Meet Our Team
Counselling
Jennifer Mansell
OWNER/FOUNDER OF NOURISH WELLNESS & REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER
Clients Served: Individuals (Teens, Adults), Couples, Families
Therapeutic Approaches: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Somatic and Mindfulness-based Therapies (Hakomi, R-CS), Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Attachment Based Parenting (Gordon Neufeld), Clinical and Professional Consultation
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Jennifer is a Registered Social Worker with over 25 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families across a wide range of life experiences. She works collaboratively with clients to help them reconnect with their own innate wisdom, strengths, and sense of agency, while thoughtfully acknowledging the sociocultural contexts that shape their lives.
Jennifer’s approach to counselling is integrative and flexible, drawing from post-modern and narrative therapy, somatic approaches including Hakomi and yoga therapy, feminist and systemic perspectives, collaborative family therapy, emotionally focused therapy (EFT), attachment-based parenting, and mindfulness-based practices. Her work is grounded in a feminist, trauma-informed lens and has been deeply influenced by her mentors in both counselling and mindfulness traditions. Jennifer meets clients with warmth, authenticity, humour, and respect.
Her current areas of focus include emotionally focused couples therapy, perinatal and maternal mental health, family therapy, somatic approaches, and clinical / professional consultation for therapists. Jennifer’s own experience with postpartum depression has strengthened her empathy and passion for supporting mothers through the complexity of early parenthood, helping them cultivate self-compassion, meaning, and connection.
Outside of work, Jennifer enjoys the West Coast lifestyle with her family, cycling forest trails, and lingering over coffee in the sunshine.
Marny Elliott
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLOR AND PARENT COACH
Clients served: Individuals 18+, Parents/Caregivers, Couples
Therapeutic Approaches: Spiritual Psychotherapy, Nurtured Heart Approach®, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Focusing, Somatic-informed, IFS-informed
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Marny supports her clients in creating nourishing intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships, as well as strong emotional foundations. With a client-centred, strength-based focus and relational approach, Marny offers a safe, non-judgmental space to navigate life transitions, explore relationship patterns, and understand how behaviours and choices can hold us back from living a more aligned and joyful life. By connecting clients to their true selves and innate wisdom, she supports them in shifting limitations while developing greater clarity, resilience, and emotional well-being.
Clients often experience increased self-awareness, relief from repeating cycles, deeper self-worth and compassion, calmer responses to challenges, more ease and connection in relationships, as well as empowerment to move forward with conscious choice.
As an Advanced Certified Nurtured Heart Approach® Trainer, Marny works with adults to strengthen relationships, reduce conflict, and foster lasting positive change with their children. Parents and caregivers gain practical tools to support children in building confidence, resilience, and Inner Wealth™.
Suzan Moldenhauer
MASTER PRACTITIONER IN CLINICAL COUNSELLING
Clients Served: Adults, Couples, Families
Therapeutic Approaches: Internal Family Systems - Informed, Somatic Experiencing - Informed, Psychodynamic Therapy, Gottman Method (Couples), Emotional Focused Therapy (Couples)
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If you’re seeking help with food or body image struggles, relationship challenges, or family estrangement, Suzan can help.
Suzan specializes in working with adolescents and adults experiencing disordered eating. With a compassionate approach, she offers a safe space to explore one’s relationship with food, body, and self. Her work focuses on the emotional and psychological factors underlying disordered eating, helping clients develop coping skills, improve body image, and build a healthier relationship with food and their bodies.
As a couples counsellor, Suzan is trained in the Gottman Method, an evidence-based approach that strengthens friendship, deepens emotional connection, and supports healthier conflict management. She helps couples navigate challenges such as communication breakdowns, trust concerns, intimacy issues, and differing values.
Suzan is also trained by Dr. Joshua Coleman in working with family estrangement. Her approach is research-informed, compassionate, and grounded in helping clients understand estrangement and explore pathways toward healing.
Rachel Bullock
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
Clients Served: Individual Adults and Youth (13+)
Therapeutic Approaches: Somatic Experiencing, Compassion-Focused Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
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There are times when we feel overwhelmed and lost. We're doing our best, but we 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. I hold a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology, with advanced training in complex trauma, mindfulness-based interventions, and abusive relationships. As a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, I use a gentle somatic approach that heals trauma. I work holistically with my clients, exploring how our thoughts, emotions, body, relationships, and culture may impact our wellbeing. With warmth, expertise, and a down-to-earth approach, I help my clients to find their way through hardship towards greater inner peace. To learn more about me and my services, please see my website at www.rachelbullock.ca
Gabrielle Durupt
CANADIAN CERTIFIED COUNSELLOR
Clients Served: Youth 14+, Adults and Couples
Therapeutic Approaches: CBT, Mindfulness, Relational, IFS, Developmental Model
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With authentic care for people, I believe in building a relationship with my clients that supports their individual priorities and needs. Supporting clients through anxiety, depression, grief, emotion-regulation, stress management, and life transitions are a few examples of my areas of practice.
Relationship dynamics, developing strategies for navigating difficult conversations and building relationships through healthy conflict are areas of focus. Helping clients recognize where a loving boundary can be set for themselves versus cutting people out of their lives is important to me.
I hold a certificate in collaborative conflict resolution and volunteer at the Community Justice 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 or meet over Zoom.
Chandra Bailey
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
Clients Served: Adult Individual Counselling
Therapeutic Approaches: Somatic IFS, Mindfulness-Based, Trauma Focused
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I believe that healing is not about becoming an idealized version of yourself —it’s about finding your way to loving the most wounded parts of you, and in this process, shifting your relationship to them in a way that allows you to carry these parts and the history they hold more lightly.
No part of you is out to harm you—not your inner critic, not your saboteur, not even the parts you see as most dysfunctional. Each of these parts holds a protective intention. When we can meet them with curiosity instead of judgment, they reveal valuable insights about what has kept you stuck, opening up pathways to new ways of being and relating to yourself.
This is a practice of self-intimacy rather than self-improvement.
Without the gentle, intentional, and sometimes painful work of liberating these wounded parts, they continue to operate beneath awareness with limiting agendas.
True inner peace does not come from eliminating parts of yourself or simply tolerating discomfort. It arises from expanding your capacity to connect with the part of you that can hold the full human experience without being defined by it. Growing this capacity will be the aim of our time together.
If this resonates with you, I welcome the chance to get to know you —to be a compassionate witness, to ask the right questions so that together we can discern what is working and what is getting in the way of where you want to be.
Riley Brown
ANXIETY & ADULT ADHD COUNSELLOR, MPCC
Clients Served: Adults (19+), Individuals
Therapeutic Approaches: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person-Centred Therapy, Strengths-Based Counselling
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If you’re someone who feels constantly overwhelmed, stuck in your head, or exhausted from trying to keep up, you’re not alone. Many of my clients come in saying they’re tired of overthinking everything, stuck in procrastination, or feeling like their emotions go from zero to one hundred without warning. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, adult ADHD, or patterns that make life feel harder than it should be, my role is to help you understand what’s actually happening inside your mind and how to choose differently. Together, we slow things down, make room for self-compassion, and build practical tools so you can manage your thoughts, regulate your emotions, and follow through on the things that matter. My approach weaves Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, directness, and supportive guidance to help you break old patterns and strengthen your inner confidence. Every person has the capacity to grow, and therapy becomes a place where you can finally feel understood, supported, and capable of change.
Molly Howes
CANADIAN CERTIFIED COUNSELLOR
Clients Served: Individuals, Adults (19+), Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
Therapeutic Approaches: Internal Family Systems (IFS), Mindfulness-Based
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Molly offers support to individuals struggling with anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and life transitions, with a special interest in the highly sensitive person (HSP). She provides a warm, empathetic, and compassionate space for her clients to make sense of their unique experience in the world and get in touch with their most authentic self.
As a sensitively wired person herself, Molly understands the challenges that can be present when navigating a world that was not designed for them. Life can often feel fast-paced and overwhelming, like the volume is turned up on high. Trying to “keep up” can leave one feeling burned out and questioning themselves. Molly assists clients in understanding more about the trait, learning effective strategies for working with it, and exploring how being an HSP has shaped their inner and outer experiences. Through this work of self-discovery, Molly hopes that clients will gain a more balanced, fulfilling, and manageable life, where there is room to see and cherish the beautiful gifts that come with being highly sensitive.
Tammy Guiler
REGISTERED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER & REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
Clients Served: Individuals (Adults and Teens) and Couples
Therapeutic Approaches: Integrating EFT, AEDP, IFS, relational, mindfulness based, attachment focused, and trauma informed therapies
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Tammy is both a Registered Clinical Social Worker (RCSW) and Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with 14 years of experience. An RCSW is a separate class of registration that recognizes advanced practice skills and clinical knowledge. She has a wide range of experience in both community and private practice settings, working with clients of all ages across the lifespan.
Tammy strongly believes the foundation of great therapy is rooted in the development of a positive relationship with your therapist. With this knowledge, it is her goal to co-create an environment in which you feel heard, understood, and safe. She deeply recognizes the importance of understanding how our relationships and lived experiences shape who we are, and how they impact the ways we relate to others and the world around us. With this in mind, Tammy has adopted a theoretical orientation that is relational, experiential, attachment-focused, and trauma informed. Her approach to therapy is integrative, combining various modalities to best meet her clients’ individual and couple needs.
To book a free 30-minute in-person or video consultation appointment, or learn more about her approach, education, and training, please visit www.shorepinecounselling.com.
Jill Kotapski
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR (R.C.C.)
Clients Served: Teens 13+, Young Adults, Parents of Teens
Therapeutic Approaches: Person-Centred, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Dialectal Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Academic Coaching
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Jill has more than 25 years of experience working with adolescents, young adults and parents as a school district counsellor and educator. She holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria and is an R.C.C. who is certified with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors.
Jill’s passion and expertise lie in creating a safe space where you can feel comfortable being yourself and exploring what’s happening inside with no pressure or judgement. Her goal is to empower you to overcome obstacles, build resilience and achieve your full potential. She offers support for anxiety, depression, grief, suicidal thoughts, self- criticism, ADHD, trauma, self injurious behaviours, substance use and identity exploration and patterns that feel hard to shift.
Jill will help you to centre your locus of control within yourself and discover yourself in a deeper more meaningful way. She will support you in navigating all of life’s twists and turns, including family separations and relationship conflict, school and learning challenges, education and career planning with thoughtfulness and respect for you and your self-agency.
Mia Eiden
SEX & RELATIONSHIP THERAPIST, MPCC-P
Clients Served: Adults, Couples, Relationships+, Francophone
Therapeutic Approaches: Sex Therapy, Relational, Trauma-informed, Psychodynamic, Feminist, Narrative, Somatic, Sex Education, Relational Life Therapy (RLT)
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With a background in clinical counselling and sex education, Mia supports individuals and couples as they navigate intimacy and relationship challenges in an open, shame-free space.
People often seek Mia when navigating relationship difficulties, intimacy concerns, identity shifts, or recurring patterns that leave them feeling disconnected from themselves or others. She collaborates with her clients to help them understand how their histories and identities shape their lives, while supporting them in building stronger communication, emotional clarity, and capacity for repair.
Informed by a longstanding engagement with psychoanalytic perspectives in France, her work is relational, depth-oriented, reflective, and nuanced.
Alongside her private practice, Mia works within local community services, offering trauma-informed care through life transitions. She welcomes people of all genders, orientations, abilities, cultures, and relationship structures.
She offers sessions in English and French and is a Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling (MPCC-P) Provisional and a member of the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association.
Marion Bryan
CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST & REGISTERED MASTER THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLOR
Clients Served: Children 7+, Teens, Adults
Therapeutic Approach: Creative Arts Therapy, Trauma-focused CBT, Structured Sensory Interventions, Person-Centered, Solution-Focused, RET
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Marion is a Creative Arts Therapist and Counsellor with over 20 years of experience supporting children, youth and families. She is passionate about using a strength-based, person-centered approach to foster resiliency and self-expression. Exploring creatively in a non-judgemental atmosphere allows individuals to engage in a process that is often insightful, rewarding and nourishing.
Marion is certified in (TF-CBT) for children and youth experiencing anxiety disorders and the effects of trauma. She is also qualified in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, Structured Sensory Interventions, Exposure Tapping, Applied Suicide Intervention, and Assessment and Treatment for Child Sexual Abuse.
She has participated in several trainings such as, “The Village,” a community workshop about the impact of residential schools and intergenerational trauma. For the past 20 years, Marion has worked as a counsellor for the Sexual Abuse Intervention Program.
Marion holds a Master’s degree in Creative Arts Therapies, completing an extensive practicum in Child and Family Psychiatry and Palliative Care, and a BA from Thompson Rivers University, earning Dean’s List honours.
Marion brings a culturally sensitive and inclusive framework to her work, welcoming gender and sexual diversity. Her approach invites individuals into a healing process that is often deeply empowering and restorative.
Jessica Bell
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
Clients Served: Individuals & Couples
Therapeutic Approach: Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting Phase 2, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, and Feminist-Informed Perspectives.
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Jessica is a Counsellor who works with individuals and couples navigating trauma, relationship challenges, and general life struggles. She brings a warm, compassionate, and non-judgemental approach, creating space for clients to feel seen, heard, and accepted.
She is trained in trauma-focused therapies, including Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Brainspotting Phase 2. She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), narrative therapy, and feminist-informed perspectives. Her work incorporates nervous system-informed practices to help clients understand and become unstuck from patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaviour, supporting greater self-understanding, self-compassion, and meaningful change.
Jessica grew up in Vancouver, BC, and after spending several years living in different parts of the world, settled with her family in the Comox Valley in 2019. Before pursuing counselling, she studied culinary arts and sustainable agriculture and spent years working in various communities offering mentorship and support. These experiences continue to shape her belief in the importance of connection, care, and resilience.
She holds a Master’s degree in Counselling from City University of Seattle. She brings a person-centred, strength-based, and inclusive framework to her practice, welcoming people from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Outside of work, Jessica lives on a small hobby farm in Courtenay and enjoys hiking, swimming in local watering holes, and spending time with friends and family.
Pamela Hiller
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
Clients Served: Adults (19+), Teens (13+), Individuals
Therapeutic Approach: Person-Centred, Relational, Attachment-Focused, CBT, EMDR, Trauma-Informed
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Pamela is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master of Education in Counselling and Leadership and a BEd in Secondary Education. She brings over 20 years of experience in education, counselling, and school leadership, including roles as a high school teacher, school counsellor, and vice principal. Pamela began her private counselling practice in 2018 and transitioned to full-time private practice when she moved to the Comox Valley in 2022.
She works with clients navigating anxiety, emotional overwhelm, life transitions, relationship challenges, grief, trauma, self-esteem, boundaries, and the complexities of everyday life. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and compassionate. Pamela strives to create a safe, welcoming space where clients can be themselves, explore what they are experiencing without judgment, and have a voice in the direction and pace of their counselling. She believes meaningful change can begin with greater self-awareness, compassion, and understanding.
Holistic Health
Shayla Garland
Naturopathic Doctor
Clients Served: Adults, teens, kids
Therapeutic Approaches: Nutrition, lifestyle counselling, botanical medicine, mind-body medicine, homeopathy, hydrotherapy, acupuncture and TCM, medication
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Dr. Shayla is dedicated to guiding and empowering individuals on their health journeys. Her approach is grounded in evidence-based care, while
meeting the patient where they are at, and nurturing the therapeutic relationship.
Treatment centres around natural therapies that encourage the body to heal and return to balance (i.e. health). Every person is unique, and she approaches each case with the belief that finding the root cause of disease is essential for lasting and sustainable healing. Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health are interconnected and affecting one another, so as many of these levels are addressed as possible.
Dr. Shayla supports energy, stress, digestion, immunity (allergies, poor immunity, autoimmune disease), hormonal issues (PMS, endometriosis, PCOS, painful periods, perimenopause/menopause, etc.), and more!