Samantha Blackwell, LCSW, LISW

Therapist in Ohio

Samantha Blackwell is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of practice.

Licensed inOhio, Virginia, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon
LicenseI.1000111-SUPV, 0904015800, 11209-C, LCSW-21963, L14937
NPI 1821277112
Experience20+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Samantha

Samantha Blackwell is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of practice. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. She also supports clients facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career shifts, ADHD, and body-image or eating challenges.

Samantha uses an attachment-informed approach to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. She blends that with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and skills from dialectical behavior therapy.

Background and approach

Work in sessions is straightforward: identify what gets in the way, try small changes, and practice new ways of responding. Her style is warm and person-centered. Clients are invited to speak honestly about their goals and to move at a pace that feels right.

Samantha pays attention to identity and life context, offering care that recognizes each person’s background and needs. Over two decades she has guided people through major life changes, chronic stress, medical and caregiving challenges, and complicated losses. She helps clients develop coping skills for day-to-day life as well as strategies for longer-term growth.

Sessions focus on building emotional skills, improving communication, and reducing symptoms that interfere with daily functioning. Samantha combines listening with concrete exercises so people leave with clear next steps and things to practice between visits.

Credentials

LISW (Ohio): License I.1000111-SUPV · expires April 2028
LCSW (Virginia): License 0904015800 · expires June 2027
LCSW (Nevada): License 11209-C · expires May 2027
LCSW (Arizona): License LCSW-21963 · expires November 2027
LCSW (Oregon): License L14937 · expires June 2028
NPI: 1821277112 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Samantha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
LGBT
Relationship issues
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hearing impaired
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Samantha names

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Online support

Attachment-informed care and evidence-based skills online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and responding. It can help people understand patterns that affect intimacy, trust, and emotional safety. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes values-driven action and practical ways to accept hard feelings while moving toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about goals and preferences and then recommend approaches that fit. That collaborative process allows adjustments over time so techniques match what helps most in day-to-day life.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises that need visual cues. Phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers voice only. Live chat or messaging can be a brief check-in or a way to practice skills between longer sessions. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving, and other commitments.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does she address?

Samantha supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. She also works with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, eating and body-image concerns, and caregiving or chronic illness challenges.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her work is warm and person-centered with an attachment-informed focus. Sessions mix listening with practical exercises and skill practice to help clients try new ways of coping.

What is her professional background?

She brings twenty years of clinical experience supporting people through life transitions, trauma recovery, workplace stress, and identity-related concerns. That background shapes a steady, experienced approach to care.

Which credentials and region apply?

She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and practices in Ohio. These credentials indicate her licensure as a social worker in the listed state.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she offer?

Therapy is available by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled?

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