Samantha Synett, LMSW, LCSW

LMSW, LCSW social worker in Michigan with seven years of clinical experience, Samantha Synett focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship and family concerns. She works with adults and combines structured therapy with practical coaching techniques to address coping, boundaries, and life transitions.

Samantha uses straightforward, goal-focused sessions. She helps people with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those managing chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image concerns, and work or career stresses. Her background includes helping people affected by cancer and those facing difficult life changes.

In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors that keep someone stuck. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches to look at how early relationships and present needs shape current patterns. Mindfulness practices are woven in to help with stress regulation and noticing unhelpful habits.

Samantha describes her style as direct, collaborative, and practical. She encourages questions and helps people set concrete goals and accountability steps. That coaching element is used to build decision-making skills, boundaries, and self-advocacy in daily life.

Her practice emphasizes attention to identity and background alongside symptoms. Topics that may come up include family of origin issues, communication problems, forgiveness, codependency, commitment concerns, and coping after loss. She works in English and sees adults seeking to handle problems at home, at work, or in relationships.

How Samantha integrates therapy approaches in online sessions