Bookings Open. Janice is a Registered Social Worker with a Masters in social work and more than 20 years of experience. She provides a warm and supportive space for adult clients navigating overwhelm from life, grief, loss, isolation, and more. Many clients come to Janice feeling stuck, exhausted, disconnected from themselves, or unsure why they can’t move forward despite “doing everything right.”

We each have incredible resilience, innate wisdom, and capacity to heal. If you’ve been feeling chronic stress, burn-out, disconnected, or carrying grief, shame, or guilt that won’t lift, you’re not alone — and it’s not a permanent state. Trauma and life stressors can get stuck in our nervous system, blocking our natural healing and preventing us from living fully even if life looks fine on the outside.

Janice focuses on resolving concerns with chronic stress and burnout, grief and loss (including infertility), and patterns that often trace back to early family dynamics and relationships. This can manifest as difficulty trusting others, fear of abandonment, pushing people away, feeling anxious or “too much” in close relationships. Janice also supports clients struggling with feelings of isolation or displacement, shame, guilt, and a lack of self-compassion or sense of purpose.

Janice uses EMDR and IFS (Internal Family Systems) as her primary modalities. Her approach is to begin where you are, working together to find a way through. With a heart-centred, gentle, emotionally safe, trauma-sensitive, and non-judgemental approach, you’ll work collaboratively to release what’s been holding you back, reconnect with your own wisdom, and build sustainable growth.

With experience as a social worker in not-for-profit and government-funded settings - including work in adoptions - Janice has supported many people through significant life transitions, emotional pain, the loss of self-compassion and sense of purpose that so often comes with it.

Outside the therapy room, Janice has a full life as a mom of two and partner. She loves being in nature, listening to podcasts, and taking walks with her family & their dog.

Janice takes appointments Mondays, Tuesday, Thursdays, Fridays

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Waitlist. Debra is a Registered Social Worker who has her Masters in Social Work, is an EMDR trained therapist, and a member of the EMDRIA Association. Deb is a warm and gentle therapist who works with both youth and adult clients. With a broad group of specializations, Deb focuses on anxiety, mood disorders, recent and complex trauma, PTSD, brain injuries and neurodiversity including ADHD and Autism.

Deb holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto where she specialized in physical and mental health. She has additional EMDR trainings in autism and neurodiversity, somatic and complex trauma, attachment injuries and chronic depression. Deb commonly uses Dialectical Behavioural Therapy alongside EMDR to enhance emotion regulation and interpersonal skills.

With more than 20 years of experience in the field, Deb has worked in private practice and with provincial health services. She has worked with adolescent and adult psychiatry units, emergency department mental health teams, and a forensic psychiatric unit.

Originally from Ontario, Deb and her family moved to the Okanagan several years ago. She’s a leader with the Girl Guides, a cross-country ski coach, hiker, and dog lover - to the great happiness of Oakley her Aussie Bernadoodle.

Deb takes appointments on Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays.

NOTE: Deb is a registered Autism service provider with the Autism Funding Unit, an approved ICBC provider, and a recognized provider for First Nations Health Authority - please contact us to join her WAITLIST for these services.

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EMDR Therapy + EMDR Consultant. Bookings Open. Ashley Phillips, MEd, CCC, is a Clinical Counsellor who offers counselling services in Kelowna, British Columbia. Hailing from Nova Scotia & the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, she holds a Masters of Education (Counselling) from Acadia University. For over 15 years, she has worked with individuals, groups, and communities to create meaningful change in their lives.

Ashley specializes in: - Emotional Eating / Binge Eating Disorder - Anxiety & Panic attacks - Phobias - Recent Traumatic Events (up to 8 months from date of event) - PTSD - Chronic Health Conditions & Life Threatening Disease - Grief & Loss with a particular interest supporting parents through traumatic births and perinatal death

Ashley also offers EMDR Intensives.

Ashley takes appointments Mondays through Thursdays, daytime.

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Bookings Open. Samantha is an inclusive and collaborative therapist who supports clients across the lifespan, from children and youth to young adults and adults. Guided by compassion and curiosity, she supports people to explore their experiences with openness and understanding.

Samantha specializes in helping clients manage anxiety, overwhelm, and life transitions at school, at work, and in their personal lives. With a focus on neurodiversity and identity development, she works closely with individuals and families impacted by ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and other neurodivergent experiences.

As a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community, Samantha brings an affirming, culturally responsive lens to her practice. She fosters a welcoming environment for people from all backgrounds to engage in meaningful self-exploration and growth, and she values connecting deeply with clients of all ages and lived experiences.

Samantha holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Applied Behaviour Analysis. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. Her therapeutic style is person-centred and integrative, drawing from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

With over a decade of experience in socio-emotional learning, communication, and family collaboration, Samantha brings depth and sensitivity to her work with neurodivergent individuals and their support networks. She is dedicated to working with clients to build essential life skills and strengthen connections that support long-term well-being.

Samantha is also a Registered Autism Service Provider with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and is passionate about supporting neurodiverse children, youth, and their families as they navigate evolving needs and systems of care.

Sam takes appointments Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

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Bookings Open. As a Registered Clinical Counsellor, I strive to provide a compassionate and healing space to get to know each of my clients and their individual situations. Drawing on both my professional training and personal experience, I work collaboratively with you to support you in achieving your goals

If you feel you have been doing the work to improve yourself and your well-being, yet you feel stuck and you still can’t seem to shake those feelings of dread or anxiety in certain situations, I can help you uncover the root cause. From there we can decide the best course of treatment for you.

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Masters of Public Health in Healthcare Policy and Management, and a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. I am formally trained in EMDR and Accelerated Resolution therapy (ART). These are both treatments backed by science and have proven results when helping clients with trauma, anxiety, phobias, chronic pain, triggers, and much more.

Originally from Alberta, I moved to the Okanagan in 2011 and I can happily say I now consider this home. Outside of counselling I enjoy being outdoors, golfing, hiking, and taking in the many markets, wineries, and events around town.

Suzanne takes appointments Monday through Friday.

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Bookings Open. A Registered Social Worker, Jack offers individual counselling for adults navigating change, healing, and self-discovery. They work with people living with PTSD and complex trauma, and those integrating the impacts of systemic oppression, identity shifts, or relational transitions.

Using an integrative, evidence-based approach, Jack draws from modalities such as relational therapy, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, DBT, and mindfulness. They specialize in working with clients experiencing trauma, PTSD, and complex trauma; perinatal mental health; and reproductive mental health including fertility challenges, pregnancy, the perinatal period, and postpartum adjustment.

Among their work with 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and those experiencing significant life changes, Jack also welcomes clients of all populations and life experiences. They offer space to explore self, patterns, and possibility in a relational, collaborative, and compassionate way as clients move through the tender thresholds of life.

Prior to becoming a social worker, Jack was a Research Assistant in the field of critical health supporting projects focused on lived experience, community wellbeing and impacts of systemic oppression. They continue to engage in research specifically in the field of reproductive health, and trans liberation.

Jack has experience working in and volunteering with queer crisis lines, sexual health clinics, youth services, and parenting and individual coaching and counselling.

With a belief that healing happens through connection within ourselves, with others, and in community, Jack strives for their practice to be trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and affirming of all identities, bodies, and communities. 

When they are not at work they are usually hanging out with their wild children, spending time in the forest or near a body of water, collaborating on mutual aid projects, and reading.

Jack takes appointments on Mondays.

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Psychological Assessments: Bookings Open.

Lisa is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC and the College of Alberta Psychologists, holding a Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology. While her primary focus is conducting psychological assessments for young adults and adults, Lisa also provides individual counselling.

Lisa’s assessments are comprehensive, strengths-based, and intended to provide helpful and clear recommendations from a holistic lens. With 10 years of experience in therapy and psychology, Lisa has worked in private practice and with the public sector. She offers psychoeducational assessments, with specific training in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) assessment tools.

In her counselling practice, Lisa has a special interest in working with Indigenous and 2SLGBTQ+ clients, and those navigating complex trauma and personality disorders. Lisa is an instructor at St. Stephen’s College at the University of Alberta and is part of the Trans Affirming Network. She’s currently working on her doctoral degree.

Outside of the office Lisa enjoys exploring the Okanagan with her family, playing board games with friends, and reading.

Note: Lisa is not an employee and works in partnership with us to provide adult assessments. Her business is owned and operated independently of the Kelowna EMDR Clinic.

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Bookings Open. Claudia is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, and undergraduate degrees in Education and Communications. She provides a supportive space for those navigating anxiety, life transitions, relationship struggles, and recognizing old patterns. Many clients come to Claudia feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or weighed down by past experiences, wanting to feel more clarity and purpose.

If something inside you is saying it’s time for change, you can expect a supportive space to explore with curiosity and compassion to help make sense of your experiences while building strength and self-trust. Starting therapy can feel vulnerable; you don’t have to go through this alone.

Claudia works with concerns about anxiety, overwhelm, divorce, empty nest, self-esteem, and navigating relationships affected by narcissistic personality dynamics. This can manifest as difficulty trusting your own perception of events, chronic self-doubt, walking on eggshells, struggling to set or hold boundaries, and feeling responsible for the emotions of others.

Claudia uses an attachment-based, relational, and somatic approach. She integrates EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness-based (MBCT), narrative, person-centered, humanistic, and strength-based therapy. Through continual education and personal experience, Claudia aims to give clients the tools to heal and reconnect with their strengths to live life more fully.

Before becoming a counsellor, Claudia worked as a teacher in Ontario. Her experience teaching provides additional insight to supporting people, building relationships, listening, and understanding the different ways people learn, and grow.

Originally from Holland, Claudia has called the Okanagan home for the past 16 years. She loves hiking with her dogs, exploring new forest trails, and traveling – so far she has visited more than 25 countries.

Connection is important, whether it’s gathering around a table with family and friends over food and stories, or slowing down to watch the sunset.

Claudia takes appointments on Tuesdays + Wednesdays.

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