Sammi Degarbo

Something isn’t feeling quite right. Maybe you're overwhelmed or ready for things to change, but aren’t sure where to begin. Samantha "Sammi" DeGarbo offers therapy for adolescents, young adults, and adults navigating anxiety, identity, relationship difficulties, trauma and PTSD, and abuse, and questions of meaning, purpose, and belonging. She has appointments available now online and in-person at Lifeologie Counseling Fort Worth.

With a trauma-informed and person-centered approach, Sammi supports you in exploring what is most meaningful to you. She welcomes people from all walks of life, so you don't have to leave any part of yourself at the door. Whether you're questioning the meaning of existence or just having a really terrible Tuesday, there's room for it all.

Sammi’s path to counseling wasn’t a straight line. After studying the arts, she spent nearly a decade as a UI/UX designer at major tech companies. The pandemic made her rethink the kind of impact she wanted to have, which led her to life and creative coaching and then to earning her Master’s of Psychology at the University of Dallas. Before joining Lifeologie, she supported children, teens, and adults at the Irving Family Advocacy Center.

Sammi collaborates with her clients to address what's weighing on them in the present and help them move toward a deeper understanding of themselves and the possibility of lasting change. She is interested in how our experiences, relationships, and learned ways of navigating the world shape how we think, feel, and relate to others. Exploring these patterns can help us understand our responses and consider whether familiar ways of being still reflect who we are and how we want to live.

She also believes that understanding ourselves involves more than putting experiences into words. Often, we may intellectually understand something while still feeling its effects in our bodies. Sammi incorporates somatic and mindfulness-based approaches to help clients become more attuned to how emotions and experiences are held and expressed in the body.

Sammi grew up in the Rocky Mountains and has lived across the country from coast to coast, eventually settling in DFW. When she isn't counseling, you'll likely find her exploring the outdoors and getting into adventures with her dog, Dante. She enjoys playing guitar, exploring dream symbolism and analysis, and going down rabbit holes of new information. She loves sunsets, off-roading, dancing, snowboarding, and being a hermit.