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MEET Jessie (She/Her)

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Welcome, We are glad you are here.

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I am a healer trained as a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and as a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. I have earned a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Adler University. My thesis research explored what helps and hinders immigrants and children of immigrants access counselling. 

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I have been on a journey of healing for the last decade, sitting in the client's seat with holistic healers. In healing I have learned that we can only take our clients as deep as we have taken ourselves. I love to connect with Earth Mother, Sky Mother, and Water Mother in integration work. My partner and I have two doggos that we love dearly, and we love spending quality time with them. I love exploring creativity, yoga practice, reading, and the unceded Coast Salish Islands.  

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I AM A TRAUMA INTEGRATION HEALER 

I use the pronouns she/we and identify as a queer South Asian woman who is deeply connected to the collective. I practice from a space of openness, curiosity, and cultural humility. We all have cultural heterogeneity and we experience our intersections of oppressions and privilege differently. I sit with you in solidarity and with curiosity to understand your lens. 

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As a trauma-integrative counsellor, I emphasize the holistic mind-body connection. Trauma can be defined as sudden or cumulative stressors that overwhelm our body’s natural ability to cope. We may experience symptoms such as anxiety, anger, emotional numbness, low self-esteem, brain fog, complex PTSD, PTSD, dissociation, or memory loss. We may find ourselves stuck in patterns such as people-pleasing, self-sabotage, shame, self-harm, or perfectionism that are no longer serving us. I support you in accessing your Inner Healing Wisdom, and reclaiming yourself. Trauma work is grief work, and I will be by your side as you look your shadows in the eye to integrate them. I am trained and experienced with psychedelic integration, and work with folks in expanded states of consciousness.  

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I have 8 years of experience in the mental health field, supporting clients as they embody their power. I offer evidence and research-based interventions when clients communicate who they are, and what they want in life. I compassionately sit with clients as they grieve their past. I encourage clients to reconnect with themselves and their safe connections. We believe that healing happens in values aligned community. 

 

Licenses & Certifications:

  • TheraPsil: Fundamentals of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy with Dr. Ingrid Pacey & Jane (Sept 2023) 

  • Sacred Boundaries with Dr. Jennifer Mullan (Jan 2023)

  • Psychedelics in Therapy Summit (Aug 2022)

  • Queering Mental Health 2022 (May 2022)

  • Intermediate LENS Training: Level 2 (April 2022)

  • Ethical Dilemmas in the Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociation by Kathy Steele & Dr. Dolores Mosquera (Aug 2021)

  • Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS) (Aug 2021)

  • Working with Parts in Dissociative Disorders: A Practical Guide for Trauma Therapists with Dr Dolores Mosquera (May 2021)

  • DBT Skills with Marsha Linehan (Mar 2021)

  • Foundations of the LENS Training (Mar 2021)

  • Suicide Prevention Crisis Worker Certification (Apr 2020)

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Basic Training (Mar 2019)

  • Opiod Overdose Response Training (Nov 2018)

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm (Dec 2017)

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I know it takes strength, capacity, and courage to start therapy. I would feel honored to work with you and to understand your complexity. Together we would tailor an informed and integrative therapeutic approach to meet your needs.

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