, while holding boundaries that help the relationship feel steady, clear, and safe enough for depth.

I view clients as collaborators in their care, which means I'll follow your lead, while taking the responsibility of reflecting, challenging, and stretching the exploration when appropriate.

T R A I N I N G & E X P E R I E N C E

My work integrates an attachment framework, IFS-informed perspectives, psychodynamic techniques, and EMDR. When appropriate I also integrate principles of CBT and DBT skill building approaches.

While building my full-time private practice, I also provided care in a trauma-focused IOP/PHP program supporting adults, couples, and families navigating complex trauma, relational injury, and crisis.

I continue to consult, train, and remain supported in supervision and mentorship, as this work ethically calls upon me to stay engaged in my own invaluable growth and accountability.

M Y P H I L O S O P H Y

Our sense of who we are is shaped through relationships with others.

Many of us are responding to today's relationships with yesterday's emotional alarm systems.

The ways we learned to communicate, seek connection, and stay emotionally safe once served an important purpose. Therapy gives us the opportunity to understand those patterns and ask together: Are they still serving the life I want to live today?

I don’t see these patterns as flaws. I see them as information. I see them as adaptations that deserve to be understood before they're asked to change. Therapy is a place to slow down, get curious about what these adaptations are actually protecting, and begin responding from choice rather than from a nervous system that's still anticipating yesterday's dangers.

To sit with someone is to trust that they don't need to be rushed toward change.

They need someone willing to remain steady while they find their own way there.

M Y A P P R O A C H

attachment-focused

taking a closer look at where these patterns may be historically rooted, how they helped you adapt and stay safe in the past, and what becomes possible when we bring them into the present with more awareness and choice.

relational

I believe real change happens through honest attunement within a therapeutic relationship where you don’t have to manage yourself (or your timeframe) to belong.

collaborative

You set the pace. I hold the space and take responsibility for challenging and stretching the exploration when appropriate.