Jen uses an integrative trauma-informed and sex positive approach to best fit your needs and help you move toward the best version of yourself. She sees counselling as a collaborative process in which you are the expert in your own life. Jen feels incredibly privileged to support clients as they make positive changes, develop stronger relationships, and reach their goals.

The quality of the relationship you have with a counsellor is one of the most important factors in getting what you want from counselling –so Jen focuses on creating a safe space where you can feel comfortable learning more about yourself. Jen compassionately supports you while also offering gentle guidance towards the root of your issue. She works holistically: addressing the underlying themes present in your life while also offering practical and concrete tools you can use in the day-to-day.

Jen has a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Simon Fraser University, and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. She works flexibly from several approaches, including Emotion-Focused Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, Adlerian Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR).

Outside of Headwaters Therapy, Jen works as a counsellor with the Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic. Jen also teaches courses and workshops in counselling skills and mental health, and regularly facilitates for local non-profit organizations.

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