Reena Samra
SaveReena Samra (she/her)
Founder and Director, Registered Social Worker
Welcome! I am a trauma therapist with culturally informed, anti-racist and intersectional feminist values. I would be honoured to walk through life's difficulties with you through creating a trusting relationship. We can process life experiences, develop your unique identity, explore values, and set boundaries. Through being more compassionate to yourself, we can build your self worth and heal childhood wounds. We can heal intergenerational trauma so that you can come into your authentic self. We can work together to figure out who you are, and how to operate in a world that is not always made for us, while also learning to heal in relationships and in community. I work holistically to support folks to deepen their connections to their mind, body, soul, spirit, emotions and community. I am uniquely tuned in to how systems of oppression and our surrounding environments can harm us and our mental health as racialized people with intersectional identities and I strive to bring a social justice oriented, anti-oppressive and systemic perspective to mental health. I care deeply about creating safer spaces that empower BIPOC mental health.
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After working in social work for the last decade, I shifted to trauma counselling to do more in-depth work with my clients around meaning-making and creating purpose out of life. As a social worker, I became more aware of the gaps in the system that left many voices and experiences unheard and unsupported. I wanted to create more culturally informed therapeutic services that center those voices that are not often heard. I wanted to create more access to healing for our communities and promote spaces where racialized people can take up more space and be fully ourselves.
My journey into social work and then into counselling was very personal. I know what it’s like to suffer and experience oppression and barriers to mental health support; going through my own trauma inspired me to support others who are going through a similar experience. I aim to bring this holistic perspective into my work and to continue listening and learning from the community.
I specialize in supporting folks with healing from racism, racial trauma and racial grief. Other specialties include newcomer, immigrant and refugee mental health; sexual violence; grief and loss; childhood abuse; complex trauma and PTSD; LGBTQ2S; neurodiversity; trauma-informed yoga and meditation; somatic therapy; spirituality; culturally safe therapy.
We will not heal the wounds of racial trauma in a world that continues to traumatize us. Still, we can work to feel empowered in our lives and to honour our intersectionality. This is a continual work in progress, and there is no perfection to strive for, only compassion for the multidimensional aspects that make us who we are.
You can expect me to meet you with compassion, empowerment, warmth, authenticity, humor and gentleness. We can collaborate to create tailored therapy for you. It would be an honour to get to know who you are.
Types of therapy: Decolonizing Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Culturally Sensitive Therapy, EMDR Therapy, The Grief Recovery Method, Trauma-informed Yoga and Meditation, Intersectional Feminist Therapy, Anti-oppressive Practice, Compassion Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Somatic Therapy
In my free time, you will find me travelling (I have been to over 20 different countries so far), attending live music shows, spending time in nature, doing yoga and meditating, exploring the city with friends and family, enjoying anything interior design, eating vegetarian food, getting tattoos and piercings, or being a fur baby mom to my two dogs!
Services & prices
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50 min virtual clinical supervision
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80 min virtual clinical supervision
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning couples client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
50-minute video session.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning couples client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning couples client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length couples counselling session and you’d like to meet via video, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length couples counselling session and you’d like to meet via video, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me in person.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me over the phone.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via phone.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
50 min Phone session.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via phone.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me over the phone.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
80-minute Video session.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me over the phone.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like for me to give you a call, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like for me to give you a call, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like for me to give you a call, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
50-minute Video session.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
80-minute Video session.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like to meet via video, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like to meet via video, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like to meet via video, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me in person.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
50 min child/youth counselling phone session.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning child/youth client and prefer to connect with me over the phone.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning child/youth client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning child/youth client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
50 min video child/youth counselling session.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If you are a child/youth, this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like to meet via video, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via phone call.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
individual phone counselling session
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like for your practitioner to give you a call, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
Book this appointment if you're a returning client and prefer to connect with me via video.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
individual video counselling session
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If this is your first full-length counselling session and you’d like to meet via video, this is the option to choose. In our first meeting, we’ll take the time to get to know you—what’s been going on, what’s been feeling difficult, and what you’re hoping to get out of therapy. From there, we’ll work together to create a plan that feels right for you and supports you in the sessions ahead.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
30min virtual free consultation for clinical supervision
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If you are a new client and prefer to meet over the phone, we invite you to book our free 15-minute phone consultation. This is a space where you and the therapist can discuss what therapy may look like, so you can determine if it feels like the right fit for you.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If you are a new client and prefer to meet over the phone, we invite you to book our free 30-minute phone consultation. This is a space where you and the therapist can discuss what therapy may look like, so you can determine if it feels like the right fit for you.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If you are a new client and prefer to meet via video, we invite you to book our free 15-minute video consultation. This is a space where you and the therapist can discuss what therapy may look like, so you can determine if it feels like the right fit for you.
Can be billed toExtended health plans
If you are a new client and prefer to meet via video, we invite you to book our free 30-minute video consultation. This is a space where you and the therapist can discuss what therapy may look like, so you can determine if it feels like the right fit for you.
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