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Hi, I'm Sam!
I'm a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
(#20085). I bring over 10 years of clinical counselling experience.
I provide specialized support through child-centered play therapy for children and youth, as well as counselling services for adults and parents,
I offers in-person counselling in Burnaby and virtual sessions for clients across British Columbia, allowing you to access support wherever you are.
Are you constantly working so hard to fix everything and prioritize others in your life? Caring for your children, pushing yourself at work, and navigating relationships, yet still feeling quietly exhausted and alone?
AND / OR ...
Is your child experiencing intense emotions, such as frequent tantrums when things don’t go as expected, or sitting at the corner and crying in social situations? Has your child been impacted by difficult experiences, such as family conflict, domestic violence, or abuse? If so, I am here to help, to support your child's inner drive to stay grounded and regulated.
Perhaps you or your child long to be truly understood, but when reaching out, you are met with a bunch of advice that leaves you feeling unseen or judged, and lonely?
Do you wonder what it would feel like to live a life that’s genuinely self-directed, free from pressure, expectations, and constant striving?
My counselling offers a different kind of space: not one of fixing or rushing, but one where you can slow down, feel deeply, and understand what is happening from your within, and begin to experience meaningful shifts in how you relate to yourself and your life.
Specialization:
Children & Youth
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Social Withdrawal and Isolation
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Anxiety & Worry
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Anger and Emotional Regulation
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Neurodivergence - e.g. AD/HD, Autism
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Age-Appropriate Developmental Needs
Adults
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Perfectionism and Self-Criticism
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Anger and Emotional Overwhelm
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Relational Trauma
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Couple and Family Stress
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Addiction
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Parents
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Parenting Stress and Emotional Exhaustion
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Self-Doubt
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Boundary Setting
My Experiences:
Across Hong Kong and Canada, with over 10 years of experience in:
High Schools
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Individual and Family Counselling-
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Special Educational Needs Support
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Social-Emotional Learning Group
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Domestic Violence Centre
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Child, Youth and Parent Counselling
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Non-profit Organizations
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Art-based Child Group
Childcare Centers
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Child Education
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Practical Emotional Regulation Skills
My Apporaches:
I create a safe, compassionate space
where your experiences arehonored, and growth and understanding can unfold at your pace.
Child-Centered Play Therapy with SandBox
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Through toys, art, sand, and symbolic play, children can process feelings that are difficult to verbalize, because play is their natural language to express feelings and thoughts.
In a safe, accepting, and non-judgmental environment, I nurture their inner drive and support them in exploring their inner experiences with genueine emotional attunement, especially working for children experiencing anxiety, behavioural challenges, trauma, family transitions, and social difficulties.
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​Youth and Adults:​​
Quite often our patterns are busy protecting us from getting hurt again, such as setting impossibly high expectations for ourselves and others, sacrificing ourselves to get things done and take care of people, distancing from true relationships out of a sense that others are not trustworthy or cannot be relied upon. Yet may now leave us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected. You're not alone and I hear you.
I have received extensive professional training in evidence-based approaches, including Schema Therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), and Solution-Focused Therapy, to gently support people in becoming aware of the patterns that quietly shape their thoughts, emotions, and relationships.
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