About Samantha
Samantha Morrigan uses a mix of direct conversation, empathy, and occasional light humor to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and related concerns. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, and keeps sessions straightforward so people can focus on real change. Samantha invites people to come as they are and work at a pace that fits them.
She blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening and practical skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
How Samantha works
That means she pays attention to how relationships shape feelings, listens without judgment, and teaches concrete strategies for managing strong emotions and unhelpful thoughts. Motivational Interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure about change.
Samantha has four years of professional experience and has supported people with grief, relationship strain, body image and eating concerns, parenting stress, ADHD-related challenges, and sexual identity questions. She has worked with people connected to gaming, internet, and alternative culture communities and with those navigating medical weight management and body image shifts. Her approach is collaborative and practical.
Sessions typically include listening, gentle challenge, and skills practice tailored to a person’s life. Homework or small experiments are offered when useful to build momentum between appointments. People who are thinking about therapy can use the Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability.
Samantha practices in Vermont and conducts sessions in English.
Samantha lists 7 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Vermont |
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Online support options
How Samantha’s Approaches Inform Online Work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. In brief, it looks at patterns of closeness and loss to help people change how they relate and feel safer in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening without judgment and following the client’s lead, building trust and clarity through reflective conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific tools to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist works collaboratively to choose or blend methods based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions are paced together so the work fits daily life and feels manageable.
Session format details are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit regular sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people practice new skills in real-world settings and bring examples from their day into discussion. Licensed professionals adapt approaches so tools learned in sessions translate to everyday moments.
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