Samantha Plumski

Samantha Plumski is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and big life changes. She has 13 years of experience and brings a calm, straightforward approach to sessions. She aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to find practical steps forward.

She uses a strengths-based, person-centered way of working. That means conversations focus on the client's own goals and abilities. Samantha listens closely and adapts the plan to what each person needs. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every session.

Samantha draws on several therapy methods to support recovery from trauma and to build everyday coping skills. She blends Trauma-Focused Therapy with client-centered conversations and tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. When appropriate, she also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to address traumatic memories.

People can expect practical strategies and skills to manage mood, anxiety, and stress. Samantha helps with grief, parenting strain, relationship concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and challenges linked to aging, chronic illness, or caregiving. She pays attention to attachment, self-esteem, and social anxiety too.

Samantha practices in North Dakota and holds both LCSW and LICSW credentials. Sessions are offered in English. She works together with each person to match techniques to their goals and rhythm of life.

How Samantha uses therapy methods online

Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process and move forward from traumatic events by focusing on the memories and reactions that cause distress. Work often includes paced conversations and skills to reduce overwhelming reactions. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, with the therapist listening closely and following the client’s lead to set goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used for anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That may mean combining approaches over time and checking in about what is working and what isn’t.

Confirm the current session options before booking to know the exact formats offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or offering an option that doesn’t require being on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and coping tools to how someone prefers to work, so therapy can fit everyday schedules and challenges.