Kelsey Jarvis

Clinical Director
Registered Clinical Counsellor

Kelsey (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. She has a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Adler University and has over 10 years of experience in the field of mental health. Kelsey has extensive experience working with adults (18-40) as they navigate the difficult transitions that arise in early adulthood. She specializes in helping her clients to understand and manage stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, burnout, perfectionism, people pleasing and feelings of uncertainty about relationships, school, career, and identity. Kelsey helps her clients to engage in self-exploration to develop a better relationship with themselves and others, as well as learn to set boundaries, prioritize their own needs, improve work/life balance, and foster the skills to be more present and increase time spent on things that truly bring about happiness and fulfillment.

Kelsey is a client centered counsellor at heart and tailors her method to meet the unique needs of each client she works with. She prioritizes building a safe and trusting relationship from the first interaction so that clients feel comfortable to explore any issues, no matter how big or small, and feel empowered to take the difficult, but rewarding, steps towards change.

Kelsey informs her practice from a variety of theoretical models including, Cognitive Behavioural, Acceptance and Commitment, Dialectical Behavioural, Mindfulness-based and Solution Focused Therapies, and offers her clients practical tools and strategies that they can incorporate into their daily lives. Kelsey strives to help her clients feel happier, more fulfilled, and more confident about the choices they are making in all aspects of their lives.

Additional Qualifications:

• Clinical Supervisor

Kelsey is currently on maternity leave until Fall 2023 (exact date to be determined).

Alexa Harder

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Alexa (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. She completed her Master of Counselling at City University and also holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University.

Alexa practices from a feminist, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive lens and is passionate about working with anxiety, body image, relationship challenges, life transitions, and trauma. Alexa’s approach is integrative, combining here and now behavioural therapies with attachment, emotion, and somatic (body) based therapies.

In your work with Alexa, you’ll cultivate behavioural tools and mindfulness practices to help you live a fuller life on a day-to-day basis, while also developing an understanding of the story and experiences behind your challenges, feelings, and beliefs to support a shift towards greater wellbeing, growth, and self-actualization. Her foundational style is client centered and led, meaning that therapy will be tailored to meet your personal needs, goals, and preferences.

Additional Qualifications:

• Intro to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Internal Family Systems: Working with Addictive Processes
• Somatic Experiencing: Beginner 1, 2 & 3
• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy: Intro to AEDP
• Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care

Alexa works with adults ages 20-50 and offers in-person and online sessions.

For additional information, contact Alexa at alexa@kelseyjarvis.com

Alicia Woods

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Alicia (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. She has a Master of Counselling from City University and also has an MA in Cross-Cultural Communications from the University of London, England. Alicia supports clients who are experiencing anxiety, stress, low mood, conflict, loss, career, and life transitions. Supporting queer, transgender, and nonbinary individuals and their families is a particular passion of Alicia’s.

Alicia believes that counselling can provide a safe space to draw on strengths and personal experiences through self-exploration, expression, and increased self-awareness. Her clients also find that counselling offers an opportunity to identify and restructure negative patterns of interaction in relationships. This work allows clients to create meaningful moments of connection and healing in their lives.

Alicia works from a client centered lens and incorporates aspects of Cognitive Behavioural, Emotion-Focused, Acceptance and Commitment, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic and Attachment based family therapies into her work. She provides a creative and personalized approach to counselling and focuses on building a safe, trusting, and collaborative relationship with each client.

Additional Qualifications:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Adolescents
• Attachment Based Family Therapy Level 1
• Suicide Awareness and Intervention Training
• Gender Spectrum Professionals Training
• Connect Attachment Program Facilitator

Alicia works with individual adults and families and offers in-person and online sessions.

*Family counselling is for family members, parents, co-workers, friends or any relationship excluding romantic couples.

For additional information, contact Alicia at alicia@kelseyjarvis.com