Samantha Gray
Registered Psychotherapist, she/her
With over 10 years of experience in mental health care, Samantha specializes in treating addictions (alcohol, drugs, gambling) and eating disorders. Samantha offers personalized treatment incorporating evidence-based approaches like Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Emotion Focused Individual Therapy. Samantha approaches therapy with honesty, directness, and humour. She emphasize trust, safety, and choice in the therapeutic relationship, utilizing strengths-based, evidence-informed approaches to foster resilience.
From Samantha:
Are you struggling with your relationship with substances, gambling, food, or body image? If so, know that you’re not alone and change is possible.
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If your life is feeling unmanageable, overwhelming, or misaligned with your values, I may be the therapist for you. I am a compassionate Registered Psychotherapist who approaches people with understanding, honesty, directness, and humour. I emphasize trust, safety, and choice in the therapeutic relationship, utilizing strengths-based, evidence-informed approaches to foster resilience. I am trained primarily in Emotion-Focused and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and also draw from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness, and Interpersonal therapies.
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I welcome all emotions and experiences in my work, including anxiety, depression, hopelessness, anger, chronic suicidal ideation, criminal justice involvement, and trauma. My goal is to first ensure you are not suffering alone. Next is to build towards manageability, improved quality of life, meaningful connections, and purpose. I help you take responsibility for your life and teach you coping skills to weather even the biggest storms. Together we will improve upon your nervous system and emotion regulation, increase your capacity to tolerate distress, and dismantle unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns.
It takes incredible courage to ask for help.
The fact that you are here, looking, is an incredible first step. Together, we will develop a wellness plan tailored to your unique needs and experiences. I listen without judging, challenge without pushing, and hold the hope until you can hold it for yourself.
Welcome.