Samantha Troast, LCSW, Therapist in Piscataway, New Jersey

Samantha Troast helps teens, adults, and older adults across New Jersey navigate emotional challenges, strengthen relationships, and build skills for lasting change. At LifeStance Health, she provides a supportive, structured therapy experience for individuals and couples throughout NJ, helping clients better understand their thoughts, emotions, and patterns so they can move forward with confidence and clarity. Samantha is especially passionate about working with anxiety, ADHD, and couples concerns. She supports clients who feel overwhelmed, stuck in cycles of worry or self-doubt, or disconnected in their relationships. Her work often focuses on improving emotional regulation, communication, and follow-through, helping teens and adults develop practical strategies to manage stress, improve focus, and create healthier relationship dynamics. Samantha approaches these concerns with both compassion and clinical precision, tailoring care to each client’s goals and life circumstances. Her therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). These methods help clients build insight, develop coping skills, and take meaningful action aligned with their values. In addition to her primary areas of focus, Samantha offers support for depression, grief, trauma-related concerns, and additional mental health needs. Samantha treats teens ages 15–17, adults, and seniors, and offers both individual therapy and couples therapy. She strives to create a collaborative, nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard, respected, and empowered throughout the therapeutic process. Outside of therapy, Samantha is passionate about overall wellness and enjoys spending time at the gym and being outdoors. She loves long walks, beach days in the summer, and experimenting in the kitchen, especially her weekly “Soup Sunday” tradition and baking sourdough bread. When she’s not reading, she admits she can happily unwind with Bravo reality shows.