Sam Poyta Counseling, PLLC

I am a Licensed Associate Social Worker. I graduated with a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Washington in 2018. During graduate school, I interned at the Wallingford Community Senior Center where I created and facilitated a multigenerational consciousness raising group, LIFE—Lessons in Female Experience. As part of my graduate coursework, I also conducted a 6-month research study that measured community gardening’s impact on health outcomes for the City of Seattle's P-Patch Community Garden Program. Post grad school, I taught yoga and meditation to older adults and people living with chronic pain and illness.

Additionally, I was an on-site Case Manager for Compass Housing Alliance where I provided trauma-informed crisis counseling and advocated for community members with a history of long-term homelessness. Most recently before starting a private practice, I worked as a Mental Health Therapist for Sea Mar Community Health Centers, providing bilingual (English and Spanish) individual counseling.