Surrey · Virtual across BC · Evenings & weekends
Counselling for the things you carry after dark.
I'm Sam Magnusson, MSW, RCC #23869. I work with teens, adults, couples, and families — warm, real, and direct. Less like fixing what's broken, more like building what lasts.
The consult comes first — always free, no pressure. If we fit, your first full session is $90.
Chapter one · The ethos
Not fixing broken.
Building what lasts.
Most people who find me already have more capacity for change than they realize. What's usually missing is the support, the tools, and the confidence to reach it. My job is to figure out what's getting in the way — then build those things together, so you can go live your life the way you want to. Not so you need therapy forever. The opposite.
Trust first. Accountability always. No pity parties.
You said things other counsellors never said to me.
That's what I hear most. I'll name what's sitting in the room. I'll call things out — with warmth, with care, but honestly. Because that's what actually moves people forward. If you're tired of feeling stuck and you want someone genuinely honest, I think we'll work well together.
— what clients tend to say
Chapter two · What we work on
Trauma, whatever it means for you.
Big events, slow accumulations, the stuff you minimize because someone else had it worse — if it's shaping how you feel, react, or relate, it counts. A lot of my work is helping you understand the science behind why you feel the way you do, so something finally clicks: oh — that's what's been happening.
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- Trauma & painful pasts — making sense of what happened and loosening its grip on now.
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- Anxiety & overwhelm — understanding your nervous system instead of fighting it.
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- Feeling stuck — the same patterns on loop; let's name them and move.
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- Relationships — couples, family, and the dynamics underneath the fights.
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- Becoming who you're after — confidence, self-trust, and the tools to handle hard things when they come.
Chapter three · How it starts
Warmth. Maybe a bad joke.
Definitely no pressure.
- 1Free 15-minute consult.
We meet, you tell me what's going on, I tell you honestly whether I'm the right person. This always comes before booking anything.
- 2First session — $90.
Getting to know you as a person, not just what brought you in. Move at whatever pace feels right. Leave feeling a little lighter.
- 3Ongoing work, evenings & weekends.
Virtual across BC, built around real schedules. Regular rates with sliding-scale spots — see fees.
Tired of feeling stuck?
One honest conversation is a decent place to start. Fifteen minutes, free, no pitch.
Start with a free consultThe person behind the window
Hi, I'm Sam.
I got into this work because psychology helped me make sense of my own hard things — and heal from them. I genuinely love sitting with people and walking alongside them toward things they never thought were possible. That never gets old.