Hello, I hold a Master of Social Work degree from Albany University in New York and have been practicing for over 10 years. Some of the best experience as a therapist have been working with teens, young adults, parents, and the queer community - sometimes these "population" overlap of course; I love working with people seeking to bring their various histories, and identities into cohesion.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Our first session will include touching on what is bringing to therapy, some with time for expansive narrative of what you are ready to share. I do not expect you to tell all the pieces in a first meeting; there needs to be some warm up to the deeper story of you, time to form connection before we go there. There will be time for unfolding as we continue to work together
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
In working with me, there will be spaciousness for you to share; I work to offer a space that is welcoming, a holding container for you to explore yourself with a guide, a witness. My aim is to seek out all your strengths and to help you decide how they are serving (or not) your current needs. I use metaphor and imagery to help shape and examine up close as well as with some distance your stories, your life. Humor to honor, to diffuse, and magnify the audacity of life will be in the room as well.
About Samantha Armer
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Eclectic
My skills/techniques are ever evolving to better serve my clients; this means that I regularly incorporate pieces from a number of studies including: mindfulness, body sense, intergenerational histories, feminist and queer modalities.
Gender-affirming therapy
Working with the total rainbow of sexuality and gender has been a special focus in my education, training, and experience. Together we will examine how cultural norms, misunderstandings, and fears impact your able to be authentic, to feel empowered in your connections.
Strength-Based
Everyone has strengths before they ever into working with me; my aim to encourage you to identify that ways you have been managing so that we can examine how those tools are working, and if you need more.
Feminist
There is no way to escape the socio-cultural impact of gender, stereotypes, expectations based on your biology that impact how you show up in the world, how you are seen in the world, and how you see yourself; this impacts everyone regardless of gender identity, gender expression, all humans.