Background + experience

Sam Chaplin is a psychotherapist practicing in Western Massachusetts. In 2015, Sam earned a Masters in Social Work from the Smith College School for Social Work. Following graduation, she began working in community mental health as an In-Home Therapy Clinician providing intensive therapeutic services to Massachusetts children and families living in Hampshire County. Sam received training as a post-graduate fellow with the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis.

From 2018-2021, Sam was an outpatient therapist at the Children’s Clinic in Northampton, specializing in the treatment of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.

In 2020, she created a private practice providing virtual therapy to adults throughout the state of Massachusetts.

Sam is an ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP), and in 2022 has expanded her practice to offer individual and group coaching for neurodivergent folks.

 

    • Adoption - serving all members of the triad (adoptees, first parents, adoptive parents)

    • LGBTQ+ Community

    • Neurodivergent individuals and families

    • Parent Guidance

    • Pregnancy and Postpartum

    • ADHD-CCSP (ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider)

    • ARC (Attachment, Regulation, and Competency) Model

    • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    • Warm Welcome Birth Services, Birth Doula Training, 2013

  • Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
    Post-Graduate Fellowship Program Certificate, 2016

    Smith College School for Social Work
    MSW, 2015

    Smith College
    BA American Studies, 2010

  • Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers
    Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
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