Samantha Plumski

Samantha Plumski is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, depression, and major life changes. She uses a respectful, strengths-based approach and focuses on creating a space where clients can speak openly. Her work also covers ADHD, grief, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar mood issues, and LGBT-related matters.

With 13 years of clinical experience, Samantha blends person-centered care with practical tools. She listens first, then helps build a plan shaped around each person’s goals. Conversations are tailored to what feels most useful, whether that means skill-building, problem solving, or processing past events.

Her style emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Samantha draws on Client-Centered Therapy to center the person, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when strong emotions make daily life harder. She also uses EMDR and mindfulness work when processing trauma or strengthening present-moment coping.

Sessions focus on clear, doable steps. That might include practicing new coping skills, reframing unhelpful thinking, or working through upsetting memories at a manageable pace. Samantha helps people track progress and adjust plans as needs change.

She holds licenses as an LCSW in North Dakota and a LICSW in Minnesota. Conversations and planning emphasize practical change and emotional understanding so people can move toward steadier daily functioning.

How Samantha’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person and their priorities. Online sessions using this approach focus on listening closely and shaping the session around what matters most to the client, whether that is managing anger, grief, or everyday stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress; in remote sessions this often means setting concrete practice tasks between meetings and reviewing progress together. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, which can be taught and practiced in sessions to help people manage strong feelings more effectively.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then recommend a plan. That plan can change over time based on what proves most useful in day-to-day life.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible to work on skills between sessions and bring real-life situations into conversation during appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt these methods to help with anger, trauma processing, and building coping skills while working collaboratively with each client.