Licensed states
FloridaNew York
At a glance
Services Provided
Child Therapy
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy
Parenting Therapy
Sex Therapy
Teen Therapy
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy
Parenting Therapy
Sex Therapy
Teen Therapy
Ages Served
Children (6-10)
Older Adults (65+)
Pre-teens (10-12)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)
Older Adults (65+)
Pre-teens (10-12)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)
About this provider
Clients I Work With
-Experienced in treating: Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Relationship issues, ADHD,
OCD, Transitions in life, Self-identity/ Self-Esteem Issues and more.
-Clients range across all ages, from children to geriatric. I offer both Individual and Couples
Counseling.
Reviews: https://www.zocdoc.com/professional/samya-sammy-touma-lcsw-431236
-Because of my medical school experience in neurology, pharmacology, and psychiatry,
patients have benefited tremendously.
-In network with Northwell, and offering a lower than average sliding scale (185 and if
absolutely needed, 135-155 and similar ranges).
-Virtual, and if absolutely needed, near Garden City, Melville, Manhasset, and Hicksville (if
absolutely needed, closer to the Hamptons in Bohemia).
Approach
Specializing in EMDR (trained) for trauma, and in couples counseling (Gottman Trained). -As an LCSW, with 10 years of therapy experience, I was accepted to medical school at 17
years old, and this medical background helps tremendously in understanding the body-mind
connection and healing.
-Offering: EMDR (trained), worked with someone who worked closely with the founder of EMDR, and who wrote the EMDR
manual
-CBT
-Therapy based on Psychodynamic Principles
-Elements of DBT
-Gottman Method Couples Counseling
Beliefs & Lived Experience
Feedback: with all humility described as
–“radically transforming lives”,
-causing clients to feel more confident in self and future “than ever before”
- having in-depth-knowledge,
-providing specific coping strategies and exercises that transform long-held thinking patterns,
-highly skilled at understanding needs,
-providing hope, empathy, kindness and genuineness,
-producing concrete results,
-being well-versed across multiple modalities.
Specialties & approaches
Specialties
ADHDAgingAnger ManagementAnxietyAttachmentAutismBehavioral IssuesBurnoutCancerChronic Pain and IllnessCodependencyConsensual Non-MonogamyDepressionDisabilityDivorceDomestic AbuseEducational and Learning DisabilitiesFaith-Based CareGender IdentityGriefHighly Sensitive People (HSP)Immigrant & Refugee Mental HealthInfertility & Reproductive Mental HealthInfidelity / Affair RecoveryInsomnia & Sleep DisordersLife TransitionsMen’s Mental HealthMenopause & PerimenopauseObsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Older Adults & AgingPanicParent-Child Bonding & AttachmentPerfectionismPersonality DisordersPhobiasPregnancy, Postpartum & Perinatal Mental HealthRelationship IssuesReligious Trauma & Spiritual AbuseSelf EsteemSexual AbuseSpiritual AbuseSpiritualityTrauma & PTSDWeight LossWomen’s Mental Health
Therapy approaches
Attachment-BasedCognitive Behavioral (CBT)Culturally Responsive TherapyDialectical Behavior (DBT)DreamworkEMDRGottman MethodMindful Self CompassionMindfulnessMotivational InterviewingParts WorkPositive PsychologyPsychodynamic TherapyRational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Specialized Experience
BIPOC clientsBody-positive / Health at Every SizeEntrepreneurs & ExecutivesFirst Responders & Medical ProfessionalsLaw EnforcementLGBTQ+ AffirmingNeurodiversity-affirmingRace & cultural identitySex-positive / kink friendlyVeterans / Military Service
Fees & insurance
Session Fees
$185
Payment Accepted
Cash
Check
Private Pay (Superbills Not Provided)
Sliding Scale
Insurance Accepted
Northwell Direct