Samantha Goldberg
MSW, LCSW | Founder & CEO | Therapist, Executive Coach, Trainer & Consultant
she / her
Why me? Because I’ve lived it.
I am not your typical therapist, and it’s important that you know that from the gate. I curse. I laugh—loudly. I have tattoos. I will sit cross-legged during our sessions. And I’m going to call you out.
I work best with highly motivated people—especially high-performing women, business owners, and those in the LGBTQIA+ community—who are done waiting for permission to take up space but aren’t quite sure how to get there. (Or maybe you already know you’re in your own way, but you have zero idea what to actually do with that.)
I also specialize in working with those navigating narcissistic abuse and the lasting, complex, multi-layered impact of that abuse.
I’m a fiercely LGBTQIA+ and relationship affirming, neurodivergent, sex-positive, HAES-aligned therapist who knows your time and energy are valuable. My approach comes from a deep passion for obliterating shame from our lives and helping people feel witnessed, supported, and deeply understood.
I’m a disruptor at my core, and I believe strongly that you cannot separate systems, politics, and mental health.
You can expect me to come to our sessions with high energy, high honesty, and zero tolerance for shame-led living. I don’t do performative “empowerment” that will just keep you in the same vicious cycle you’ve been in—I want you to get out of your own way so you can finally show up fully to your life in a way that feels deeply empowering and maybe even a little badass. This is a space that welcomes your laughter, your grief, your most shame-generating bullshit, your rage, your confusion—all of it.
Drawing from both lived and professional experience, I know what it feels like to lead something powerful while secretly feeling like a fraud and questioning your worth. But if I’ve learned one thing, it’s this:
You cannot build at your ceiling while operating from your wounds. At some point, the most strategic and self-compassionate thing you can do is deal with what’s actually running the show.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
English
APPROACHES
Empowering
Trauma-Informed
Identity Affirming
Collaborative
Authentic
CONCERNS I SUPPORT
LGBTQIA+ Concerns
Shame & Imposter Syndrome
Identity & Self-Worth
High-Achieving Women
Stress & Overwhelm
YOU CAN FIND ME
Trying a new restaurant or watching a crime doc with my partner, letting our dogs walk us, traveling, wandering in an antique store, or overheating my Cricut!
I’M ALL ABOUT
Authentic humans, challenging shame-driven habits and hustle culture, and building a life that feels aligned with this season and supports true wellness.
Clinician Details
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Sam does not accept insurance.
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$150 (55-minute session)
$220 (90-minute session)
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East End
Telehealth
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Individual Therapy
Business Coaching
Shame Coaching
Leadership & Executive Coaching
ADHD Coaching
Business Consulting
Inclusivity Consulting
Training & Speaking
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Adults (18+)
Specialties
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In our work together, you can expect me to meet you in the messy middle of it all—where achievement meets anxiety, where success feels like fraud, and where your nervous system is constantly braced for being "found out." As someone who is intimately familiar with the exhausting dance of overperforming while undervaluing yourself, I bring zero judgment and zero tolerance for shame-based "motivation." Your contradictions, your vulnerability, and even the noise in your head are all welcome here.
I view shame and imposter syndrome as brilliant survival strategies that have outlived their usefulness. That voice telling you you're not enough? It probably kept you safe once—pushing you to achieve, protecting you from criticism, making you invaluable so you couldn't be rejected. But now it's holding you hostage, making you perform your worth instead of viscerally knowing it. The exhaustion isn't just from working hard; it's from the constant internal battle between who you are and who you think you need to be to deserve your success.
My approach integrates neurodivergent-affirming, anti-oppressive principles with practical, embodied strategies that actually work with your brain and body—not against them. We'll dig into the roots of your shame stories, challenge the systems that profit from your self-doubt, and build genuine confidence that isn't dependent on external validation. Through deep authenticity work, nervous system support, and radically honest exploration, we'll move you from self-protection to self-trust. Because you deserve to lead from a place of groundedness and power, not from the exhausting performance of trying to outrun your own humanity.
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You can expect me to hold fierce space for every version of you—the powerhouse and the imposter, the one who dominates boardrooms and the one who cries in bathroom stalls, the leader everyone counts on and the person who questions if they deserve to be here at all.
As someone who's moved from shame-driven leadership and living to standing in my own power after crawling through my own self-worth battles, I know how identity and worth become weapons we use against ourselves. You won't need to curate which parts of yourself show up—bring the mess, the contradictions, the parts you think are too much or not enough. They all belong here.
I view identity and self-worth through the lens of our shame stories—that brutal force that doesn't just whisper you're not good enough, it rewrites your entire identity around that lie. Shame fragments how you show up, splitting you into the person you perform and the person you hide, leaving you exhausted from constantly shapeshifting to earn your right to exist. When you're navigating the world as a marginalized or neurodiverse person, systems of oppression pour gasoline on that shame fire, profiting from your self-doubt while demanding you be grateful for a seat at their table. The result? You're achieving everything while feeling like nothing, succeeding while suffocating.
My trauma-informed therapy approach targets the shame that's sabotaging everything you are trying to achieve and your authentic expression. I am not into surface-level confidence building—this is deep, disruptive work that challenges both the shame stories running your decisions and the systems that reinforce them. We'll identify the patterns keeping you stuck, torch the belief that your worth is conditional, and build concrete strategies for showing up fully in spaces that reward conformity.
Through radical authenticity work, embodied practices, and strategic rebellion against shame-based systems, we'll move you from performing your worth to viscerally KNOWING it, from fragmenting yourself to leading from wholeness in both your personal and professional life. Because your worth was never up for debate—and it's time you finally operated from that truth.
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I’ll meet you right in the eye of your personal hurricane—where everything feels urgent, nothing feels manageable, and your nervous system is stuck in permanent fight-or-flight. As someone who's built businesses while my own life felt like it was on fire, I don't offer platitudes about work-life balance or suggest you just need better time management. I know that your overwhelm isn't about your calendar—it's about carrying the weight of everyone's expectations and while your own needs get buried under the endless demands. No judgment here for the balls you've dropped or the ways you're barely holding it together.
I view stress and overwhelm as symptoms of a much bigger problem: you've been conditioned to measure your worth by your capacity to handle more. Your nervous system learned that slowing down means falling behind, that having boundaries makes you selfish, and that if you're not grinding, you're not valuable.
The overwhelm isn't just from having too much to do—it's from the impossible equation of trying to be everything to everyone while running on fumes. Add in being neurodiverse, where your brain processes everything at once and 'simple' tasks take ten times the mental energy, and you're not just overwhelmed—you're drowning while everyone expects you to swim harder.
My therapy approach addresses both the tactical and the systemic roots of overwhelm. We're not just reorganizing your to-do list—we're going to dismantle the shame that makes rest feel like failure and boundaries feel like betrayal. We'll identify what's actually yours to carry versus what you've inherited from other people's expectations, build sustainable systems that work WITH your brain instead of against it, and develop practices that regulate your nervous system in real-time.
Through practical strategies, embodied boundaries, and radical permission to disappoint people, we'll move you from drowning to delegating, from scattered to strategic, from overwhelm to ownership of your actual priorities. Because you can't pour from an empty cup—and it's time to stop letting everyone else drink first.
