Samantha Johnston, MA, MEd, PsyD Candidate (she/her)

Samantha is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. She is currently completing her fifth-year residency with the Toronto Area Residency Consortium (TARC). Her research interests focus on key factors in long-term relationship satisfaction, masculinity and sexuality, and compulsive sexual behaviour. Her doctoral research examines how men experience the disclosure of sexual secrets to long-term partners, and how this disclosure impacts both their relationships and their self-perception. Drawing on feminist principles, she examines how gender socialization impacts men’s emotional worlds and the patterns that emerge in their intimate relationships.

Samantha’s therapeutic approach is deeply relational, integrating evidence-based practices such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She honours each client’s unique capacity for self-insight and growth, while remaining attuned to the complex interplay of socioeconomic background, intersectional identity, generational history, and broader systems of oppression. She is attentive to power dynamics within the therapeutic relationship and fosters a collaborative, reflective space where clients are supported in exploring their sense of agency, deepening their emotional insight, and understanding relational patterns. Samantha also draws on her extensive training and experience as a yoga and meditation instructor to support present-moment awareness, both within and beyond the therapy room.

She is practicing under the supervision of Dr. Rylie Moore. 

Psychotherapy: $250/hr | Assessments: $300/hr