Meet Our Counsellors
Our counsellors are non-judgmental and empathic individuals who believe that everyone has the potential to lead fulfilling lives. Sometimes life circumstances have led us to develop limiting beliefs and negative thought processes which block us from reaching our goals and living our dreams. Our counsellors have a passion for helping clients to overcome these barriers by walking along side clients and treating them as the experts in their own lives.
Jocelyn Carlson, M.Ed., RCC
Jocelyn Carlson, Registered Clinical Counsellor, completed her BA honours in Psychology at the University of Victoria and her M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Jocelyn has extensive experience providing youth and adults with client-centered therapy support. She is well-versed in helping her clients to build inner strategies needed for managing anxiety, panic attacks, mood disorders, depression, grief and loss, trauma, gender identity issues, borderline personality disorder, stress-related problems and relationship issues. She has worked extensively with at-risk youth for 12 years in a youth custody setting, and for the past 6 years with youth and families providing counselling and mental health treatment in a community setting. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, and Solution Focused Therapy. In addition, Jocelyn has advanced group training, and is a group facilitator for DBT skills group.
