Samantha G Farris PhD LLC
Dr. Samantha Farris
Dr. Samantha Farris is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island and is authorized to provide telepsychology services in 36 states through PSYPACT.
Dr. Farris earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Houston and completed her pre-doctoral psychology residency at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She subsequently completed advanced fellowships in cancer prevention at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and in cardiovascular behavioral medicine at Warrant Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Dr. Farris specializes in evidence-based treatment for anxiety disorders, with particular expertise in health anxiety, anxiety related to medical symptoms and chronic health conditions, panic attacks and panic disorder, medical reassurance seeking, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). She also works with individuals seeking to make meaningful health behavior changes, including increasing physical activity, quitting nicotine or tobacco, and reducing problematic substance use.
Her approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in scientific evidence. Dr. Farris is committed to helping people understand the factors that maintain anxiety, collaborate with medical providers (when relevant), and develop practical skills to manage anxiety in order to live a fuller and healthier life. She intentionally maintains a small concierge telepsychology practice so that she can provide personalized care with greater flexibility, responsiveness, and continuity.
Academic Leadership
Appointments
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Farris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Rutgers University, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Research
She directs the Rutgers Emotion, Health, and Behavior (REHAB) Laboratory, where her research focuses on anxiety, health behaviors, and primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention.
Teaching
Dr. Farris mentors doctoral students in clinical psychology and teaches graduate courses in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Clinical Ethics, and supervises student clinicians who are learning how to be therapists.
Achievements
Dr. Farris has authored more than 135 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health for over a decade. Her research has advanced the understanding and treatment of anxiety, particularly among individuals with medical symptoms and chronic health conditions, and has helped inform more personalized approaches to evidence-based care. She is a frequent invited speaker and regularly presents her work at national professional conferences, including those hosted by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).
