Jill Koehler, MA RCC
Master of Counselling Psychology
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Communicating Well Counselling & CoachingRegistered Clinical Counsellor
Maisie the Poodle, VFOP
Very Friendly Office Poodle
Hypo-allergenic & Non-shedding
Communicating Well Counselling & CoachingHypo-allergenic & Non-shedding
Training:
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Focusing-Oriented Therapy
- Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Prepare-Enrich Couples Assessment
- Bader-Pearson Couples Model
- Gottman Couples Model
- Non-Violent Communication
- Critical Incident Stress Management
Certification:
I am a registered and certified clinical counsellor through the following governing body:B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors
Membership requires a minimum of a Master’s Degree in counselling, as well as clinical experience, and there are strict guidelines for professional behaviour.
My Philosophy…
So what’s counselling anyway? Is it years of lying on a couch à la Freud? Is it the hope of a few sessions to resolve long-standing problems? Counselling can seem like a bit of a mystery. We’d all like a quick fix to our problems, but real change requires commitment along with concrete strategies and tools.
I believe that within each of us is all the wisdom we need, but past and present experiences can get in the way of connecting with our own self-knowledge. With this disconnect we generally feel stuck and confused. Counselling is about increasing awareness of our thoughts, feelings, body sensations and response patterns towards both ourselves and others. As we can identify and name these experiences we are then in the position to begin to change them.
As a counsellor I endeavour to create a safe, non-judgemental space in which we can experiment with different tools and strategies to help you increase this awareness. As you become more familiar with your patterns of thoughts and behaviours it becomes easier to remove yourself from this cycle of reactions and to access your own intuition. You will no longer need to ask, “So what do I do?” Instead, you will begin to know within yourself how best to proceed.
About me…
I am a registered psychotherapist with offices in Richmond and Squamish, BC. I work with people in-person or online. I specialize in stress & anxiety counselling, relationship support, marriage/cohabitation preparation coaching, critical incident debriefing, along with other areas.
In addition to working as a psychotherapist, I am a trained yoga instructor. I practice yoga regularly and am an advocate for the transformative journey of yoga and other contemplative practices. I am also a volunteer with Squamish Search and Rescue and provide Critical Incident Debriefing and Psychological First Aid.
Maisie is my office companion. She is a friendly, goofy, small standard poodle. She loves to be patted and to give the odd puppy kiss. Maisie is non-shedding and hypo-allergenic. She is also happy to go to another room if anyone prefers her not to be in the office. Woof!