Samantha Kwasniuk
Hopeful, skills-focused counseling for everyday struggles
LPC Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 3 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Samantha
Samantha Kwasniuk is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania who draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to support people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She frames therapy around each person’s strengths and lived experience, helping clients identify patterns that maintain distress and build practical skills to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Samantha emphasizes empowerment and collaboration, viewing clients as active partners in setting goals and choosing strategies that fit their values and routines.
With three years of professional experience, she has worked with individuals coping with compassion fatigue, self-esteem concerns, panic and mood challenges, and the lasting effects of trauma and abuse. Her practice also addresses attachment dynamics, caregiver stress, communication and control struggles, guilt and shame, isolation, and workplace or women’s issues.
Samantha offers a supportive environment focused on gradual, meaningful change and helping clients move toward greater self-understanding and resilience.
Online approaches that combine skills and compassionate listening
Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and meeting people where they are, creating a space to explore feelings and personal goals while the therapist follows the client's lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaching concrete strategies to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, panic, mood concerns, and stress-related difficulties. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing the emotional impact of past trauma and developing coping tools to reduce reactivity and improve daily functioning.Determining the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each client to consider their needs, goals, and preferences and may blend elements from different modalities to form a tailored plan that feels practical and respectful of the client's pace.
Online sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling around work and caregiving responsibilities and make it possible to receive support from home. These formats allow ongoing skills practice and check-ins between sessions, helping clients integrate new strategies into their everyday routines while maintaining access to licensed professionals and therapists.
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English