Samantha Sudano (She/Her)

Gestalt

I completed my postgraduate Gestalt training at the Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training in New York City and am a Certified Gestalt Therapist. Gestalt is interested in how you make contact with yourself, other people, and the world around you. We work with what is alive in the here-and-now - emotions, body sensations, language, impulses, unfinished business, and even what emerges between us. Through deeper awareness and experimentation, new choices and ways of being can emerge.

Relational 

Early in my career, I spent two years working in a mandated intensive outpatient program in Harlem, often with people who had little choice about being there. That experience profoundly shaped how I understand therapy: technique matters, but relationship and genuine human contact matter just as much. I learned that even when someone begins therapy guarded, resistant, or unsure they want to be there, something extraordinary can happen when trust and real connection begin to form.

Depth Therapy

I’m interested in what’s underneath the obvious story - repeating patterns, contradictions, dreams, symbols, parts of ourselves we don’t always have access to, and the meanings we make from what we’ve lived through. My own time in Jungian analysis deepened an interest I already had in dreams and symbolic material. Insight matters, but I’m especially interested in what happens when we move beyond knowing why and actually experience more of ourselves.

Personal Growth

I especially enjoy working with people who are curious about themselves and want therapy to be a place for genuine exploration. You don’t have to be in crisis to benefit from going deeper. We might explore identity, patterns, relationships, transitions, meaning, or simply the sense that there is more of yourself you want to understand and inhabit.

Relationship / Marriage Issues

Relationships are one of my favorite areas to explore - romantic relationships, family, friendships, and the relationship you have with yourself. Together we can get curious about recurring patterns, attachment, communication, boundaries, intimacy, conflict, and the ways earlier relationships may still be shaping how you connect with others now.

PTSD

I work with trauma as more than something that happened in the past. It can continue to shape how you experience yourself, your body, your relationships, and the ways you protect yourself. My approach is relational and experiential, helping us notice these patterns in the present while making space for what has been carried, avoided, or left unresolved.

Anxiety

I work with anxiety by getting curious about more than just how to make it go away. Together we can explore what activates it, how it shows up in your body and relationships, and the patterns or experiences underneath it. The goal is not only to feel less anxious, but to understand yourself more deeply and have more choice in how you respond.

Self-Esteem

Self-esteem work often goes much deeper than simply “thinking more positively.” We may explore the experiences, relationships, internal voices, and patterns that have shaped how you see yourself. I’m interested in helping you build a more honest, grounded relationship with yourself - one that leaves more room for self-trust, compassion, authenticity, and a fuller sense of who you are.