Hi, I’m Jessica.

I’m a therapist, “Mama” to a little human, wife to a rad partner, and dog mom to my furry first-born. I live on the west coast and come alive amongst the trees. I grew up a multi-sport athlete and played varsity basketball at the University of Victoria. Nowadays, you can find me chasing after my kiddo and adventuring outdoors.

For 10 years, I have supported folks with anxiousness and low mood, stress and burnout, life transitions, relationship challenges, and navigating difficult family dynamics. I have special interests in supporting…

  • Moms, parents, and birthing people through perinatal and postpartum stages and in navigating the transitions through parenthood.

  • People whose loved ones are living with mental health and/or substance use concerns.

I hold a Masters in Social Work (MSW) and am a Registered Social Worker (RSW). I work with folks throughout British Columbia.

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Our Work Together

While the things that bring you to therapy can be challenging to navigate, we can also enjoy our time together; laughter and liveliness are welcome. It is my job to make sure that your safety, resilience, and integrity are honoured, respected, and upheld always.

  • My job is to support you in the ways that you need. I will be checking in along the way to make sure that I am meeting your hopes, needs, and expectations.

  • Rather than using the same, single approach with every person, I tailor our work together to fit what you need — because I’m working for you, here.

Together we can:

  • Better understand the things in your life that are keeping you stuck.

  • Invite new ways of looking at and thinking about them.

  • Give you effective strategies to help you manage the unmanageable.

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I pull from the following approaches :

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy

  • Emotionally focused family therapy (EFFT)

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) & radically open dialectical behavioural therapy (RO DBT)

  • Solution-focused therapy

  • Narrative therapy

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Professional Designation

  • Registered Social Worker (RSW) — British Columbia College of Social Workers (BCCSW) Member #15628

Education

  • Master of Social Work (MSW) — University of British Columbia

  • Bachelor of Child and Youth Care (BCYC) — University of Victoria

Training & Certifications

  • Bringing Baby Home Educator Training — The Gottman Institute

  • Clinical Foundations in Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Levels 1 & 2 — The Gottman Institute

  • Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT): Levels 1 & 2 — The International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)

  • San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training — Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) in BC

  • Foundations of Narrative Therapy Practice Training — Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy

Do you still have questions?

Chat with me.