About Samantha
Samantha DeJesus is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Virginia. She has three years of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and issues around parenting and self-esteem. Samantha aims to meet people where they are and build practical next steps together.
Samantha focuses on plain, respectful conversation rather than jargon. She adapts sessions to each person's needs and works with clients to set realistic goals. Typical sessions look at current struggles, skills to manage feelings, and small behavior changes that make daily life easier.
How Samantha works
Her background includes work supporting people through low motivation, feelings of guilt or shame, and loneliness. She also helps clients consider life purpose and strengthen self-love. Those topics often show up alongside stress or mood concerns.
Samantha uses client-centered techniques to shape the conversation around the person's experience. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new habits. The mix is practical and conversational rather than overly technical.
People who reach out can expect a calm, nonjudgmental tone and a focus on useful tools. Samantha emphasizes small, measurable steps and checks in about progress. She encourages anyone taking the first step to give themselves credit for starting the work.
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What Samantha works with
The areas below are the ones Samantha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How Samantha’s approaches work online
Samantha uses client-centered therapy to keep the session focused on the person's experience and priorities. This approach means the therapist listens closely, follows your concerns, and helps you find your own solutions to stress, parenting strain, and self-worth questions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is also part of her practice. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical experiments and skills to reduce anxiety and low mood. It is useful for day-to-day coping and testing small changes that make life easier.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Samantha will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will adjust methods over time. Together you decide which techniques fit best for the issues you bring and the pace that feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets you have face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports gradual reflection over time. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using client-centered and CBT work effectively.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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