Psychotherapy and Counseling

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Mental health affects how we think, feel, and act and also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is essential during every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Too often people do not consider the importance of their mental health and let this lapse. Our counselors, Jennifer Turner and Christopher Chang-Duffet, have an amazing array of techniques and approaches to support improving and nourishing mental health.

Jennifer Turner is an experienced registered Psychotherapist with an M.A in Counselling Psychology. She has specialized certification in anxiety/depression, family/adolescent issues, couple counselling, health and lifestyle coaching, pregnancy and childbirth counselling, addiction, and supporting the challenges of living with chronic disease and dealing with dying. Jennifer is focused on providing integrative care and respectful individual and group work to support the challenges of illness, the hope of healing, uncertainty, end of life needs, and grief work. She views the therapeutic relationship as a respectful, trusting and collaborative partnership between client and therapist.

Jennifer also offers integrative cancer counseling and has a specialized certification in cancer coaching and navigation, mindfulness, and supporting the challenges of living with cancer, and end-of-life discussions. She is an experienced pastoral care provider, and is very privileged to be able to walk with individuals and their loved ones at the most challenging of times.

Christopher Chang-Duffet is a qualifying registered psychotherapist practicing in several modalities, including Expressive and Jungian Art Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, and Compassionate Inquiry. He has specialized experience working with military operators, first responders and their family members, including special forces members both in Canada and the US, working with active and veteran members from CANSOFCOM, CJOC, Navy Seal Teams, 5th Expeditionary Group, 10 Special Forces Group, and NYPD veterans of 9-11.

Chris provides support for complex trauma, post-traumatic stress disorders, developmental trauma, eating disorders, childhood trauma, traumatic brain and other high-impact injuries, addiction, anxiety, and depression—also, pre- and post-psychedelic experience integration and development, as well as general mental health care.