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Jess is framed on the right side of the photo. She smiles warmly at the camera, her brown hair bobby pinned on the top and curls flowing down, resting over her shoulders. The background is blurred. Jess wears a set of green and yellow glasses and a black sleeveless top.
Jess Rathwell (she/they) - Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)

To connect with Jess please email [email protected].
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Availability - Vitual
Weekdays 9:15 am - 3:15 pm
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About
I am a queer, cis, chronically ill, neurodivergent, white settler of mixed Irish and unknown ancestry resultant of family adoption. I use she or they pronouns and invite you to share with me what identifiers currently feel right for you. I live on the unceded traditional and ancestral homelands of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. I have been working as a counsellor in community and public health settings for over a decade, including mental health programs, hospitals, non-profit organizations, and schools. Alongside this work I provide clinical supervision for new and student counsellors.

My values are guided by social justice and being trauma informed. I aim to be anti-oppressive, body neutral, sex positive, and committed to unlearning colonialism. I offer tools from narrative therapy, family systems, somatic approaches, and parts work. I completed a post graduate program in Expressive Arts therapy, so if finding the right words isn’t for you, I have some creative tools we can try. I have experience with mental illness and substance use, chronic illness and pain, burnout, trauma and vicarious trauma, grief, and loss. I bring warmth, humour and respect to the connections I have with others.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#17871) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. I have a Master’s in Counselling from City University of Seattle and completed the Expressive Arts therapy certification from the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

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Approaches in Therapy
  • Parts Work
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Family Systems
  • Expressive Arts Therapy

​Selected Professional Training
  • Masters of Counselling Psychology (MCP, City University of Seattle)
  • Expressive Arts Therapy Certification (JIBC)

Jess's Rates 
15 min Phone Consultation:
 No Cost

Individual Counselling
50 min
Standard: $150
Generous: $155+
Sliding Scale: Open to Discussion

75 min
Standard: $200
Generous: $205+
Sliding Scale: Open to Discussion

Relationship Counselling
50 min
Standard: $180
Generous: $185+
Sliding Scale: Open to Discussion

75 min
Standard $270
Generous: $275+
Sliding Scale: Open to Discussion

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​Jess can work with folks utilizing First Nations Health Authority funding and Autism Funding Unit.

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