Jessica (she/her) has been working professionally as a social worker since 2016, after graduating with her BSW from Thompson Rivers University. Her diverse experience includes roles in anti-violence work, child and youth mental health, parole and community integration, working with individuals with diverse abilities, and in health care supporting seniors. 

In 2020, after three years of rural social work practice in Northern BC, Jessica briefly returned to her hometown in Victoria to complete the Holistic Doula Certificate program at Pacific Rim College, with the goal of integrating social work and perinatal support through full-spectrum doula care to families in the North. She has since attended over 50 home and hospital births, supported over 70 families postpartum, and developed a trauma-informed, evidence-based childbirth education course that she has delivered to over 90 expecting parents.

In 2024, Jessica’s focus shifted to perinatal mental health, which prompted her to pursue her Perinatal Mental Health certification and her master’s degree in social work through Dalhousie University. Jessica has since relocated to the Kootenays and will be completing her 8-month field placement with Lupine Clinical Counselling to further develop her counselling skills.

Outside of her professional life, Jessica loves to spend time with her husband and her pets, growing flowers and veggies in the garden, reading books and exploring all of the local farmers and artists’ markets in the Kootenays!

Jessica will be available to see clients navigating relationship, fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum challenges at a reduced student rate from September 2025 until April 2026.