Jessica is a Director and Registered Psychologist with over 13 years of experience working with individuals and couples on all aspects of healing and wholeness, self-discovery and relationships. As a a depth psychologist and psycho-spiritual nature-based guide, she is dedicated to guiding individuals and groups along their paths of soul discovery and embodiment. Jessica specializes in working with those experiencing distress caused by trauma and PTSD, childhood abuse and trauma, addictions, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, relationship struggles, self/identity concerns, and spiritual or existential crisis. Jessica specializes in working with First Responder and indigenous populations and has a passion for working with those seeking their truth, identity, purpose, meaning, and empowerment to access their greatest expression.
Jessica has spent the last decade training in therapeutic models, such as EMDR, R-TEP, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), hypnotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, eco-therapy, and emotion-focused and other mindfulness-based models and techniques. She has also been apprenticing to psycho-spiritual wilderness guiding by the international leader in the field, the Animas Valley Institute, training in dreamwork, guided imagery processes, shadow work, self-designed ceremony, and nature-based practices. Jessica is the embodiment of one who “walks the talk” by prioritizing her own inner soul work for over the past decade while simultaneously deepening into her ancestral Metis roots by communicating with the natural world and learning traditional indigenous practices – all of which informs her approach and offerings to others.
Jessica’s personal and professional journey as a Registered Psychologist and Nature-Based Guide has unfolded against a backdrop of hearing persistent expressions of unrelenting distress and unfulfilled lives by those around her. She has been deeply moved by stories of dissatisfaction with mainstream society and its overreliance on ineffective therapeutic approaches that encourage conformity to unhealthy social and political environments and prescribed medications. Jessica hears the longing of people for direction, purpose and meaning in their lives…a connection, something real. The work that she does is intended to actively support people in addressing this void in their lives. Specifically, she helps her clients identify and follow their unique soul threads and step into the river that runs beneath the surface of everyday life. With fierce compassion, Jessica walks with others in their soul journey – as a psychologist, guide, intuitive tracker, and mentor.
Jessica is available Monday to Friday for day-time phone and video sessions. Jessica offers in-person appointments upon request in the Wholeness Psychology Sherwood Park office.
Email: jessica.wholenesspsychology@gmail.com
