Accepting New Clients
Virtual Appointments
English Sessions
Samantha Clarke (She/Her)
Intern Therapist
MACP Candidate
$80- $125 Individual Sessions
$160 Couples/ Family Sessions
Evenings & Weekends
You may be coming to therapy because life no longer looks or feels the way it once did. Perhaps you are living with grief, caring for someone who is seriously ill, facing an unexpected diagnosis, or carrying a loss that has reshaped your sense of self. You might find yourself shifting between trying to stay strong and feeling undone, or unsure how to hold both love and loss, meaning and pain, at the same time.
Sam believes that therapy is about creating space to understand what has changed. She works alongside clients as an ally to help them make sense of their emotional worlds while staying connected to what matters most to them. Her approach honours the intelligence of grief, recognizing it as a natural response to love, attachment, and profound change, while gently walking alongside clients as they navigate the thoughts, emotions, and patterns that can make grief feel overwhelming or isolating.
Together, therapy can be a place to slow down, reflect, and respond more intentionally to life’s uncertainties. Sam supports clients in cultivating resilience and meaning, not by bypassing pain, but by learning how to live with it in ways that feel more grounded, comfortable, and aligned with their values and relationships.
Who Samantha Supports
Sam works with individuals, couples, and families who are navigating grief, illness, and emotionally complex life transitions. She supports clients experiencing bereavement and anticipatory grief, prolonged or complicated grief reactions, serious, chronic, or life-limiting illness (self or loved ones), anxiety and distress related to illness, loss, change, climate change, and mortality, identity shifts and role changes following loss or caregiving, and existential concerns.
How Samantha Helps
Sam integrates evidence-based therapies with a relational stance. Her work is trauma-informed, grief-informed, and paced with care, recognizing that healing in the context of loss often unfolds slowly and non-linearly. Her approach may include
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy (PGDT)
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
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Narrative Therapy
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Trauma-informed and palliative-informed psychotherapy
Interventions are always adapted to the client's context, values, and capacity, with an emphasis on flexibility, meaning-making, and relational connection.
Samantha’s Credentials & Training
Get to Know Samantha
Before entering the field of psychotherapy, Sam spent many years in leadership, advocacy, and people-focused roles. These experiences deeply inform her therapeutic style, grounding her work in humility, systems-awareness, and a genuine respect for the complexity of human lives.
Outside of therapy, Sam is very passionate about books and animals, especially the Brontes and cats. She is shaped by her family life, her long-standing commitment to social justice, and her deep interest in how people find meaning in the face of change.
The first session is an opportunity to begin building safety, trust, and shared understanding. Sam will invite you to speak about what has brought you to therapy, what you hope for, and more about yourself outside of what brings you in, all at a pace that respects your emotional capacity and lived reality.
What to Expect in Your First Session
Sam approaches initial sessions with curiosity and care, asking questions that help clarify your experiences while remaining attentive to what feels supportive or difficult in the moment. There is no expectation to have clear answers or a linear story. Therapy is a collaborative process, and from the very first session, the goal is to create a space that feels thoughtful, compassionate, and grounded.