Sam Kaplan, RCC
Clinical Counsellor and Supervisor
(they/them/theirs)
Virtual Sessions
Sam is currently only accepting new Clinical Supervision and HRT assessment clients!
If you are interested in connecting with Sam, please contact samkaplan@expressivewellness.ca. For existing clients, self-book here.
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.
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.
In my personal life, I love the woods, the ocean, making art, gardening, and animals. I am non-binary (they/them), neurodivergent, and of European and Arab Jewish background. I strive towards anti-oppressive, social justice oriented practices, and also recognize that this is ongoing work of listening and learning and unlearning.
I am located on the unceded traditional and ancestral homelands of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples.
Sam’s Rates
15 min Phone Consultation
No Cost
Clinical Supervision and Consultation
50 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $150
Generous: $160+
75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $225
Generous: $235+
Relationship or Family Counselling
50 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $200
Generous: $210+
75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $275
Generous: $285+
Hormone Readiness Assessments
$270 (per two 40-minute sessions)
Approaches in Therapy
Healing Centered Engagement
Centring Anti-Oppressive Learnings
EMDR
Harm-Reduction
Coping Strategies Serve Purposes
Somatics
Art Therapy
Selected Professional Training
Foundations of Clinical Supervision- University of Ottawa
Somatic Attachment Two-Year Training
Somatics with Queer and Trans Folks
EMDR Comprehansive Training
EFFT Core Training
DBT Comprehensive and Advanced Trainings
Early Psychosis Intervention Certification
San'ya Cultural Competency Training
Response-Based Training
Sam Kaplan
RCC
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