Hi everyone, I'm Sam (they/she/he)

Hi, my name is Sam/Samantha (they/any)

I am a Latinx American citizen. I grew up mostly outside of DC in the Northern Virginia area, but I have spent time living in New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Colorado. Though I'm living in Ohio now, I still work online with therapy clients in Colorado. I lived in Boulder for 2 years and Denver for 6.  

I have enjoyed working at The Rainbow Circles for the last two years and I provide counseling to adults, teens, and people in committed relationships. I also offer group therapy. I received my Masters in Mental Health Counseling in 2021 from Naropa University, and I am officially licensed as an LPC in the state of Colorado. I am queer, genderfluid, have ADHD, and I love working with other queer, trans, and neurodivergent clients. I also carry a bicultural perspective as my mother’s family are immigrants from South America and my father’s family is white (Irish and French Canadian). 

I primarily take a Gestalt therapy approach, which means present moment awareness and a deep sense of respect for your experience are centerfold for me. However, I eclectically integrate EMDR and creative approaches, not to mention a social justice and relational lens. 

I do believe that if I can learn to love myself a little more, then I can support my clients to do the same. Therapy can be hard, because sometimes we are talking about difficult situations and processing trauma, but therapy can and should feel good sometimes. In therapy we can not only learn to tolerate difficult emotional experiences but we can also learn how to feel a little more comfortable in our own skin! Leaning into positive experiences of calmness, safety, and relatedness are often central to the work I do with clients.  

Outside of making the world a little more mindful, trauma-informed, and empathetic, I also enjoy spending time with my partner Alex (they/them), watching stand-up comedy, working on my never-to-be-finished novel, and dancing in my living room.