Samantha Pearson, AASW

Samantha Pearson is an AASW-accredited social worker with seven years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and major life transitions. She works from an attachment-informed perspective and blends practical, evidence-based methods to help clients build coping skills, improve relationships, and develop clearer self-understanding.

Samantha’s practice addresses a wide range of concerns including low self-esteem, panic and mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and challenges related to sexuality and family dynamics. She also works with issues such as caregiver stress, blended family adjustments, communication problems, divorce and separation, isolation and loneliness, midlife transitions, and questions of life purpose.

Her clinical toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered approaches, which she adapts to each person’s needs. As an AASW member, Samantha’s accreditation indicates professional recognition by the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Samantha is known for a warm, empathetic approach and a straightforward, collaborative style. Outside of clinical work she enjoys travel, exploring culture, and spending time with cats and Lego, interests she brings into sessions when it helps create rapport and ease conversation.