About Samantha
Samantha Tatum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with nine years of experience. She focuses on making therapy approachable and practical for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, life transitions, and ADHD. She aims to help clients build motivation, self-esteem, and confidence in everyday life.
Samantha creates a calm, open space where people can talk about their thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions emphasize listening first, then working together to identify small, realistic changes.
Background and approach
She often addresses communication problems alongside emotional concerns to help everyday relationships run more smoothly. Her work draws on client-centered methods that keep the person's own goals at the center. She also uses elements from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and coping skills.
These approaches are used in plain language and with concrete tools clients can use between sessions. Samantha supports people dealing with addictions, career stress, parenting strain, LGBT-related concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, compassion fatigue, and relationship challenges. She approaches each issue with practical steps and ongoing feedback so clients can see what helps.
Taking the first step can feel hard. Samantha offers steady, respectful support while helping clients set achievable goals and track progress over time.
How Samantha’s approaches translate to online therapy
Samantha draws from client-centered therapy to keep each session focused on the person's goals and preferences. That approach means the therapist listens closely and adapts pacing and topics to what matters most to the client.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework that are easy to do between meetings and review on video or text. Dialectical behavior therapy provides practical emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills useful for anxiety, strong moods, and ADHD-related overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Samantha will work with the client to decide which methods feel most useful, then adjust as needs and goals evolve. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins when time is tight or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick reflections, brief coaching, or when clients want written notes to review later. Together these options help fit therapy into work, parenting, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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