About Samantha
Samantha Reuther is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, mood concerns, and relationship or intimacy issues. She approaches sessions with straightforward support and aims to make it easier for someone to talk about what’s hard. Samantha encourages small, practical steps toward feeling better and more in control.
She keeps the room focused on the person's experience and priorities. Samantha uses client-centered listening so people feel heard, and mixes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Samantha works
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices are also part of how she helps people manage strong emotions and reduce impulsive reactions. Her work covers a wide set of concerns including trauma and abuse, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, process addictions such as gambling or problematic pornography use, and mood or personality disorders.
Samantha also supports people dealing with pregnancy and childbirth stress, first responder issues, veterans and armed forces concerns, and social anxiety or phobia. With ten years of experience as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - she draws on practical strategies and motivational interviewing to help clients find workable changes.
Sessions move at a pace the person sets, focusing on clear goals and tools to use between meetings. Samantha offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. She provides care through multiple formats and helps people figure out which options fit their daily life and responsibilities.
Samantha lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s goals. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them clarify what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and decide next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers specific skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive behaviors. Mindfulness practices are often woven into these approaches to help people stay grounded between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are made over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people have a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or other commitments while using tools and skills discussed in sessions.
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