Sam G. Therapy
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Sam G. Therapy
Helping you find meaning, when nothing feels like enough
 

Therapy to help you find meaning — when you’re used to having all the answers.

photo: ben jackson / @b3n.co

Hey there, I’m Sam.

I’m a Licensed Therapist providing in-person therapy in San Francisco (SoMa).

I help high-achieving people and professionals navigate the most ambitious chapters of their lives: brilliant innovators, overthinking overachievers, and relentless self-improvers who crave meaning but fear losing control.

I help you reconnect with meaning, purpose, and your real self—without losing your edge.

I specialize in working with rebel perfectionists, out of the box disruptors, and ultimate type A's who want to say “fuck it” — but are too afraid of what they'll lose. 

Therapy with me isn’t about fixing you. It’s about helping you get real—to find freedom and fulfillment by connecting with who you actually are with authenticity and purpose.

I take a here and now, direct approach (East Coast) to exploring what matters to you, why you’re stuck, and how to navigate anxiety, addiction, burnout, or disconnection.

I’m trained in EMDR Therapy to help reprocess old beliefs, so that you can operate in your truth, and not your triggers.

 

Fear and anxiety has you going through the motions every day, but you yearn for so much more and it hasn’t felt possible. You’ve read the books, tried the apps, even asked ChatGPT, but something’s still missing. What you need is not more information — it’s space to breathe without needing to optimize every move, every decision, and actually discover who you are beyond the pressure.

You might find yourself thinking:

What if I never find my purpose?

I can see myself staying in this job/relationship/business partnership/role forever and that scares the crap out of me.

"Loving yourself “is for soft people who don’t get real life.

I can't stop a habit I know is hurting me but nothing else helps me relax.

You figure out hard things all the time because you get things done, but when it comes to this, feel stuck, lost and frustrated. You deserve to feel ease and contentment — and it’s possible.

photo: ben jackson / @b3n.co

 

Hello, World!

 

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Substance Use

Sometimes the difference between dependence and coping is unclear. If you are struggling to define or change your relationship with substances, screens, or other harmful behaviors, you don’t have to do it alone.

Relationships/Work Partnerships

Codependency, lack of boundaries and people-pleasing behaviors can cause a lot of pain.

I can help you to explore how to stay connected to you, communicate effectively, and not lose yourself in triggering dynamics.

Self-Worth

I help people figure out what's important to them. You may have accomplished a lot on paper, but inside, your secretly exhausted and burned out, even doubting. your abilities. EMDR can help reprocess beliefs that keep you stuck.

This work may be for you if you wish to:

  • Understand your attachment style and how it affects current relationships

  • Feel more understood and regulated in communication with others

  • Explore and heal shame

  • Alter your inner dialogues about love, sustenance, need, attachment

  • Understand what "self-care" means for you and do the things that make you feel truly good

  • Explore your relationship with alcohol, marijuana, or any drug or behavior that might feel a bit more compulsive than you’d like (including but not limited to: screen time, food, shopping, gambling and sex).

  • Explore and define a relationship with spirituality in your life

 
 

What's at stake if you don't take action is the situation getting worse. Your self-esteem continues to decline, motivation you may have had dwindles, perhaps you seek validation in the wrong places. Behaviors that used to help stop working. Relationship troubles continue to diminish your self-worth. And you get further away from a connection to yourself in the process.

You can keep trying to "figure it out" on your own; but if you reach out, things can start to get better.

I can help--you don't have to do it alone.

I know what it is like to feel stuck, like things will never change despite your best efforts. My life's work centers around helping people untangle the parts of life that feel overwhelming, while finding freedom and purpose in the process. I know how to help people feel hope again.

I also know how hard it can be to reach out and get started with a new therapist. I have walked many people through this process and promise to make your next steps as stress-free as possible.

I am so glad you made it here, and I want you to know you don't have to figure this out on your own. You can start feeling better today.