- Client-centered
- CBT techniques
- Virginia LCSW
About Samantha
Samantha DeJesus is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia with three years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Samantha emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation.
Samantha prefers a straightforward, person-focused style. She shapes sessions around what a client needs and listens for practical steps that fit daily life. Conversations include exploring thoughts and feelings, testing small changes, and planning ways to cope between meetings.
Parents often come for help with confidence, motivation, and the strain that comes with caregiving. Samantha works to make parenting challenges clearer and more manageable through collaborative problem solving and skill practice. She also addresses deeper issues such as guilt, shame, loneliness, and questions about life purpose.
Her approach draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. That means she centers the person’s goals while using concrete techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Sessions are paced to what feels workable for each person.
Signing up begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability. Samantha explains next steps and helps create a plan people can try between sessions. This practical orientation aims to make therapy feel approachable and useful.
How Samantha’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, respect, and following the person’s lead. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort out priorities and values. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and practical parenting strategies.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Samantha will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and daily life. Together they set priorities, try techniques, and adjust plans when something does not fit.
The therapist's biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. These practical benefits can help people sustain steady progress while juggling work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Samantha helps people with stress, anxiety, parenting issues, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also works on guilt, shame, isolation, life purpose, and self-love.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a warm, person-focused style that centers a client's goals and preferences. Sessions mix listening with practical steps and skill practice to try between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of professional experience working in mental health settings. Her work has included supporting people with mood and anxiety concerns and parenting challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
The therapist holds an LCSW and is licensed in Virginia.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.