Sammy Touma

(she/her)

LCSW

Currently accepting new clients.

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.

Ages Served

Children (6-10)
Older Adults (65+)
Pre-teens (10-12)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)

Services Provided

Child Therapy
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy
Parenting Therapy
Sex Therapy
Teen Therapy

Specialized Experience

BIPOC clients
Body-positive / Health at Every Size
Entrepreneurs & Executives
First Responders & Medical Professionals
Law Enforcement
LGBTQ+ Affirming
Neurodiversity-affirming
Race & cultural identity
Sex-positive / kink friendly
Veterans / Military Service

Specializations

Modalities

Attachment-Based
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Culturally Responsive Therapy
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Dreamwork
EMDR
Gottman Method
Mindful Self Compassion
Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Parts Work
Positive Psychology
Psychodynamic Therapy
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

Specialties

ADHD
Aging
Anger Management
Anxiety
Attachment
Autism
Behavioral Issues
Burnout
Cancer
Chronic Pain and Illness
Codependency
Consensual Non-Monogamy
Depression
Disability
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Educational and Learning Disabilities
Faith-Based Care
Gender Identity
Grief
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Immigrant & Refugee Mental Health
Infertility & Reproductive Mental Health
Infidelity / Affair Recovery
Insomnia & Sleep Disorders
Life Transitions
Men’s Mental Health
Menopause & Perimenopause
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Older Adults & Aging
Panic
Parent-Child Bonding & Attachment
Perfectionism
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Pregnancy, Postpartum & Perinatal Mental Health
Relationship Issues
Religious Trauma & Spiritual Abuse
Self Esteem
Sexual Abuse
Spiritual Abuse
Spirituality
Trauma & PTSD
Weight Loss
Women’s Mental Health

Insurance and Payment

Payment Accepted

Cash

Check

Private Pay (Superbills Not Provided)

Sliding Scale

Session Fees

$185

Insurance Accepted

Northwell Direct

State Licensed In

Florida
New York