ABOUT DR. SAM Reimer, Ph.D., R.C.C.

Sam is continually involved in helping people to discover, restore, and/or maintain a sense of wholeness, balance, and healthiness in their emotional life and in their relationships.

 
Sam grew up in Kelowna and received his education in BC, Europe, and the USA where he earned his doctorate in Christian Counselling. Happily married, Sam is a lover of life and enjoys helping others experience more peace and happiness.

He was a prison chaplain, and a teacher in Belgium for 11 years. In BC, he has taught at the college level; he has co-produced 18 TV programs: 9 on Boundaries and 9 on Depression, and has been an instructor of counselling training.

Sam has been a contracted clinical supervisor for counsellors working within an agency, and
has worked with individuals, couples, families, and groups in various settings, as a student and as a professional, for over 25 years.

He is trained and experienced in the use of more than forty therapies including TIR/LSR, EMDR, TAT, EFT, Cognitive-Behavioural, Guided Imagery, and Pastoral. Sam also has a certificate in Trauma Counselling from the BC Justice Institute, as well as Critical Incident Stress Debriefing training and extensive experience.

Sam counsels people in a wholistic, eclectic pragmatic manner using spiritual principles (when requested) with a variety of issues including abuse, addictions, anger and stress, depression and grief, relationships, and trauma, including PTSD. He is also a trained and experienced Communication Specialist member of the Okanagan Collaborative Family Law Group

 
 
 


Sam founded and developed Restoration Counselling Services while employed by the Kelowna Salvation Army in 1993. Since 1995, he has directed his own private practice, offering flexible venues and accessible services. He co-facilitated “Parenting After Separation” sessions for 4 ½ years.

Sam currently co-facilitates the “Relationship Violence Treatment Program” in Kelowna. He contracts with several EFAP providers as well as third party payers WCB and ICBC. Since June 2004 Sam has been contributing weekly articles for Castanet.net on various aspects of counselling, including mental health, healthy relationships, addictions, stress; in these articles he frequently reviews and/or refers his readers to helpful books and websites.

Sam became a member of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors in July 1996 and has been President of Region 3 since November 1996. As a Vice-President on the Board of Directors, Sam is enthusiastic in conveying members' concerns and suggestions to the Board; he also seeks to encourage the RCCs in his Region in concrete ways to be the best counsellors possible. Sam volunteers his time and energies further by serving on the Registration Committee. He also volunteers for the BC Schizophrenia Society in his community by occasionally teaching the 12-week “Family-to-Family” course

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