Clayre Sessoms Psychotherapy launches reduced-fee Arabic and English therapy through new practicum

By AI, Created 10:23 AM UTC, May 20, 2026, /AGP/ – Clayre Sessoms Psychotherapy is opening its first clinical practicum placement, offering reduced-fee online therapy in Arabic and English for adults and older teens across Canada. The new program starts May 5 and aims to expand access to affirming care for clients who face language, cost and cultural barriers.

Why it matters: - The new practicum adds lower-cost therapy for people who are often priced out of care, including newcomers, students, disabled people and workers in precarious jobs. - The placement also expands access to affirming care in Arabic, which remains harder to find than English or French-language services in British Columbia. - The program gives a developing therapist supervised experience while widening the practice’s reach across Canada.

What happened: - Clayre Sessoms Psychotherapy announced its first clinical practicum placement on May 4, 2026. - Practicum student therapist Laith Eskandar will begin seeing clients on May 5, 2026. - The practice is offering reduced-fee online therapy in Arabic and English for adults and older teens 16 and older. - Booking is open now. - Free 15-minute consultations are available now as a first step. - Booking details are available here.

The details: - Sessions are online for clients in British Columbia and across Canada. - The session fee is set at $75. - Sliding scale pricing is available. - Reduced-fee therapy includes up to 16 weekly sessions. - The program includes structured next-step support for clients who need longer-term therapy. - Laura Hoge, RSW, provides clinical supervision. - Hoge is registered with the BC College of Social Workers, the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, and the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers. - Supervision includes twice-weekly touchpoints for skills development, ethical practice and steady pacing. - Eskandar has experience in education, refugee and resettlement services, and community-based care. - Eskandar has also worked in peer support roles with local healthcare providers. - Eskandar’s approach is described as relational and culturally responsive. - Eskandar was born and raised in the SWANA region. - Clayre Sessoms Psychotherapy is a queer- and trans-led online therapy practice based in Vancouver. - The practice serves clients across Canada. - The practice works with adults and older teens navigating grief, identity, life transitions, resettlement and daily life stress. - The practice says its work draws on relational, somatic and creative traditions alongside disability justice and decolonizing practice.

Between the lines: - The launch reflects a broader access problem in private-pay therapy, where cost and language can keep care out of reach even when services exist. - The practicum is also a workforce pipeline move, giving a community-connected student therapist a supervised route into the profession. - Clayre Sessoms framed yearly practicum mentoring as part of making the path into therapy less isolating for people from underrepresented communities.

What’s next: - Clients can begin booking consultations and sessions immediately. - Eskandar’s first appointments start May 5, 2026. - The practicum is set up to support clients through a limited course of weekly therapy, with referrals or next-step planning if longer-term care is needed. - More information is available on the practice’s website at Clayre Sessoms Psychotherapy.

The bottom line: - Clayre Sessoms Psychotherapy is using a new supervised practicum to lower cost and language barriers at the same time, with Arabic- and English-language therapy now available online across Canada.