Samantha Freake, RSW Counselling

05/20/2026

As a clinical therapist and certifying doula, I can fold your laundry while offering an in-home counselling session, then help you feed your baby and follow up by giving you space to have a nap!

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. 🥰

05/16/2026

05/15/2026

Happy May 2-4 weekend 😅.

05/07/2026

Survival is not Recovery...

We survive to protect ourselves in times of overwhelm, trauma, chronic pressure, unpredictability, etc. When we're in survival mode, our brain and nervous system priorities protection over safety and rest. Your body is doing what it was made to do.

Unfortunately, surviving isn't the same as feeling safe, resting, or healing. Recovery is when your body no longer has to brace for impact every day.

It is not your fault that you are in survival mode. But please know, you deserve to recover to...

So whenever you are ready, at your pace, know that recovery is possible. ❤️

05/04/2026

My therapist survival kit...

+ saying "where do you feel that in your body" 100x a day 😂

04/29/2026

😂 So true!

04/28/2026

This month was an exciting one as I wore a new hat!! I attended my first birth as a birth doula (certifying).

Being invited into that space - where someone becomes a parent for the very first time - is an honour that truly feels surreal. Witnessing fear turning into power, doubt turning into instinct, and seeing the belief shift into "I can do this."

This month I was able to support individuals with achieving their goals, while helping create an environment of calmness, beauty, and control. What a privilege I will never take for granted! ❤️

04/13/2026

Are you struggling to complete tasks?

Try body doubling! This is a fun strategy that is proven to help ADHD brains! 👯‍♀️

04/12/2026

Few new openings this week The Calm Place:
Monday 12:30
Tuesday 9 or 10 💜

04/08/2026

This is what strength looked like for me.

Not the way I imagined.

It looked like bright lights, steady hands guiding mine, and a heart learning to surrender in the most powerful way. It looked like fear and courage existing in the same breath.

My C-section wasn’t a failure.
It wasn’t “the easy way out.”
It was birth. It was sacrifice. It was life.

For every mother whose story didn’t go as planned—your experience is valid. Your body is not broken. Your birth is not less.

This month, we honour the scars you can see and the ones you can’t. We honour the strength it took to trust, to endure, and to meet your baby however they needed to arrive.

C-section mamas—you are powerful. 🤍

04/06/2026

The butterfly hug 🦋

A simple, powerful tool for calming your body when everything feels overwhelming.

Cross your arms over your chest so your hands rest on your shoulders or collarbone—like you’re giving yourself a hug. Then gently tap, left and right, back and forth. Slow. Steady. Rhythmic.

It might seem small, but this bilateral movement helps your nervous system feel safer. It can soften anxiety, ground you in the present moment, and create just enough space to breathe again.

You don’t need anything else.
No perfect setting.
No long explanation.

Just you, your body, and a reminder:
You can comfort yourself, too.

Try it the next time your thoughts are racing or your chest feels tight… and notice what shifts. 🦋