When individuals experience trauma or toxic stress it is not uncommon to need therapeutic support and guidance. Samantha Delisio, MS, LPC is passionate about helping to create a safe and effective space for individuals to explore emotions and traumatic/ stressful experiences. To help her clients, who include adults and children who are experiencing emotional or relationship distress. Samantha’s therapeutic approach is devoted to help her clients create healthy perceptions of themselves, to strengthen their relationships, to promote balanced and strong attachments, with full and rich emotional bonds. Samantha is trained to help you experience change, through these systematic and evidence based strategies her clients reports that their innate capacity for trust, empathy, and compassion emerges to greater joy. Samantha’s area of clinical expertise include helping her clients recover from Stress/Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Adjustment disorders, Trauma focused care, ADHD, Divorce, Attachment disorders, and Child Therapy.
Samantha’s clinical focus is on treatment that utilizes an attachment informed lens and trauma focused care with children and adults. Specifically, Samantha is rostered in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) is an empirically-supported treatment model which is scientifically shown to enhance the emotional health of young children from infancy through seven years old. CPP is a unique and specific relationship-based therapy in which the clinician collaboratively engages in play and treatment with the child and caregivers. CPP positively impacts children’s behavioral and mental health outcomes, reducing symptoms, while promoting protective factors and strengths, such as stable, warm relationships with parents and caregivers.
Along with extensive experience with children, Samantha has expertise working with adults in the therapeutic setting. Samantha enjoys getting to know the client starting in childhood in order to better understand how we have become who we are based on our various life experiences.
Samantha’s educational background includes a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology and a graduate Certificate in Infant Mental Health from Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA. She has a Dual Degree, Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation and Human Services as well as Communication Science and Disorders from The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
Additional areas of focus: Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Communication problems, Divorce and separation, Eating and food-related issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Samantha is very positive and encouraging. She has helped me in many ways. I truly appreciate her.
Written on Sep 24, 2020 after therapy with Samantha for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, and self esteem
Samantha is great! She validates my feelings and encourages me!
Written on Aug 17, 2020 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, self esteem, and bipolar disorder
Samantha is kind and respective and a great listener. She offers great options and suggestions for working through issues.
Written on Apr 27, 2020 after therapy with Samantha for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and self esteem
Samantha Ricci (LPC) has been a fantastic counselor for me. She provides me with a safe space to talk about what is going on in my life and asks targeted questions to explore how I am feeling. I can tell she is actively listening to me and she has provided me with many ways on how to work through my issues. I really highly recommend her!
Written on Apr 23, 2020 after therapy with Samantha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, eating disorders, and self esteem