About Samuel
Samuel Howden is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Maryland. He holds LICSW, MD, and LCSW-C credentials and brings 12 years of experience to his work. Samuel focuses on practical help for everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD.
He meets people where they are and treats each person with respect and care. Samuel avoids stigmatizing labels and looks for what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and aimed at making daily life feel more manageable. Samuel draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing alongside psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns that keep problems going. He mixes short-term skill-building with attention to deeper themes that show up in relationships and self-view.
Expect clear goals, concrete steps, and time to reflect on patterns that repeat. He also has experience helping people recover from trauma, manage compulsive behaviors, and cope with grief or compassion fatigue. Samuel supports work on impulsivity, isolation, fatherhood concerns, and struggles with guilt or shame.
If someone wants to start, Samuel asks simple questions about current concerns and priorities. He then shapes a plan that fits daily routines and personal goals. The focus is on steady progress through doable changes rather than quick fixes.
How approaches like CBT and psychodynamic work online
Samuel uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that improve mood and focus. CBT is hands-on and often includes simple exercises to practice between sessions.He also brings psychodynamic ideas to understand repeated relationship and self-image patterns that can fuel anxiety or impulsivity. That work helps name long-running themes and how they affect current choices.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Samuel will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then together decide which methods to emphasize. Plans can shift as progress and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lives. Video lets people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text works for quick check-ins or brief reflections. These options make it easier to schedule consistent work during busy weeks.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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