Jennifer MacKinnon is a Canadian Certified Counsellor. Jennifer is the founder and owner of Sagacious Counselling and Wellness Support. After 14 years of experience working frontline as a Certified Child and Youth Care Counsellor in Family Wellness, and while raising her three children, Jennifer completed the Master of Counselling Psychology program at Yorkville University. If you asked Jennifer, she would tell you she wanted to be a counsellor since before she knew how to spell it, her passion for helping others has always been a part of her. Throughout her career in the helping profession, she has supported people from children to seniors with various mental health and developmental concerns through a strengths-based approach. Jennifer strives to provide a safe, judgment-free environment for consultation, advocacy, counselling, and wellness support.
Jennifer believes every person is unique based on their biology, personality, values, and environment. Therefore, she utilizes a collaborative approach with her clients to ensure their therapy goals are met. Jennifer helps her clients by accessing emotions, using logical reasoning, and identifying their strengths from their experience, all while offering insight and education along the way. She utilizes Solution-Focused-Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
