Therapist in Waltham, Massachusetts Samantha Zicolella, Therapist

Samantha Zicolella helps teens and adults build clarity, resilience, and emotional balance when anxiety, depression, or life transitions feel overwhelming, providing individualized mental health care to patients across Massachusetts. Practicing at LifeStance Health, she offers a thoughtful and supportive therapy experience that blends clinical structure with compassion, helping people in Massachusetts feel more grounded and empowered in their daily lives. Samantha provides individual therapy for teens and adults, supporting clients through challenges such as anxiety, depression, and trauma-related concerns. She also helps individuals navigate grief, midlife and later life transitions, and periods of significant change. Her therapeutic approach integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and mindfulness-based strategies to help clients better understand thought patterns, regulate emotions, and take meaningful steps toward personal goals. In addition to these primary areas, she offers support for a range of other mental health needs. A central focus of Samantha’s work is helping clients process trauma and build a stronger sense of safety and self-trust. She is especially passionate about supporting individuals as they work through the emotional impact of difficult experiences, learning skills to reduce distress while reconnecting with their values. Her approach emphasizes self-compassion, practical coping tools, and steady progress at a pace that feels manageable and respectful of each client’s story. Samantha has experience working with members of the LGBTQ+ community and strives to create an affirming, inclusive space where clients feel seen and respected. Outside of therapy, she enjoys going to the gym, cooking for herself and others, and spending quality time with her family. These activities help her stay grounded and connected, values she also brings into her clinical work. Samantha is proud to support teens and adults throughout Massachusetts at LifeStance Health.