Specializes in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

Jenny is the founder and owner of Validity Counselling. Prior to creating Validity, Jenny worked for 12 years as a counsellor at Walmsley Counselling Services. 

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Jenny received her Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of Calgary. She has completed comprehensive and advanced training in DBT. Jenny maintains a small caseload, focusing on individuals who have difficulty regulating their emotions, thoughts, behaviour, and relationships.

She focuses on the way that emotions, thoughts, and behaviours interact together to form either effective or ineffective methods of coping. Jenny is approved to work with RCMP members, veterans, and Indigenous persons through the First Nations Health Authority.

Professional Associations: Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) #17849

Specializes in youth and children

Sean has been counselling children and youth for over a decade. He obtained his Psychology Degree from UNBC and his Masters in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. Sean has extensive training and experience in working with Autism and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. He uses play therapy, Rogerian counselling, and developmental psychology to help children find their way through the challenges of growing up. He finds that with the proper support, children can discover themselves and find their own unique path to a healthy childhood.

Special interest in body image and eating disorders

Olivia is a Registered Social Worker with the BC College of Social Workers. She received her Bachelor’s in Social Work from Thompson Rivers University in 2017. She is currently completing her Master’s in Education Counselling at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Olivia has several years of experience working with mental health, trauma, and addictions. Olivia has a special interest and training in eating disorders and body image. She is passionate about helping her clients find peace with body, mind, and food. Olivia works from a client-centred, holistic framework.

She is trauma-informed, strength-based, and utilizes approaches from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Narrative Therapy. Olivia tailors her approach to meet the individual needs of each client. Olivia’s warm and caring spirit along with her skills create a safe therapeutic environment for her clients. 

Specializes in trauma and culturally-informed practices

Laurel has a Master’s in Indigenous Studies and has worked in the social services field for over 20 years. Her work is strength-based, person-centred, and holistic. She has worked with children, youth, families and communities, working from a trauma and intercultural informed practice.

She has worked with youth and adults who have been sexually exploited and who have experienced gang violence. She is skilled at working through the many layers of psychological, physical, sexual, and spiritual abuses.

Laurel believes building trust and holding safe space for individuals is paramount to healing. She focuses on expressional therapies such as play, art, crafts, writing, movement, and mindfulness practices.

Trained in trauma-focused CBT

Parul has a Master’s in Psychology from India and a Masters in Clinical Social Work from UBC. She is trained in trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Emotion-Focused Family Therapy(EFFT).

She draws from a variety of counselling methods to create a tailored approach for each individual and situation. Parul has experience counselling children, adolescents, and adults from diverse backgrounds and a wide range of concerns. 

Her counselling approach is collaborative, warm, open, direct, and encouraging.

Specializes in youth, children, and families

Maria will receive her Master's of Clinical Social Work degree from UNBC in the fall of 2021. She has many years of experience working with children, youths, and families at Axis Family Resources and as a Stride therapeutic worker and youth advocate. She has experience working with clients from diverse backgrounds and demographics. Maria practices from a cultural safety and trauma-informed lens.

She approaches therapy from an anti-oppressive and anti-violence framework and incorporates a critical lens to the systems of power and oppression. She works from a client-centred, harm reduction, and strength-based framework. 

She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy in her work with clients. She has a commitment to empathy, creating therapeutic space, and forming egalitarian relationships.