Hi, my name is Jessica. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (RCC# 26557). I have a Master of Science in Human and Social Services with a specialization in Community Intervention and Leadership from Walden University, plus graduate-level counselling courses through California Southern University. I provide in-person and online counselling in Port Alberni, BC; located within the shared, unceded, homelands of the Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations. 

My counselling approach is rooted in developing a strong therapeutic alliance built on trust, safety, and mutual rapport. I strive to work in collaboration with each client to meet their therapeutic goals within their unique, intersectional context. I practice from a place of emotional attunement, non-judgement, curiosity, and compassion.  I operate through a two-eyed seeing framework; incorporating cutting-edge research and traditional Indigenous knowledge into my approach. My practice is trauma-informed, culturally-aware, client-centered, and strengths-based.

I provide individual counselling to people of all backgrounds, ages 12 and up. I specialize in working with youth (ages 12-24) affected by complex trauma, substance use, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation and attempts, sexual abuse and exploitation, intimate partner violence, grief and loss, anxiety, borderline personality disorder (BPD), dissociation, ADHD, autism, and FASD/neonatal drug exposure.

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