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Samantha Wallshein (she/her/hers), LMHC, NCC

Sami is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. She has been with Rising Lotus since 2024 and specializes in supporting children, teens, and adults through anxiety, OCD, grief, trauma, attachment concerns, and neurodivergence. Her approach is warm, relational, and neuroaffirming, balancing insight with practical solutions to help clients feel understood, build self-compassion, and develop a stronger sense of safety within themselves.


Meet Sami

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”

John A. Shedd 


Passion

I am passionate about helping children, teens, and adults better understand themselves and feel more at home in who they are. I especially enjoy working with highly sensitive and neurodivergent individuals who may have spent much of their lives feeling misunderstood or like they needed to be “less” of themselves.

I am particularly drawn to work surrounding grief, trauma, attachment, and the experiences that shape how we see ourselves and relate to others. Through play therapy, attachment-focused work, and inner-child approaches, I strive to create a nurturing space where clients can process difficult experiences, develop self-compassion, and build a greater sense of safety within themselves.

Expertise


I have experience working with children, teens, and adults navigating anxiety, OCD, ADHD, Autism and other forms of neurodivergence, grief and loss, trauma, attachment concerns, and challenges related to self-esteem and identity. I have a particular interest in working with highly sensitive and gifted individuals and those who have felt misunderstood or out of place in environments that weren’t designed with their needs in mind.

Approaches


  • Child-Centered Play Therapy

  • Attachment-Based Therapy

  • Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT

  • Internal family systems-informed 

Working with Sami Means


Working with me means a safe and validating space is created for you and your child. It also means working from a strength-based perspective so that you and your family can rely on the relationship we have built.

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