Samantha Swenson

Hi, my name is Samantha Swenson and I am the owner and founder of For You Counseling and Coaching. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, and Registered Marriage and Family Therapy Intern offering individual, couple, and family counseling services in Maitland, Florida. I am passionate about what I do, and I love being able to hear, see, and understand people. I am an attachment focused therapist specializing in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT). The type of therapy I do utilizes relentless empathy and aims at getting to the heart of the matter; exploring and expanding on unseen and unspoken emotions, and helping people build courage to share these hidden emotions and express unmet needs. The type of therapy I offer is about recognizing behavioral patterns in our life, and rather than criminalizing our behaviors, taking time to make sense of and understand the emotional motivations underlying our behaviors, and breathing compassion into the hurt space within us. The type of therapy I offer ultimately works towards helping people feel safe, seen, heard, and understand. This new felt sense of understanding and meaning integration, often leads to people having the courage to express their unmet needs in their life in a way others can hear and understand, which often leads to these most essential needs becoming met in one way or another. While I am heavily rooted in attachment theory and EFT, I also utilize a variety of other approaches such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy which allows me to also assist my clients in developing specific new tools and skills to create new positive thinking patterns and new positive behavior patterns as well.