Janina Barnett

Covalent Health Consulting

I am on this journey with you: we are equals. Though I am a professional, you are the expert in your life – we walk on the healing path together. I respect your boundaries while encouraging you to step out of your comfort zone and do things differently so you can grow/change. I incorporate humour in my practice since humour is one way to heal and grow as well as embracing the difficult times. It is my hope that through counselling, people who struggle with life’s adversity will grow and change towards living and feeling empowerment, love, and compassion. I work with individuals on a range of areas including relationships, codependency, grief, loss, addiction, anxiety, depression, and trauma.I have been in the mental health and addictions field for over 15 years. I have been employed as a counsellor for the majority of my experience including counselling youth and adults with substance use disorder and their family members. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (2019) and a Canadian Certified Counsellor (2021), with a Masters in Counselling Psychology; my thesis was on “AA members’ vocational journeys in their recovery” and I completed my practicum at Living Systems. The modalities I use include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprosessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), person-centered therapy, Adlerian theory, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Gottman Couple Method, Bowen Family Therapy, and attachment theory. I have completed the Core Indigenous Cultural Safety Mental Health training, Neufeld Intensive I: Making Sense of Kids, and Levels 1, 2, and 3 of Clinical Training Gottman Method Couples Therapy. I am also an EMDR Certified Therapist.

2150 Bowen Rd #7 , Nanaimo, British Columbia, , V9S 1H7

Phone: 250 758-3359
Email: Janina@covalenthealthconsulting.com

Population Served:

Adult

Languages:

English

How EMDR is Offered:

Both online and in-person

Areas of Expertise:

Addictions
Anxiety
C-PTSD
Depression
PTSD