Dr. Samantha Dutra, LMHC

Dr. Sam
Has been a light in the end of the tunnel. I wish I got the help and support sooner. She genuinely listens to my issues and makes me feel better about my situations and how to do better. Thank you!

Written on Oct 26, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, coaching, compas

Talking to Dr.DUTRA makes me feel like I have someone to talk to and she understands me very well

Written on Oct 24, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse

I am so thankful that I found a therapist who understands ADHD and is very supportive with strategies to work through my challenges.

Written on Sep 17, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd

I have only had one session so far with Dr. Dutra, but she has been very kind and helpful/insightful so far! She is great about also messaging with me during the day which is quite helpful as well! Excited to see my growth and healing journey with Dr. Dutra!

Written on Aug 17, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd

She’s great. I was really looking for someone who does more than ask “well how does that make you feel.” I’m pretty introspective, so I didn’t need anyone to help me identify the issues, I needed someone to work with me towards solutions. Someone who will actually answer questions directly if I ask.

Written on Aug 12, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 1 year on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and self esteem

Very nice and connects with me well she sees things in a different way that is very good for me. I believe she will help me a lot. Even when i’m just ranting about something she always finds the bright side and agrees with me and sometimes that all you need

Written on Jul 29, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd

She is a wonderful person to talk to, very supportive and comforting! The best at giving reassurance and making you feel secure when you open up and share.

Written on Jun 06, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

Samantha really listens to my concerns and offered practical suggestions…. She respects me and empathizes with me ..

Written on Jun 01, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes

Drª Dutra keeps in touch by messages in the app, constantly. During therapy sessions by phone (she doesn’t do videos), she is always very polite, caring and gives
me good suggestions trying to encourage me to feel better and to get things done.
Sonia

Written on Apr 23, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and adhd

I like the timeliness of this type of therapy. Dr. Dutta responds so quickly and gives me good suggestions that help me to feel better.

Written on Apr 12, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and relationship issues

Samantha is absolutely wonderful! She’s always checking in making sure everything’s going well and shows that she cares. I appreciate the short amount of time we have spent working together

Written on Apr 10, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, and adhd

Im having a hard time processing alot of changes that are happening in my life and family and she is giving me the tools and redirecting my perspective to help manage those changes. Im really enjoying my discussions with her

Written on Feb 28, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes

She is so thoughtful and kind, I just really enjoy our interactions. Always makes me think in surprising ways about issues.

Written on Jan 18, 2023 after therapy with Samantha for 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, anger management, and adhd

Dr. Dutra has guided me through some challenges I’ve been facing this year. I found her suggestions and support extremely helpful, She is very professional, kind and knows exactly what the appropriate thing is to say. I would definitely recommend Dr. Dutra.

Written on Dec 30, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 9 months on issues concerning family conflicts, and parenting issues

I have written one of these already but what I said before stands, doc is a great person and helps me out so much. She makes me feel heard and has never given up on me even if I go MIA something I’ve never had in my life.

Written on Dec 27, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 10 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, and sleeping disorders

Dr. Dutra is truly amazing. I value her time and expertise. She makes you feel truly listened to and that you have someone to talk to anytime anywhere. I cannot thank her enough and wouldn’t want anyone else to have weekly talks with. :)

Written on Dec 25, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem

Dr. Dutra is an exceptional therapist. The time I have spent working with her has been extremely valuable and productive. She is compassionate, insightful, patient and genuine. Through working with her I feel stronger, happier and more confident. I have a lot more insight around things that were making me anxious and have learned extremely helpful coping tools to help me work through any difficulties I face. I can’t thank her enough for everything she has done for me and would highly recommend Dr Dutra as a therapist to anyone!

Written on Dec 24, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

The therapist been amazing. I'm grateful that she here

Written on Dec 15, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd

A wonderful lady! Kind, empathetic, and offers good ideas and advice.

Written on Oct 24, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and parenting issues

I absolutely love how Dr Dutra listens to my concerns and problems and thoughts. She really helps me

Written on Oct 15, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes

Dr. Dutra's awesome, i wish i got her on the first try woth betterhelp. I feel comfortable sending her messages about my life and my concerns.

Written on Sep 14, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and adhd

Awesome therapist

Written on Aug 08, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassio

Dr. Dutra's main method of communication is asynchronous text, and she generally responds within a day. I have no issues with her response times, but I wonder how much she is really listening to me. I wonder this for a few reasons. First, she responds with sentences that contain obvious grammatical errors and run into each other without any type of punctuation. Second, her comments are always rather short. Third, her questions seem a little generic. This is not to say that generic questions can't be helpful, but I would prefer a therapist that I know is listening to me. Also if you want a phone call, she books 2-3 weeks out.

Written on Aug 06, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 5 days on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, anger management, coaching, and adhd

Dr Dutra has always been quick to respond, offers good insight and provides a sense of calmness. She is accommodating to my schedule. Dr Dutra is easy to open up to as well.

Written on May 24, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, self esteem, coaching, and compassion fatigue

She's very engaged and thoughtful.

Written on May 11, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, coping with life changes, and coaching

Very structured advice and suggestions which I really need! Also very validating and great follow up questions to help me explore my thoughts.

Written on Apr 14, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and coping with life changes

Dr. Samantha Durta is phenomenol for the short time I've known her! She's proven very helpful despite the time restraints of the Better Help App. Thank you!

Written on Mar 31, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, anger management, coaching, and adhd

I would refer.

Written on Mar 21, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd

Dr. Dutra has been a huge help, she takes what I tell her seriously and offers really good insight and at the same time pushes me to do mental exercises that help establish strong goals and direction.

Written on Feb 14, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, depression, self esteem, relationship issues, and family conflicts

Dr. Dutra is really awesome. She responds within 24 hours and was able to give me tools to address my concerns and fears. I am a nurse and I have a fear of COVID and she validates my fears and supports me.

Written on Jan 12, 2022 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety

I had never taken therapy before, I was always scared. This time felt different, I felt comfortable talking with Dr.Dutra. The way she approached what I talked about was really well because it allowed me to open up easily.

Written on Dec 08, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 4 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, bipolar disorder, and adhd

Dr. Dutra is great and easy to work with. She is good at getting to know her clients and their individual needs.

Written on Oct 14, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, and adhd

Sam is great, very attentive and is a great listener!

Written on Oct 07, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting issues

Dr. Dutra was a good therapist for me. She was professional and friendly. She was also very understanding and listened to what I was saying and gave genuine advice.

Written on Oct 03, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, eating disorders, self esteem, and adhd

Professional and caring. 10 out of 10 would recommend.

Written on Sep 25, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 2 months on issues concerning trauma and abuse, and eating disorders

Dr. Dutra was wonderful to work with. She was great at helping me to identify goals and has given me some excellent tools that I can continue to implement in my life. I have felt less anxious and found I have been able to talk to myself in a more positive manner and identify some anxiety triggers.

Written on Sep 10, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and compassion fatigue

Very thoughtful, kind, respectful in response. Really try’s to understand how things work for me.

Written on Sep 07, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching

Dr. Samantha has been great in our sessions and is very supportive. She has helped me with tools to handle different situations and reaches out to check in.

Written on Sep 01, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks

Dr. Dutra is very skilled and responds to any questions I have quickly with useful resources and relevant follow up question/discussion.

Written on Aug 20, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Dr. Dutra is a wonderful counselor who listens and is very understanding and kind. I highly recommend.

Written on Aug 14, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, self esteem, and bipolar disorder

Dr. Sutra is very supportive. I feel very comfortable talking to her about my past and we are making great progress. I would highly recommend her to anyone seeking counseling.

Written on Jul 21, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd

Excellent, she listens and knows how to create a plan to work for you and your needs. Highly recommend!

Written on Jun 30, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, career difficulties, and compassion fatigue

Excellent!

Written on Jun 25, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, and adhd

So far I've had an amazing time explaining and talking my problems out with her. She gives great advice and she's super supportive.

Written on Jun 04, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Takes the time to find out what really is going on and helps me break down the bigger picture

Written on Jun 03, 2021 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and coaching