
Samantha Byrns is an Assistant Project Director at the Nebraska Resource Project for Vulnerable Young Children at the University of Nebraska’s Center on Children, Families and the Law. Samantha is a Nebraska Trainer in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Integration of Working Models of Attachment into Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (IoWA-PCIT) and a Provisional Trainer in the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5). She is also a Reflective Practice Trainer in the Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) model developed by the Erikson Institute and provides reflective practice and consultation for therapists and other professionals, including RS/C for endorsement as she is an Endorsed Infant Mental Health Clinical Mentor. Samantha enjoys providing outpatient therapy in her community on a limited basis, specializing in evidence-based, attachment and trauma-informed practices for children and facilitating Circle of Security-Parenting classes. She is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), Nebraska Counseling Association (NCA) and the Nebraska Association for Infant Mental Health (NAIMH).