The Journey
Samantha is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and a professional Art Therapist. She brings over 15 years of experience with individuals and families dealing with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship struggles and trauma. She has a special interest in helping parents navigate their parenting challenges and to foster a healthy connection with their children.
She has worked cross-culturally in various settings, —schools, client homes, an orphanage and mental health agencies—both locally in Vancouver, BC and internationally in Asia.
Samantha integrates mindfulness, play/art therapy and other evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Trauma-incident Reduction Technique (TIR) and The Gottman Method to facilitate growth in clients.
Hope
"As a child growing-up, I often felt my needs were not understood or heard. Through my own healing journey and clinical practice, I've come to embrace different healing methods that integrate the mind, body and spirit.
What I've come to realize is that old habits and thoughts are just remanence of our past carried to our future. No matter what age and life stage you are in, it is never too late to change. Neuroscience has proven our brain's amazing ability to adapt and change.
Everyone possesses tremendous potential and unique strengths. I help clients to find their power and offer education and tools to shift their unwanted patterns. In our space together, you can freely be yourself as we develop practical skills to strive towards your goals."
Conscious Parenting
"As a mother of two sensitive and developmentally precocious children, parenting doesn’t come without challenges. I haven’t always been a “perfect" parent—in fact some days, not even close—but what I’ve learnt is that perfection isn’t the goal. There is no “one way” to parent. Rather be a conscious parent and strive to be better each day.
Everyday, my children help me to gain a deeper understanding of myself and the divergence between the clinical knowledge I’ve learned and the application of it in practice.
I help parents to gain confidence in raising happy and resilient children. I meet both the parent and child where they are and I walk every step of the journey with them."
