​Individual Therapy
As your therapist, I can support you in addressing what you feel is getting in the way of enjoying your life, staying connected in relationships, and your ability to honor yourself just as you are. In using a combination of relational, experiential, and body-centered approaches, we work together on goals that you want to address.  With the understanding that you are the expert on your life, I can help support you in awareness and change.  Concerns that are common in my practice include:
  • Anxiety
  • Panic Disorders
  • Trauma
  • Self-Esteem
  • Depression
  • Self-Awareness
  • Communication Concerns
  • Relationship Concerns
  • Life Transitions
  • Grief and Loss
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying who hears or what they think" -Rumi

Couples Therapy 
Couples work opens up an entirely new type of vulnerability.  There is the openness and willingness to share with one’s partner as well as sharing, trusting, and becoming honest with the therapist.  In relationships, we can get stuck.  We can argue over the same issues repetitively, yet never come to agreements.  We can continually get triggered by our partners. And, we can feel lost in relationship. Concerns that I commonly see in couples work include: 
  • Family Issues
  • Lack of Trust
  • Communication Concerns
  • Intimacy Concerns
  • Boredom
  • Disconnect
  • Repetitive Hurtful Patterns
  • Unfair Fighting
“We're all a little weird and life's a little weird. And when we find someone who's weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” -Dr. Seuss

Play Therapy
I am a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist and SPT Supervisor for children ages 2 and up and other Play Therapists. This research-based non-directive form of Play Therapy helps in the treatment of Behavioral Issues, Attachment Struggles, Foster/Adoption, Aggression, ADHD, Autism/Asperger's Continuum, Sensory Processing Disorder, Anxiety, Fears, Self-Esteem, Transitions, Depression, Grief and Loss and other states of a dysregulated nervous system.  Contact me directly and Check out the Synergetic Play Therapy website: http://synergeticplaytherapy.com/  and the Colorado Association of Play Therapy website http://www.coloradoapt.org/ to gain more insight into how Play Therapy works with kiddos.
"Play is the Highest Form of Research" - Albert Einstein 

"Sammy is focused on matching the child's emotion.  She is self-aware and self-secure which allows her to be open and vulnerable enough to feel what the child is feeling.  She listens and empathizes with the child and with the caregiver/parent so they (the child and caregiver) can strengthen their relationship and continue to grow and develop." -Anonymous Parent

EMDR
I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an effective treatment for trauma. EMDR allows me to support individuals who have experienced disturbing life events and both big and small traumas. EMDR allows the mind to reformulate negative events and beliefs so that new and different associations can begin to take place of old unmanageable thinking patterns. EMDR can also support performance enhancement, panic attacks, negative beliefs about oneself, addiction, and future concerns.  Check out the EMDR International Association’s website: http://www.emdria.org/ for research articles and more detailed information.
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us" -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Parenting Support
I offer parenting support for those who feel overwhelmed, exhausted, triggered, judged, and/or ineffective in their parenting style.  This time can be used as both therapeutic and educational depending on one’s goals.
"Everybody is a genius.  But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid" - Albert Einstein
"You, Yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection" -Buddha

Supervision for Therapists
I offer supervision for those therapists looking to complete their hours for licensure as well as therapists who'd like to hone in on their skills.  I am a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist Supervisor. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I am happy to supervise other therapists as well!

Distance Sessions
I am pleased to offer distance sessions for Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy, Parenting Support, and Parenting Groups.  Please contact me for further details.