Sam Kaplan (they/them) - Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Approved Clinical Supervisor 
​Languages: English
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Able to provide hormone readiness assessments and Clinical Consultation. I am otherwise full with a closed waitlist.
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 Contact [email protected] to connect.

​About
I often work alongside folks processing personal, collective, and systemic traumas.  Specifically I often work with current and former youth in care, neurodivergent folks, folks navigating chronic pain/disabilities, queer/trans folks, sex workers, poly folks and topics around identity exploration.

I am non-binary (they/them), neurodivergent, and of European and Arab Jewish background.  I am decidedly Pro-Palestine and anti-genocide.  I strive towards anti-oppressive, social justice oriented practices, and also recognize that this is ongoing work of listening and learning and unlearning. 

In working alongside folks I often weave in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), somatic-attachment, art therapy, narrative therapy , trauma centred engagement and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).  I see people as experts in their own lives and it is really important to me to work collaboratively alongside people and to co-create space for healing. 
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In my personal life, I love the woods, the ocean, making art, gardening, and animals.  

Located on the unceded traditional and ancestral homelands of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples.
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Counselling Approaches
  • Healing Centered Engagement
  • Centring Anti-Oppressive Learnings
  • EMDR
  • Harm-Reduction
  • Coping Strategies Serve Purposes
  • Somatics
  • Art Therapy​ 
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Selected Professional Training
  • Generative Somatics: Heart Politics and Healing
  • EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing
  • Foundations of Clinical Supervision- University of Ottawa 
  • Somatic Attachment Two-Year Training
  • ​Somatics with Queer and Trans Folks
  • EMDR Comprehensive Training
  • Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Core and Advanced Trainings
  • DBT Comprehensive and Advanced Trainings
  • Early Psychosis Intervention Certification
  • San'ya Cultural Competency Training
  • Response-Based Training

Sam's Rates
15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost

Individual Counselling/Clinical Consultation
50 min
Standard: $150
Sliding Scale: Full
75 min
Standard: $200
Sliding Scale: Full

Hormone Readiness Assessment
$300 per assessment (two 40-minute sessions)

​Relationship or Family Counselling:
50 min
Standard: $200
Sliding Scale: Full
75 min
Standard: $250
Sliding Scale: Full
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Sam can work with folks utilizing the Residential Historical Abuse Program, First Nations Health Authority funding, Crime Victims Assistance Program, and Autism Funding Unit.