- Client-centered work
- Narrative approaches
- Trauma-focused support
About Samantha
Samantha Butler is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with four years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, self-esteem, and issues common to young adulthood such as feeling behind or unsure about next steps.
Samantha focuses on specific challenges like social anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, and post-traumatic stress. She also helps people who are questioning life purpose, dealing with family of origin problems, or managing chronic illness and disability. Parents who need practical support around the demands of raising children are within her stated focus.
Her practice draws on client-centered methods that center the person’s experience. Sessions are conversational and aim to clarify goals and find workable steps. Motivational interviewing techniques may be used when someone is weighing change or trying to build new habits.
Narrative ideas are part of the work too, helping people reframe stories that keep them stuck. Trauma-focused and psychodynamic approaches inform how Samantha attends to past events and recurring patterns that affect present life. She blends these methods rather than relying on a single model.
Samantha offers care in English and practices from New York as an NY LMHC. For people in early adulthood she aims to address practical pressures - jobs, schooling, money, relationships, and identity - with direct conversations and concrete strategies.
How Samantha’s approaches translate to online work
Samantha uses client-centered methods that focus on the person’s experience. This approach means sessions start with what matters most to the client and build goals from there. Motivational interviewing is used to clarify ambivalence and support people who are deciding to make changes; it is practical for getting through transitions like starting a job or changing routines.Narrative therapy helps people separate themselves from unhelpful stories they tell about their lives. That can be useful for young adults wrestling with identity, feeling behind, or repeating family patterns. Samantha draws on trauma-focused ideas when past events continue to cause distress, attending to safety and pacing while working through painful memories.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the early work. Samantha will collaborate with each person to figure out what methods fit their goals and preferences, adjust the plan over time, and use feedback from sessions to guide next steps.
The biography does not list which session formats are offered, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to keep appointments around school or work commitments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, self-esteem, and young adult issues such as life purpose and feeling stuck.
How would she approach therapy?
Her style is conversational and goal-focused, using client-centered methods alongside motivational interviewing and narrative techniques to find practical next steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of experience as a clinician working with the listed concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an NY LMHC and practices in New York.
Can people who don’t live in the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time; sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try a session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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