About me
Cara Samuel, PhD
I have a combined PhD in Clinical & Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto, and
MSc in Clinical Lifespan (Developmental) Psychology from the University of Victoria
I’ve lived and worked in remote and rural communities on Haida Gwaii, Tla-o-qui-aht and Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ lands (Tofino and Ucluelet area), Nunavut, and Treaty 3 (Saskatchewan) and Treaty 1 (Manitoba) territories.
My peoples’ own experiences of colonialism elsewhere in the world provide a path to empathy, and instil me with sense of solidarity with and responsibility to the Indigenous Peoples here. I offer my skills and knowledge as tools to support Indigenous self-determinism and well-being. When they are free we will all be free (Combahee River Collective).
I am a multi-racial queer femme and a settler on the lands on which I currently live. My father is Black from Trinidad and my mother’s family is from Sapmi (northern Scandinavia). I am actively working to address how I am complicit in the continued colonization of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island.
“Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul”
— Carl Jung
Are you passionate about accessible, sustainable and ethical mental health care that prioritizes a relational, strengths-based, and anti-oppressive approach?
Do you also live or spend time in remote or rural communities in British Columbia?
Or, are you a mental health provider looking to develop more in-community mental health services where you live?
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