About Samantha
Samantha Plumski is a licensed social worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and major life changes. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where someone can talk through difficult feelings and begin to make practical changes. Samantha uses a strengths-based, person-centered style that focuses on each person's needs and goals.
In sessions she listens closely and helps identify small, workable steps. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to notice unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices and DBT strategies are used when people need ways to regulate strong emotions and tolerate distress. Samantha also has experience with trauma-focused work and may use EMDR as one part of addressing traumatic memories when appropriate. Her approach balances short-term coping tools with attention to patterns that show up over time, like attachment or mood issues.
She tailors conversations and plans to fit each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. She holds licenses as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in North Dakota and Minnesota. Samantha aims to empower people to find clearer thinking, better emotion management, and more satisfying daily routines.
People meet with her to work on practical goals such as reducing panic symptoms, improving self-esteem, managing ADHD-related challenges, coping with grief, or navigating career stress. Sessions move at a pace set by the client, with attention to building skills and tracking progress.
How Samantha’s approaches work online
Samantha uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's priorities and strengths, helping people set goals and shape sessions around what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments to change behavior and mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and mindfulness techniques help when emotions feel overwhelming by teaching grounding, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation strategies.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Samantha will listen to a person’s story, discuss options, and collaborate on a plan that fits their needs and preferences. She adapts methods over time if something isn’t working and checks in regularly about progress and goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different situations. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text is useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around daily life and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- North Dakota, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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