L Samantha Armer

These are extraordinary times, and each of us faces what is in front of us differently; my work is to meet you as an individual who is balancing multitudes and support you in your journey. Graduating more than a decade ago with an from University of Albany's School of Social Welfare; earlier graduate work was concentrating in Marriage and Family Therapy. Additionally I spent over ten years working as a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth educator, which has offered me a unique background for working with families, particularly birthing individuals.

LGBTQ populations, alternative family structures (specifically poly arrangements), kink, sexuality, gender identity, grief, and trauma. Adolescents are a population that I fully enjoy working with; on the flip side, working with parents to support them as they manage all of their identity roles is also an area that I find very fulfilling to support.

Working from family systems perspective that is informed by feminist & queer theory and cultural humility, I like to work from holistic perspective, paying attention to the whole of your identity. My goal is form a collaborative relationship to increase self-awareness, recognize strengths, and create achievable goals.

I regularly take trainings, participate in peer supervision, and read materials to deepen knowledge, to learn new frameworks in order to meet my clients more effectively.

Working from family systems perspective that is informed by feminist & queer theory and cultural humility, I like to work from holistic perspective, paying attention to the whole of your identity. My goal is form a collaborative relationship to increase self-awareness, recognize strengths, and create achievable goals.

My work with client is collaborative and compassionate. You are the expert about you, I trust your self-knowledge and your strength. Humor, empathy, and metaphors are sprinkled throughout our work together.

We develop your goals in a partnership, we adapt and adjust them over time, even session to session. My hope is that at the end of every session you feel seen, heard, and supported by the engagement we co-create.