Meet Our Team
Counselling
Jennifer Mansell
Owner/Founder, Nourish Wellness and 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.
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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.
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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
Suzan Moldenhauer
Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling
As a Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling, Suzan provides a caring and compassionate approach to individuals who are struggling with body image, couples who need support, and families navigating the heartbreak of estrangement.
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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 focuses 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.
As a family estrangement counsellor trained by Dr. Joshua Coleman, Suzan’s work is rooted in the research that helps make sense of why estrangement happens and how healing can begin. She brings a calm, compassionate presence to a topic that can feel overwhelming, offering guidance that is both evidence-informed and empathic.
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. Rachel can help you to catch your breath, find your strength, and navigate towards wellness.
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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.
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
Gabrielle has a special focus on conflict resolution and repair in relationships, and she is passionate about the importance of learning about and setting boundaries that support personal wellbeing.
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I am honoured to work with youth, adults and couples on managing a variety of issues.
I have a special focus on conflict resolution and repair in relationships, and I am passionate about the importance of learning about and setting boundaries that support personal wellbeing.
I am committed to offering compassionate, non-judgemental counselling rooted in CBT, Solution-Focused, IFS, and Mindfulness approaches. I invite you to the comfort of my office or the convenience of an online session. In addition, 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. I believe that relationship building and strengthening community are important in supporting personal and wider change.
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 Behavioural Therapy. I include Mindfulness techniques and Solution-Focused frameworks to support my practice. I have experience working with youth, adults, and couples, supporting clients through anxiety, eco-distress, 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 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, 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.
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I believe that healing is not about becoming some idealized version of yourself. Rather, it's about finding your way to loving the most wounded parts of yourself, and in this process, shifting your relationship to them in a way that allows you to carry them more lightly. This is a practice of self-intimacy rather than self-improvement.
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.
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. As Jeff Brown beautifully articulates, growing this capacity will be the aim of our time together.
If this resonates with you, I would 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.
My primary orientation is Internal Family Systems (IFS), a therapeutic model that understands each of us as having multiple parts shaped by the ages and experiences in which we learned to believe certain things about ourselves, relationships, and the world. Our time together will be about getting to know these parts: What are they trying to do for you? What are they afraid would happen if they didn't do what they're doing? Most importantly—what would they rather be doing if they didn't have to work so hard to keep you feeling safe?
Riley Brown
Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling - Provisional
Learn why you do the things you do and how to choose differently through assertive and evidence-based counselling approaches. Riley is a Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling - Provisional with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association.
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Learn why you do the things you do and how to choose differently through assertive and evidence-based counselling approaches. Riley is a Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling - Provisional with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association.
She offers counselling and therapy to help you overcome anxiety, and get support with adult ADHD. If you are tired of doubting yourself, struggling with focus, feeling overwhelmed, or battling self-sabotage, then it is time to make a real, lasting change in your life.
Through compassion, directness, and evidence-based care, Riley teaches you how to trust yourself, gain confidence, manage your emotions, and make choices that leave you feeling good—whether it's overcoming anxiety, improving focus, or creating habits that actually work for you.
As a Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling - Provisional, Riley provides compassionate support and guidance to adults struggling with anxiety and adult ADHD. Her focus is on creating a safe and non-judgmental space for you to explore emotions, overcome challenges, and understand how your mind works—so you can learn to work with it, not against it.
Riley is committed to helping you gain confidence, trust yourself, regulate emotions, and create the life that you want. She believes in the inherent worth and potential of everyone and 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 combine validation, assertiveness, and psychology to create real change.
She is a Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling - Provisional #4692 with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association. Riley works under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth Scheepers, MPCC-S, MTC, RCS, CPCA#3205; ACCT#2060.
She has a Diploma of Professional Counselling and a Youth & Family Support Worker Certificate from the Vancouver College of Counsellor Training. Riley is currently completing a BA in Psychology at Thompson Rivers University with plans to pursue a Master’s in Counselling Psychology.
SERVICES:
Riley provides counselling services for adults over 19 years of age. Her goal is to create a safe and inclusive therapy space that welcomes & affirms individuals of all ages, races, abilities, sexual orientations, gender expressions, backgrounds, and family constellations.
FOCUSES:
ADHD
Anxiety
LGBTQIA2S+ Issues
Low Self-Esteem
Stress
Suicidal Ideation
Trauma
Molly Howes
Canadian Certified Counsellor
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.
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Her approach is integrative, relational, and collaborative, with the belief that each person knowns themselves best and has an innate capacity to heal and thrive. Molly utilizes modalities including but not limited to Internal Family Systems (IFS), Mindfulness-Based, Attachment-Based, Strength-Based, and Somatic practices.
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. Her approach is integrative, relational, and collaborative, with the belief that each person knowns themselves best and has an innate capacity to heal and thrive. Molly utilizes modalities including but not limited to Internal Family Systems (IFS), Mindfulness-Based, Attachment-Based, Strength-Based, and Somatic practices.
As a highly sensitive person herself, Molly understands the challenges that can be present when navigating a world that was not designed for those with a minority temperament. 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 be highly sensitive.
Molly holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with the CCPA. Prospective clients are encouraged to reach out for a complimentary 15-minute consultation to determine compatibility for working together. For more information about Molly’s services, please visit mollyhowescounselling.com
Tammy Guiler
Registered Clinical Social Worker & Registered Clinical Counsellor
Tammy believes that great therapy is all about creating a strong connection together. As your therapist, it is her goal to co-create an environment in which you feel heard, understood, and safe. Using evidence-based interventions she can guide and support you in creating meaningful and lasting change.
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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. Tammy offers individual therapy to adults and teens, and couples therapy. With a wide range of experience working with clients of all ages across the lifespan, Tammy offers support to those who are struggling with relationship difficulties and trauma, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, life transitions, stress and coping, self-esteem, parent-child relationship difficulties, and caregiver stress. Her work with couples focuses on improving conflict, tension, and communication problems, and relationship strengthening and repair.
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, and after training in various approaches, 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 (#19459) & Educational Consultant
Jill is a therapist you can trust and who you will enjoy spending time with. She has more than 25 years of experience working with adolescents and young adults as a school district counsellor and educator. She holds a Master’s degree in counselling psychology and is an R.C.C. who is certified with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors.
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Are you a teenager or young adult (aged 13-23) looking for someone to connect with and to help you with any challenges you may be experiencing? Or a parent who would like some guidance regarding their teen’s mental health or education?
Jill is a therapist you can trust and who you will enjoy spending time with. She has more than 25 years of experience working with adolescents and young adults as a school district counsellor and educator. She holds a Master’s degree in counselling psychology 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 and supportive space where you can bring anything and everything. Her goal is to empower you to overcome obstacles, build resilience and achieve your full potential. Book in with Jill just because you want to talk or for any of the following reasons:
Having more satisfying relationships; establishing healthy family, peer, and romantic relationships, developing strong social skills, resolving conflict, setting boundaries, and boosting self confidence.
Strengthening your mental health, self care, and coping skills: support for anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, self injurious behaviours, substance use and identity exploration.
Help for tough times you may be going through, including grief and loss; tools for supporting your emotional regulation.
Academic coaching /educational consulting for students and parents; navigating post secondary pathways & application processes as well as career and aptitude insight.
Support with advocating for school and community mental health and learning supports; referral pathways and assessments.
Jill draws from a variety of modalities in her Person-Centred counselling approach. She enjoys utilizing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectal Behavioural Therapy (DBT) skills however, she will always individualize her therapy approach in consideration of her client’s needs. En plus, elle parle français!
Mia Eiden
Sex Educator & Counselling Student
Mia blends a background in sex education with a therapeutic approach to support individuals and couples. She offers open, shame-free conversations about intimacy and connection in an inclusive and affirming space. Mia offers services in English and French and is a student member of the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association, working toward her Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling designation.
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Mia’s work is relational, trauma-informed, and depth-oriented, informed by psychodynamic, feminist, and narrative approaches, and guided by anti-oppressive values. Mia works collaboratively with clients to explore how their stories and experiences have shaped their lives. She also draws from Relational Life Therapy (RLT) to support communication, emotional awareness, and repair in relationships of all kinds. She believes that healing happens when people feel seen and accepted without judgment.
People often seek Mia’s support when they’re navigating disconnection, relational challenges, changes in desire, trust, or identity following stress or life transitions.
She brings specialized training in affirmative sex education, gender-affirming care, the Wheel of Consent, trauma recovery, crisis intervention, and addiction recovery support.
In addition to her private practice, Mia works with local community support services, offering trauma-informed care to people navigating life challenges and transitions.
Her practice welcomes people of all genders, orientations, abilities, cultures, and relationship structures.
Marion Bryan
Creative Arts Therapist and Registered Master Therapeutic Counsellor
Marion is a Creative Arts Therapist and registered Master Therapeutic Counsellor (MTC) who has over 20 years of experience working with children, youth and families. Marion is passionate about using a strength-based, person-centered approach to foster healing, resiliency and self-expression.
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Marion is a Creative Arts Therapist and registered Master Therapeutic Counsellor (MTC) who has over 20 years of experience working with children, youth and families. Marion is passionate about using a strength-based, person-centered approach to foster healing, resiliency and self-expression. Exploring creatively and verbally, in a safe, non-judgemental atmosphere, allows children, youth and adults to engage in a process that is often insightful, pleasurable and nourishing, tapping into feelings and ideas that often go beyond verbal language.
In addition to her Creative Arts Therapy practice, Marion integrates more directive therapeutic approaches when appropriate. She is certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for children and youth who have anxiety disorders, as well as those coping with sexual abuse, assault and other traumas.
Registered as a Master Therapeutic Counsellor (MTC), Marion has worked for over 20 years with Campbell River Family Services Sexual Abuse Intervention Program (SAIP), supporting children, youth and families who have experienced sexual abuse, exploitation and other traumas.
Marion holds a Master’s degree in Creative Arts Therapies from Concordia University, where she completed an extensive practicum in Child and Family Psychiatry. She also earned a Bachelor’s degree from Thompson Rivers University, achieving Dean’s List status while majoring in Social Sciences, with over 45 Psychology credits.
Marion brings a culturally sensitive and inclusive framework to her work, offering affirming support for gender and sexual diversity and creating a safe, non-judgemental space for all identities. Through the therapeutic relationship and co-created interventions, Marion’s approach invites clients into a healing process that is often insightful, empowering and restorative.
If you are curious about Creative Art therapy or counselling with Marion or would like to ask more questions to determine if this might be the right fit for you, please book a complimentary, ‘New Client Consultation’.
What is Creative Art Therapy?
You don’t need any artistic skill to take part in Creative Art Therapy-the focus is on expression, not perfection. The creative process can be exploratory, playful, challenging, or simply sensory: feeling the softness of a brush, watching color move across a canvas, or holding cool clay while sharing what’s on your mind.
You might bring in your own writing or sketches, or explore new materials as a way of expressing what words can’t. Reflections and insights that arise from your art can help you understand your emotions or gain perspective on life’s challenges.
Creative Art Therapy is usually more about the process than the product, although the finished piece is often quite profound. Marion believes each person know themselves best and her role is to offer tools, ideas and support to guide every client’s unique journey of growth and self-discovery.
Education and Professional Training:
MA Creative Art Therapies, Concordia University – practicum with The Jewish General Hospital Child and Family Psychiatry and Palliative Care
BA Social Sciences – focus on Psychology, Sociology and Fine Arts, Dean’s List, Thompson River University
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Certification in Child and Youth Anxiety Disorders - University of British Columbia Child and Youth Mental Health Services, Ministry of Children and Family Development
“The Village” and “After the Village” - Interactive workshops about the impact of residential schools
Cognitive Behavioral Interpersonal Skills - Vancouver Island Health Authority
ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training - Living Works
Suicide Prevention Workshop - Campbell River Community Centre
Child Sexual Abuse Advances in Specialized Treatment Certification and New Developments in Assessment and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse - Ministry of Children and Family Development and Justice Institute of British Columbia
Solution-focused Brief Therapy - Jack Hirose and Associates
Radical Exposure Tapping - Levels 1 and 2
Fostering Resiliency with Indigenous Children and Families - The John Howard Society of North Island
Non-violent Crisis Intervention - annual certification
Trauma Informed Approaches to Suicide Prevention - Vancouver Island Crisis Society
Deactivating the Buttons: integrating a trauma lens into a counselling framework
Strengthening Attachment Relationships - KDC Health
Aboriginal Outreach Child and Youth Mental Health - Jane Middleton-Moz
Being Trauma Aware - Child and Youth Advocacy Center
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - Vancouver Island Health Authority
Roots and Branches of the Healing Arts: Coast Salish Teachings meets Arts Therapies - Annual Canadian Art Therapy Association
Structured Sensory Interventions I and II - Starr Commonwealth
Within the Circle: addressing Complex Trauma in Children and Youth and Sexual Abuse Interventions - Dr. Martin Brokenleg and Yvonne Haist
Family Systems and Foster Care - John Howard Society
Our Journey: Expressions Through Art - organized and implemented open-studio art group explorations and subsequent art shows and openings at Tidemark Theatre.
1992-2005 Extensive work with children and youth in cross-cultural, recreation and community support settings, including a transition house, a girls’ orphanage in Egypt, The Boys and Girls Club of Canada program leader, etc.
Marion is currently engaging in Internal Family Systems (IFS) training, and she is excited about the possibility of working creatively through this lens.
Holistic Health
Shayla Garland
Naturopathic Doctor
Dr. Shayla is dedicated to guiding and empowering individuals on their health journeys. Her approach is grounded in evidenced-based care, while nurturing a therapeutic relationship.
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Dr. Shayla is dedicated to guiding and empowering individuals on their health journeys. Her approach is grounded in evidenced-based care, while nurturing a therapeutic relationship. Treatment centers around diet, lifestyle, and natural therapies that encourage the body to heal and return to balance. Every person is unique, and she approaches each case with the belief that finding the root cause of disease is essential for lasting 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 has a focus on energy, stress, digestion, immunity (allergies/autoimmunity) and hormonal health, though she is certainly not limited to these health concerns!
Dr. Shayla discovered Naturopathic Medicine when she was 15 years old, and immediately knew it was her path, resonating with it whole-heartedly.
After years of dissatisfaction with the un-holistic approach of conventional medicine for her own health concerns; knowing in her heart that chasing symptoms (instead of addressing root cause), disregarding the mind-body connection, and using synthetic chemicals to "heal" her body was not the right path, Naturopathic Medicine was a glorious discovery! Dr. Shayla then studied Life Sciences at McMaster University, and then spent another 4 years at The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in order to pursue this path. Treating her fellow humans with Naturopathic Medicine is the most beautiful, satisfying thing she can imagine doing with her life.
Amongst her schooling and beyond, she craved knowledge about, and connection with, humanity and the earth. Thus, she spent years backpacking solo- from Latin America to Asia to Africa. She learned so much and truly gained a worldly perspective and appreciation. To unite her love for Naturopathic Medicine with her love for the globe and the people in it, she travelled to Haiti to work with Naturopaths Without Borders, and founded the chapter at her college.
FOCUSES:
+ Energy
+ Stress
+ Digestion
+ Autoimmune diseaseSERVICES:
+ Nutrition
+ Lifestyle counselling
+ Botanical medicine+ Mind-Body medicine
+ Homeopathy
+ Hydrotherapy
+ Acupuncture (though is not limited to)