Samantha Blackwell, LCSW, LISW
Ohio · 20 years in practice
Samantha Blackwell is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
License and registration
- LISW, Ohio
- I.1000111-SUPV · expires April 2028
- LCSW, Virginia
- 0904015800 · expires June 2027
- LCSW, Nevada
- 11209-C · expires May 2027
- LCSW, Arizona
- LCSW-21963 · expires November 2027
- LCSW, Oregon
- L14937 · expires June 2028
- NPI
- 1821277112 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Samantha
Samantha Blackwell is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports folks facing parenting pressures, career stress, ADHD, eating and body-image struggles, and compassion fatigue. Samantha brings 20 years of clinical experience to her work and practices in Ohio as an LCSW and an LISW.
Her sessions are direct and compassionate. She asks clear questions, listens closely, and helps people name what feels hard.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what matters to the person and practical steps they can try between meetings. Samantha draws on several approaches, including existential therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based work, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral techniques. She blends these to fit each person's goals rather than using a single method every time.
Her background includes long-term experience with trauma, grief, and complex life changes. She focuses on helping people rebuild emotional skills, improve communication, and find clearer values and direction. The aim is steady, usable progress rather than quick fixes.
Samantha emphasizes cultural responsiveness and respect for each person’s story. She works in English and provides services through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Existential therapy looks at what gives a person meaning and how they want to live. It helps when someone is facing big life questions, grief, or a loss of direction by encouraging honest reflection and value-based choices.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills for handling difficult thoughts and feelings while moving toward chosen goals. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by combining mindfulness with small behavior changes.
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional patterns. It is helpful for people wanting to improve intimacy, trust, or manage attachment-related struggles.
Samantha treats approach selection as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, test different techniques, and adapt methods to fit needs and preferences. Finding the right mix of approaches often unfolds over several sessions rather than in a single meeting.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or health-related routines while keeping momentum between meetings.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Samantha often address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career concerns, ADHD, eating and body-image struggles, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters to the client. She combines clear questions, active listening, and practical exercises to support change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and provides services in Ohio.
Which languages and international arrangements are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
More therapists in Ohio
See all
Timothy Schuerr
LISW
Helping people find meaning and practical change
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family
- Parenting
Haven Ohly
LISW
Compassionate, practical therapy for life’s hard moments
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship
Mary Van Hooser
LISW
Practical support for real-life struggles
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.
Contact us