Jennifer D. Samsom, MA, NCC, MFT

Introduction: I work with individuals and couples (in diverse configurations and styles of commitment: married, partnered, same-sex, living together, living separately, monogamous, polyamorous, etc.). My specialities are applied mindfulness, parenting issues, gender issues, anxiety, internet addiction, sex addiction, reviving intimacy in relationships, infidelity, depression, life transitions, grief and relationships. I have three main approaches to therapy: 1. Mindfulness: is a particular state of mind or vulnerability that allows us to have reactions and responses without judgment or self-criticism so that we may study ourselves and understand why we do the things we do. 2. Somatic Experience: By acknowledging and listening to our somatic or bodily experience we can often access certain beliefs and memories that may not otherwise be accessible. 3. Experiential Techniques: are small experiments or exercises that we create together usually in session to evoke a certain response so that it can be studied to reveal beliefs we have about ourselves and our relationship to the world around us. Hakomi is an intricate therapeutic method of self-discovery which helps people transform their way of being in the world through working with core material and changing core beliefs. What I love most about my job is the privilege clients offer me to be a part of their lives and to play a significant role in very intimate processes that they experience. I care deeply for each of my clients. There is nothing about this job that is self-sacrificing, it fulfills me just as much as my work with clients fulfills them.