Samantha Munson

Samantha Munson, Ph.D., DipACLM is a Licensed Psychologist in California and Florida and Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional. She is the founder of Grow True Psychology, a private practice in Los Angeles, where she focuses on health psychology. Dr. Munson is passionate about promoting wellness, helping people optimize their health, and enhance their quality of life using evidence-based interventions which include a strong emphasis on the mind-body connection and lifestyle practices. She commonly helps individuals with life transitions and stressors, anxiety and mood disorders, and relationships using a whole person approach to treatment which aims to recognize emotional, mental, sociocultural, and physical factors.

Dr. Munson earned her doctoral degree from the APA-Accredited Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program at Washington State University. She then completed a Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida. In that setting her clinical focus was Pain and Psycho-Oncology.

Dr. Munson currently serves as a board member for the Southern California Chapter of the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science and is a member of the Society for Health Psychology and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Munson enjoys an active lifestyle that includes daily movement, time spent in nature, meditation, and regular connection with friends and family.