Sam works with children and adolescents while fostering a supportive and trusting space. She has experience working with youth with neurodevelopmental disorders, anxiety disorders, traumatic brain injuries, and developmental delays as a school social worker, as well as child welfare services. Sam is passionate about creating a safe and comfortable environment for youth experiencing emotional, behavioral, communication, and/or academic difficulties. She deeply values working from a strength based perspective to cultivate growth across environments by bringing evidence based approaches and interventions to her work. Sam incorporates a variety of approaches to help children and adolescents build healthy habits to navigate life experiences with both confidence and resilience by including mindfulness strategies, attachment theories, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and play based therapy.