Daniel Samost is a caring, empathetic, and compassionate advanced practicum clinician who works collaboratively with clients to help achieve relief, hold the complex problems of the modern world, and achieve greater fulfillment in their lives. He works with adults of all ages and from all backgrounds. He has a particular interest in working with young BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ adults, including those with stigmatized/marginalized identities, trauma (incident-specific, developmental, and race/identity-based), gender, sexuality, and sexual functioning, depression, substance use, and men’s mental health. 

Mr. Samost works closely with his clients to meet their individualized needs, whether they wish to improve functioning and decrease maladaptive behaviors, work through traumatic experiences, better understand their emotions, behaviors, and thoughts, or strengthen their self-esteem and relationships. He believes the therapeutic relationship is the core component of effective therapy and aims to create a trusting and safe therapeutic space by practicing cultural humility, honoring clients’ unique and intersectional identities, and providing nonjudgmental support.

Mr. Samost’s approach to therapy is person-centered and integrative. He identifies and combines components of evidence-based treatments to best meet his client's needs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, and Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) psychodynamic therapy. He grounds all of his work in critical intersectional theory and emphasizes respecting and understanding the impact of different intersecting identities on an individual’s lived experience. Additionally, Mr. Samost is a proud nerd (anime, video games, comic books, board games etc.) and, when relevant, welcomes clients’ nerdy identities and interests into the therapeutic process.

PhD. in Clinical Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (anticipated September 2025)

MA. In Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University

Predoctoral Internship, Brattleboro Retreat