About Samantha
Samantha Delisio is a licensed professional counselor who brings nine years of clinical experience to her work in Pennsylvania. She creates a calm, respectful space where adults and children can talk about painful events, stress, and relationship struggles. Her goal is to help people feel understood and to build stronger emotional connections with others.
Samantha focuses on attachment-informed and trauma-focused care. She pays attention to how early relationships shape current feelings and behavior.
Background and approach
Sessions often look at life history to make sense of present problems and to find practical steps forward. She uses approaches that emphasize the therapeutic relationship and skills practice. That can mean helping someone notice unhelpful thinking patterns, learn tools to manage intense emotions, or repair strained bonds with close people.
Samantha also brings work with caregivers and young children into sessions when that is helpful. Samantha earned a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology and a graduate Certificate in Infant Mental Health from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She also holds dual bachelor degrees from The Pennsylvania State University in Rehabilitation and Human Services and Communication Science and Disorders.
In sessions she aims to be direct and compassionate. She helps people set concrete goals and teaches strategies they can use between meetings. Many people come for help with anxiety, grief, parenting stress, relationship concerns, or recovering from trauma.
When someone is ready to begin, Samantha asks about the issues that matter most and then tailors the plan to those needs and goals.
How attachment and skills work online
Samantha uses attachment-informed approaches that focus on relationships and emotional bonds. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape current trust, closeness, and reactions; it’s useful for people who want to change patterns in relationships and feel more supported.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT often offers clear strategies for anxiety, mood changes, and coping with life transitions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are also part of her work when people need tools to manage strong emotions and improve communication.
Finding the best approach is collaborative. Samantha will talk with each person about their goals, try different methods as needed, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together which combination of approaches fits their situation.
If you prefer online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during work breaks or between appointments. It also supports continued work when arranging in-person visits would be difficult. Licensed professionals tailor online work to the person’s needs and daily routine.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English