SAMANTHA REITZ, AMFT

Samantha Reitz is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with experience providing individual, family, and group therapy to children, teens, and adults. Prior to working at TLA Therapy, Samantha worked at the DBT Center of The South Bay providing comprehensive DBT in an outpatient setting. Samantha has also worked at Gardner Health Services where she provided accessible, evidence based, culturally competent therapy in a school based setting. Samantha provides compassionate, non-judgmental, and collaborative care. Samantha believes that we are all doing the best we can AND we can do better. Samantha has received training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), DBT-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Samantha earned her Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Clinical Psychology from San Jose State University and holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychological Brain Sciences and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology from the University of California Santa Barbara.