{"id":5835,"date":"2025-10-12T18:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T17:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/?page_id=5835"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:27:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:27:56","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Samuel Jean-Baptiste is a Licensed Master Social Worker from Adelphi University in Long Island, New York, who specializes in working with individuals, adolescents, families and couples.
\nHe has worked with clients experiencing anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, and marital\/relationship issues. Samuel is an evidence-based practitioner experienced in Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness, CBT. Samuel is a compassionate, caring therapist who is passionate about learning about his clients in any way possible to build better therapeutic relationships with them.
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Stephanie Bilandzija<\/h3>\r\n\t
Licensed Clinical Social Worker \n
\nStephanie is a dedicated and compassionate licensed therapist specializing in helping individuals navigate anxiety, depression, ADHD, and complex trauma. With a focus on fostering resilience and personal growth, she offers a safe and supportive environment for clients to explore their behaviors, thoughts and emotions.
\n\nTrained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS), Stephanie utilizes a variety of evidence-based approaches tailored to meet the unique needs of each client. Her diverse experience allows her to effectively empower clients to overcome challenges, develop coping strategies, and cultivate healthier relationships.
\n\n\nWith a deep commitment to understanding the importance of mental health, Stephanie brings a holistic perspective to therapy, emphasizing the importance of the mind-body connection and the impact of one's perspective of the world. She believes in the potential for healing and transformation, and her goal is to guide clients toward discovering their inner strength and resilience.
\n\n\nIn her free time, Stephanie enjoys spending time with her husband, 2 daughters and 2 pugs Polly and Bob. Stephanie also likes to read, cook and connect with friends.
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LMSW, EMDR Trained Samuel Jean-Baptiste Samuel Jean-Baptiste is a Licensed Master Social Worker from Adelphi University in Long Island, New York, who specializes in working with individuals, adolescents, families and couples. He has worked with clients experiencing anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, and marital\/relationship issues. Samuel is an evidence-based practitioner experienced in Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness, CBT. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5835","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5835"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5928,"href":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5835\/revisions\/5928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sowing-hope.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}