About Sam Snider

Sam Snider is a licensed psychotherapist (an LMHC), a clinical addiction specialist associate (LCAS-A), and a formal student of Emergence Psychotherapy for the last eight years. Sam is an Emergence Psychotherapy Practitioner (Level 4), which Sam infuses into both his individual and group therapy sessions. Sam remains pulled towards understanding human nature and the mind, in particular, what it means to be a human being.

Sam's Thoughts About Therapy

There is a thread that runs through all the painful experiences we have as humans. Whether its depression, anxiety, loss, addiction, an existential crisis, or the myriad of other issues we face, these experiences of suffering all generate the same feeling of aloneness. These stark moments of aloneness are at the heart of our sorrow, and I have spent my life learning how to connect to people having these experiences so that they feel less alone. I feel really passionate about working with couples and groups as well as individuals.

Therapy is the great passion of my life. I have an endless curiosity about people, and I've never tired of hearing their stories. My approach to therapy involves helping people see what they previously couldn't, and to guide them in gaining from their suffering. I lean on the modalities of emergence therapy, person centered therapy, and existential therapy.

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LICENSE / Credentials

LCMHC, NCC

License: Colorado State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners LPC.0024691 / 2026

License: South Carolina Professional Counselors Board TLC 1219 PC / 2024

EMPLOYMENT

2021 – Present

Full Time Private Practice / Emergence Psychotherapy PLLC, Asheville, NC
Adjunct Professor at Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville

EDUCATION

2020 MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Lenoir-Rhyne University)
2018 BS Applied Behavioral Analysis (Purdue Global)

What is Procrastination and Why Do We Do It?

How does your personality affect how you procrastinate? It turns out, quite a lot. Clearly, all humans develop skills which allow them to delay tasks. But not all humans develop the same mechanisms, including a wide variation in what motivates a person to delay doing tasks ("I'll do it later") versus what motivates a person to do things immediately ("You need to do it right now"). Differences also include whether a person feels rewarded when they are done, or merely relieved. And if the person does not get this thing done, does the person feel anxiety, or expect punishment?