Samantha Chaplin, LCSW, LICSW

Samantha Chaplin is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Sessions are calm and respectful, aimed at finding what works for each person.

Samantha uses approaches that help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to break cycles of worry and low mood. She also uses client-centered methods to listen closely and shape goals together.

Her work includes skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense emotions and from motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. Those tools are chosen to match what a person needs, not applied the same way to everyone.

With 15 years of experience, Samantha brings steady clinical judgment without jargon. She describes people as having strengths that can be rebuilt, and she helps clients practice new skills between sessions.

Samantha offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. She works from Maine and conducts sessions in English. Pricing varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Samantha’s Approaches Work Online

Samantha uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that keep problems going. CBT often focuses on concrete exercises and behavior changes that can reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which puts the person’s experience at the center. That approach means sessions focus on listening, understanding priorities, and shaping goals together rather than following a fixed plan.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Samantha will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest techniques to try. Decisions about methods are collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different days and tasks. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone works when a shorter check-in is needed or bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or journaling between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep working on skills between meetings.