Registered Clinical Counsellor (#21453)
MS.Ed. Mental Health & School Counselling
University of Pennsylvania
M.A. Clinical Psychology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Psychology & French
University of Denver
Samantha Short
Founder & Clinical Counsellor
(She/her)
Samantha founded Calm Waters in 2025 with two primary goals: Increase access to counselling services & Create a community of counsellors that values collaboration, authentic connections, and continued growth.
In pursuit of those goals, Calm Waters offers group counselling covering a variety of topics (anxiety, DBT skills, ADHD), individual counselling, consultation teams and of course- events for counsellors to connect!
Samantha also works with Fraser health as a crisis clinician for the emergency response team, providing clinical consultation to emergency room, physicians and psychiatrists for children, youth and young adults who present with a mental health crisis.
Part of reducing barriers to accessing mental health care includes managing financial burdens. As such, Samantha is currently offering sliding scale Counselling at Calm Waters (limited capacity).
Primary modalities: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, person centred.
Primary Areas of Practice: Anxiety, Borderline Personality disorder/traits, self harm
Virtual sessions only
Availability varies as Samantha works at the hospital. Options for weekends and evenings are available.