- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Samantha
Samantha Dunn, LCSW, focuses on helping parents who feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or disconnected. She meets people where they are and offers practical strategies for stress, anxiety, parenting demands, and the mental load of daily life. Her approach feels direct and approachable.
Sessions are a place to sort through what’s under the surface and find small, useful changes that fit a busy schedule. She uses clear tools to help with anxiety, sleep struggles, low self-esteem, and mood shifts.
Background and approach
Samantha draws on client-centered work to keep conversations focused on each person's priorities. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to break unhelpful thinking and build routines that stick. Mindfulness practices are introduced in short, doable ways for calmer moments during the day.
With nine years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina, she blends practical coaching with therapeutic care. Samantha pays attention to attachment patterns, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, and family-of-origin issues when they show up in sessions. Clients also bring worries about trauma, postpartum depression, grief, impulsivity, and social anxiety.
Samantha helps people learn tools for coping, improve relationships, and make room for personal needs alongside parenting roles. Her style is warm, validating, and focused on realistic steps people can use between sessions.
What Samantha works with
Everything Samantha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Samantha helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Samantha lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Samantha’s approaches translate to online care
Samantha commonly uses client-centered therapy to guide conversations around what matters most to each person, helping shape goals and priorities in a collaborative way. This approach centers the client's experience and helps identify practical next steps for parenting stress or life transitions.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test small behavior changes. CBT is often useful for anxiety, sleep difficulties, and mood shifts because it focuses on clear, measurable techniques to try between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Samantha works together with clients to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and day-to-day rhythms. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and as priorities change.
Online work can make regular care easier to fit in. Video calls let people keep face-to-face conversation without travel, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for short check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options aim to increase flexibility so people can practice tools where they live and manage parenting demands alongside therapy.
Questions people ask about Samantha
What concerns does she help with?
Samantha supports people facing stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, sleep problems, grief, anger, depression, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a warm, nonjudgmental, and validating style with a focus on practical changes you can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working as a clinician and bringing together coaching-minded strategies with therapy.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is licensed as an LCSW in North Carolina and practices under that credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible scheduling and check-ins.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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