COUNSELLING
JENNIFER MANSELL
Registered Social Worker
Jennifer is a Registered Social Worker with 25 years of experience working with a wide range of clients. Jennifer supports her clients to connect with their own innate wisdom and sense of agency in their lives. She recognizes the importance of acknowledging the sociocultural factors which impact clients’ experiences. Jennifer’s skills lie in working relationally, whether it be through fostering curiosity and compassion toward oneself, working with couples in crisis or multi-stressed families. She meets her clients with personal transparency, warmth and humour.
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Jennifer is a Registered Social Worker with 25 years of experience working with a wide range of clients. Jennifer supports her clients to connect with their own innate wisdom and sense of agency in their lives. She recognizes the importance of acknowledging the sociocultural factors which impact clients’ experiences.
Jennifer’s counselling style is eclectic, incorporating her skills and training in post modern approaches (narrative therapy), somatic approaches (Hakomi and yoga therapy), feminist approaches, collaborative family therapy, emotionally focused therapy (EFT), attachment-based parenting, as well as mindfulness-based approaches. She has been heavily influenced by her teachers and mentors both in the fields of counselling and yoga/mindfulness. She incorporates a feminist, systemic and trauma-informed lens into her practice. Jennifer meets her clients with personal transparency, warmth and humour.
Jennifer’s current specialized interests are mindfulness-based and emotionally-focused couples therapy, perinatal and maternal mental health, family therapy, and somatic therapies including Hakomi.
Jennifer’s personal experience with postpartum depression deepened her awareness and expanded her capacity to empathize with and support mothers with young children. She is passionate about promoting and supporting maternal mental health; helping mothers to ride the wave of bliss and exhaustion during this unique time period, to find meaning and support amidst the messiness, and to maintain a compassionate relationship with oneself during this time.
When she is not at work, Jennifer can be found enjoying the west coast lifestyle with her 2 children, savouring a coffee in the sunshine, or riding her bike through the forest trails.
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
+ Master of Social Work (Specialization: Clinical Practice) – University of Calgary
+ Bachelor of Social Work, With Distinction – University of Victoria, British Columbia
+ Internship (Family Therapy) with Dr. Karl Tomm – Calgary Family Therapy Centre
+ Hakomi Body-Centred Psychotherapy, 300 hours – Hakomi Institute Calgary
+ Yoga Therapy – Mount Royal University, Calgary
+ Yoga Teacher Certification – Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Kerala, IndiaPROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
+ Alberta College of Social Workers, 2003-2015
+ British Columbia College of Social Workers, since 2015
+ British Columbia Association of Social Workers since 2016
MARNY ELLIOTT
Parent Coach and Relationship Counsellor
Certified in the Nurtured Heart Approach® and Spiritual Psychotherapy, Marny supports parents, individuals, and couples to create nourishing relationships and strong emotional foundations for themselves and their children. With a client-centered and strength-based focus, she supports others to more successfully manage life’s changes and challenges. Those experiencing a life transition or struggling with limiting beliefs, repetitive patterns, and unproductive behaviors can find a safe, non-judgmental space to gain awareness, resilience, and tools. Her goal is to bring compassion, sensitivity, clarity, and diverse expertise to those seeking to experience greater joy and fulfillment.
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Certified in the Nurtured Heart Approach® and Spiritual Psychotherapy, Marny supports parents, individuals, and couples to create nourishing relationships and strong emotional foundations for themselves and their children. With a client-centered and strength-based focus, she supports others to more successfully manage life’s stresses, changes, and challenges.
Those experiencing a life transition or struggling with limiting beliefs, patterns, and behaviors can find a safe, non-judgmental space to gain awareness, resilience, and tools. Her goal is to bring compassion, sensitivity, and diverse expertise to those seeking clarity, calm, and connection to experience greater joy and fulfillment.
Marny uses the Nurtured Heart Approach® (NHA) as a foundation to help adults with children in their lives build a roadmap to greater success. Through a strong relationship and resilient inner strength, children’s behaviour can shift as can dynamics in the home and/or classroom. She empowers her clients with a greater understanding of adult-child dynamics, skills to reach their goals, and confidence to effectively maintain long-term balance.
In working with individuals, Marny trusts that people know what is best for themselves. She sees her role as a guide to help others connect with that self-awareness and wisdom. She aims to provide a holistic approach, drawing on diverse skills/training, to shift the roles, beliefs, experiences, and barriers that prevent us from thriving in our most important relationship – the one we have with ourselves.
Interpersonal relationships provide a profound opportunity to learn about ourselves and each other. In working with couples, Marny helps partners become more aware of how they contribute to issues, get in touch with deeper needs, and begin a path toward both loving and letting go. Through open, compassionate communication and honest self-reflection, couples can reduce negative patterns and love more consciously.
For more details, please visit www.joywithin.ca
ELISABETH VAN ASSUM
Registered Clinical Counsellor
I help you explore and identify your unique root causes that generate challenges during life transitions. Transitional times although inevitable are opportunities for growth and change. I support you to come to acceptance about who you are and how you show up in the world. My counselling approach integrates a Person-Centered and Feminist approach to create a transformative empowering space centering your rights as a person to explore and express your subjective, meaningful experiences. I show up for you so you can show up for yourself.
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I work effectively with people experiencing challenges with life transition issues. Life transitions, although always inevitable and often unsettling, offer opportunities for insight, change, growth, wisdom and joy. Therapy with me offers a collaborative opportunity in which to skillfully manage your unique experiences and struggles with life transitions.
Through our work together you become increasingly skillful and capable of widening the scope of your personal awareness, navigating your experiential landscape and integrating your transition into an authentic lasting transformation. I skillfully combine my educational, clinical and spiritual expertise to offer you a distinctive collaborative space in which you get to enter into your authentic being and witness all aspects of yourself with compassion and acceptance, freeing yourself from patterns of shame and guilt and learning to relax with ease and acceptance into yourself. For more detailed information about my offering, my expertise and my practice please refer to my website www.elisabethvanassum.com
“It is also important to realise that you don’t have to have control over others. You see, that is exactly the truth of the situation: you do not have all the answers; you are not assuming control over people. Instead, you are trying to tell the truth—in the beginning, in the middle, and at the end”
~ Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
SUZAN MOLDENHAUER
Registered Professional Counsellor
I offer individual counselling for people who are struggling with issues around eating and building successful relationships as well as couples counselling for those who need help making changes in their relationship. My therapeutic style is characterized with warmth, empathy, humour, and compassion. I want you to feel empowered, find meaning, and reclaim your life. If you are looking for a counsellor to help you with issues around eating or with your relationship, I can help.
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If you are looking for help with food or body image struggles, or are looking to overcome a relationship problem, Suzan can help.
Suzan specializes in working with individuals struggling with disordered eating and eating disorders. With a client-centered and compassionate approach, she creates a safe and non-judgemental space for individuals to explore their relationship with food, body, and self. She works with adolescents and adults to address the underlying emotional and psychological factors that contribute to disordered eating. She helps clients develop coping skills to manage difficult emotions, improve body image, and build a healthy relationship with food and body.
As a relationship counsellor, Suzan believes that the quality of our relationships profoundly impacts our overall well-being and personal growth. Through a strength-based approach, she helps individuals recognize their resilience and inherent strengths, allowing them to create more satisfying and fulfilling relationships.
As a couple’s counsellor, Suzan builds her practice around the highly acclaimed Gottman Method, which focusses on improving friendship, deepening emotional connection, and learning new ways to deal with problems and conflicts in a positive way. Her training through the Gottman Institute provides her with well researched, evidence-based methods to help clients build a better and more fulfilling relationship. She understands that relationships can face various challenges, such as communication breakdowns, trust issues, intimacy concerns, and conflicting values.
With empathy and insight, she guides her clients through these obstacles, empowering them to find understanding and deeper connections.
If you are looking for a counsellor who makes you feel at ease, who’s knowledge you trust, and who works compassionately to support your goals, you’ve come to the right place
RACHEL BULLOCK
Registered Clinical Counsellor
There are times when we feel overwhelmed and lost. We're doing our best, but can't seem to find our way. I can help you to catch your breath, find your strength, and navigate towards wellness. I have years of experience as a Registered Clinical Counsellor helping people with issues such as trauma, anxiety, burnout, low self-worth, and perfectionism. With warmth, expertise, and a down-to-earth approach, I help my clients to build inner peace. To learn more about my services, please see my website at www.rachelbullock.ca.
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Rachel supports adults and adolescents in their journey towards well-being. She has a Master's Degree in Counselling and years of experience helping people with trauma, anxiety, burn out, and more. With warmth, expertise, and a down-to-earth approach, Rachel can help you to find inner strength and deeper connection. To learn more about Rachel and her services, see her website at www.rachelbullock.ca
FOCUS:
+ trauma
+ anxiety and depression
+ burn out
+ low self-worth
+ perfectionism
+ grief and loss
GABRIELLE DURUPT
Canadian Certified Counsellor
I work with youth and adults on managing a variety of challenges; anxiety, depression, burnout, life transitions, and relationship issues among others. I bring a compassionate approach to counselling, and believe that relationship building and strengthening community are important in supporting personal and wider change. Providing therapy rooted in CBT, Solution-Focused, and Mindfulness approaches, I invite you to the comfort of my office, the convenience of an online session or a walk and talk session in the natural spaces available to us here in the Comox Valley.
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With authentic care for people, I bring a compassionate approach to counselling therapy and believe in building an alliance with my clients that supports their individual priorities and needs. I hold an M.A. in Counselling Psychology and an Advanced Certificate in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I include Mindfulness techniques and Solution-Focused frameworks to support my practice. I have experience working with youth, adults, and seniors, supporting clients through anxiety, eco-anxiety, depression, grief, emotion-regulation, substance use, stress management, life transitions, and relationship issues.
My current focus includes learning and developing strategies for navigating anxious and depressive thoughts around climate change. I am pleased to offer walk and talk therapy where we can benefit from the extraordinary natural spaces available to us here in the Comox Valley. Nurturing a connection with nature and stimulating the senses can evolve our counselling relationship. I believe that relationship building and strengthening community are important in supporting personal and wider change.
I hold a certificate in collaborative conflict resolution and more recently participated in Indigenous human rights training through the Wachiay Friendship Centre in Courtenay, BC. I am committed to continually learning how to be anti-racist through education, challenging personal bias, and taking action to create meaningful change.
I look forward to meeting with you. Please contact me if you would like to come into the office, meet over Zoom, or if you think walk and talk therapy could be right for you.
CHANDRA BAILEY
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unfulfilled in your life, unsure how to move forward? You are not alone; everyone struggles and needs support sometime. My role as a counsellor is to be a compassionate witness; to ask the right questions so that together we can understand what is working and what is getting in the way of where you want to be. In a nutshell, I want you to feel more fulfilled with who you are, what you do, and how you live.
Please visit www.chandrabailey.ca to connect and learn more about my approach.
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Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unfulfilled in your life; paralyzed with how to move forward? You are not alone, everyone struggles and needs support sometime. Life can throw us all kinds of intense challenges that may leave us feeling disoriented and disconnected; not even recognizing who we are anymore. I believe we all have the capacity to create change with the right support.
That’s why I am committed to creating a non-judgemental space for you to better understand and express yourself in a way that allows you to emerge reconnected to your own inherent wisdom. My role in our working relationship is to be a compassionate witness; to ask the right questions so that together we can understand what is working and what is getting in the way of where you want to be. In a nutshell, I want you to feel more fulfilled with who you are, what you do, and how you live.In our sessions together, I utilize a variety of approaches drawn from my professional training, personal experience, and my Masters in Counselling Psychology. I also incorporate other unique, leading-edge therapies (including EMDR trauma-informed therapy and IFS) which allow me to address your individual needs.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BCACC and a Certified Canadian Counsellor with the CCPA.I know taking the first step towards creating meaningful change in your life can seem overwhelming or hard but I encourage you to reach out with curiosity and see if we would be a good fit. I look forward to hearing from you.
ERIN JOHNSON
Registered Clinical Counsellor
With a deep passion for supporting individuals on their journey towards emotional well-being, Erin has dedicated her career to working with a diverse range of clients, including trauma survivors, first responders, substance use and addictions as well as adolescents and adults with anxiety, panic and depression. Through compassionate guidance, embodied techniques, and a personalized approach, Erin is here to help you navigate the path to emotional well-being and a renewed sense of empowerment.
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With a deep passion for supporting individuals on their journey towards emotional well-being, Erin has dedicated her career to working with a diverse range of clients, including trauma survivors. first responders, substance use and addictions as well as adolescents and adults with anxiety, panic and depression.
Erin’s approach is centered around trauma-informed care, recognizing the impact that past experiences can have on our present lives. Specializing in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Erin offers a safe and empathetic space for clients to process and release the effects of trauma. By harnessing the power of EMDR and somatic practices, Erin guides clients in reconnecting with their bodies and minds, fostering a holistic healing process.
Erin believes in the inherent strength within each individual and is committed to collaboratively exploring pathways to growth and healing. Through compassionate guidance, embodied techniques, and a personalized approach, Erin is here to help you navigate the path to emotional well-being and a renewed sense of empowerment.
RILEY BROWN
Registered Professional Counsellor - Candidate
Riley, an empathetic RPC-C, offers a unique blend of evidence-based therapy and compassionate insight at her practice. Currently a Psychology undergrad at Thompson River University and under professional supervision, she is dedicated to unlocking each individual’s potential for personal growth. Riley's approach is tailored to foster a safe and nurturing environment, ensuring a personalized journey towards healing and self-discovery. Compassionate and committed, she is the guiding presence for those navigating the challenges of mental and emotional well-being.
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Riley is committed to bringing healing and transformation through her empathetic and evidence-based counselling approach. She is a Registered Professional Counsellor - Candidate with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association.
Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Thompson River University and undergoing professional supervision, she is deepening her understanding of the human psyche. Riley believes in the inherent worth and potential of every individual, and she strives to foster a therapeutic relationship built on trust, empathy, and collaboration.
Riley offers compassionate support and guidance to individuals dealing with mental health and emotional well-being concerns. She focuses on crafting individualized treatment plans to meet unique needs. From conducting group therapy sessions to providing individual sessions, her ultimate goal is fostering a safe, non-judgmental space for healing, exploration, and positive change.
She is devoted to assisting clients on their journey towards positive change and personal empowerment, and she believes in the inherent worth and potential of every individual. Riley strives to foster a therapeutic relationship built on trust, empathy, and collaboration. With a genuine passion for helping others, Riley uses evidence-based modalities that combines validation, compassion, and psychology for transformative insights
Riley is a Registered Professional Counsellor - Candidate #4692 with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association. Her commitment to excellence and the highest standards of care is reinforced by supervision under the guidance of experienced professionals. Riley works under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth Scheepers, MPCC-S, MTC, RCS, CPCA#3205; ACCT#2060
Riley has a Diploma of Professional Counselling and Youth & Family Support Worker Certificate from the Vancouver College of Counsellor Training. She is currently completing a BA in Psychology at Thompson River University with plans to complete a Masters in Counselling Psychology.
SERVICES:
Riley provides counselling services for individuals and groups over 18 years of age. Her goal is to create a safe and inclusive therapy space that welcomes individuals of all ages, races, abilities, sexual orientations, gender expressions, backgrounds, and family constellations.
FOCUSES:
+ Anxiety
+ Behavioural Issues
+ Depression
+ Fear of Failure
+ Grief and Loss
+ Identity & Personality Development
+ Isolation & Loneliness
+ Low Self-Esteem
+ Trauma
