Samantha Blackwell, LCSW, LISW

Ohio · 20 years in practice

Samantha Blackwell is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy-related 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 clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also supports issues such as eating struggles, parenting stress, career questions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to identity and LGBT matters. She practices from a calm, affirming stance and focuses on helping people feel understood and less overwhelmed.

Samantha keeps sessions(person-centered) grounded and practical. She listens for patterns in how emotions and actions link together.

Background and approach

Then she helps people try small, manageable changes and practice skills between sessions. Conversations are steady and straightforward so people can use what they learn in daily life. Her work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to clarify feelings in close relationships and Attachment-Based Therapy to look at connection patterns.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and build values-based action. These approaches are used in simple, goal-oriented ways that fit each person’s needs. With 20 years of practice as an LCSW and LISW, Samantha brings long experience supporting people through life changes, chronic stress, and grief.

She aims to help clients strengthen self-understanding and emotional skills. Sessions move at a pace chosen together so progress feels realistic. Samantha works from Ohio and conducts therapy in English.

She offers a respectful, nonjudgmental space for people ready to address painful memories, improve relationships, or develop better coping strategies.

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

How emotional and acceptance-focused approaches work online

Samantha uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and name core feelings that shape close relationships. EFT can make it easier to see attachment patterns and shift how someone responds in emotional moments. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which teaches people to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck and to take actions that match their values.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Samantha will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then recommend strategies and practices to try. Together they check whether a method feels useful and adjust the plan as work progresses.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or mobility is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, coaching-style work, or support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this therapist address?

Samantha supports a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, bipolar, and career or life-change challenges.

What is Samantha's therapeutic style like?

Her style is person-centered and straightforward. Sessions focus on listening, naming feelings, and practicing small changes that fit daily life.

What experience does she bring to sessions?

She has 20 years of clinical experience working with complex emotional issues, life transitions, and identity-related concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and is based in Ohio.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled?

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