Melani Samples
Marriage & Family Therapist -
Seeking help can be scary. Whether you have experienced on-going struggles, are in the midst of something new, or you have decided that you want to be proactive and make a change, therapy is a place that offers solace for many. I aim to guide my clients through various modalities and techniques to meet them where they are. It is my honor and privilege to be able to walk alongside you for this part of your journey. I enjoy working with children, adolescents, families, couples and individuals, and have worked extensively over the last 6 years with these populations to bring help, hope and healing.I offer a client-centered, empathic and humanistic approach to therapy. I enjoy utilizing a narrative approach to help you write the story you want to live. My belief is that connection and trust are the key to healthy relationships, and it is my goal to connect with each client and instill hope. I want to help you write a story you love for your life.I know what it takes to do the hard work; to put in the effort and create lasting change. I cant promise that everything will get better, or that life will suddenly be magical, but I can promise someone who deeply cares, who values your life and who desires to help you make the positive changes you want to make to live the life you want to live.
Skills and Expertise
Anxiety
Art
Attachment Issues
Adjustment to College
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adoption / Foster Care Issues
Blended Family Issues
Borderline Personality
Bullying
Child or Adolescent
Codependency
college age
Communication Problems
Coping Mechanisms
Couple Counseling
Couples therapy
Depression
Developmental Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Divorce
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Family Conflict
Family of Origin Issues
Fear
Fertility Issues
Forgiveness
grief
Guilt
Highly Sensitive Persons
Inadequacy
Individuation
Infertility
Learning Disablilities
Life Purpose
Loss
Loss or Grief
Marital Therapy
Marriage Couseling
Midlife Crisis
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Obsessions and Compulsions
Oppositional Defiance
pain
Panic
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Perfectionism
Personality Disorders
Postpartum Depression
pregnancy
Premarital Counseling
Psychosis
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Single Parenting Issues
Spirituality
Stress
teen
Teens
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Art Therapy
Child Parent Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Couple and Family Systems Therapy
DBT Informed Therapy
Developmental
Drama Therapy
Existential
Expressive Arts Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Family/Marital Therapy
Gestalt
Gottman Method
holistic health
Humanistic
Interpersonal
Marital Couple/ Family Communication Therapy
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Music Therapy
Narrative
Person Centered Therapy
Play Therapy
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
Relational Therapy
Rogerian
Sandtray Therapy
Self-Compassion
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Expressive Arts Therapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Telehealth-based
Therapy unique to each client
Trauma Focused Therapy
Writing
Modality
Children
Couples
Family
Group
Individuals