Janay Foulkes

“With more than a decade of experience supporting children, youth, adults, and families across therapeutic, educational, and community settings, I bring both clinical expertise and a deep appreciation for the complexity of people’s lives.”

I first wish to express my appreciation to you for the opportunity to walk alongside you on your journey of healing and self-discovery. I am grateful for the gift of trust that you share in the reciprocal learning process. With a strengths-based approach and trauma-informed lens, my focus is to develop strong therapeutic alliances with those in my care. With your courage and efforts in entering into the therapeutic alliance, we can achieve the goals you set forward in therapy and find your optimal place of functioning.

As a clinical counsellor, I am grateful to reflect on my social work lens from the last 5 years of working in the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. I have over 12 years of experience working with children, youth, and young adults through therapeutic treatment programs and within various diverse communities and collaborative settings. A key consideration through my experiences is the value of integration of the family system and the importance of community connection. In my work with young people I value the critical importance of identity and belonging; key factors in the development of children, youth, and young adults.

I look forward to having the opportunity to work with you in your healing journey. Through the exchange of learning, healing, and self-discovery, my hope is that you will experience a respectful and authentic presence with a person-centred, strengths-based approach. Using a holistic and balanced approach, I believe you are in the driver’s seat and the expert of your story. Each time we meet, my aim is to ensure you leave with something new and beneficial. The use of a trauma-informed lens, EMDR tools, and culturally responsive practices are fundamental values throughout my practice. Openness, respect, and collaboration are values I will bring to our work together.

Registration: BCACC RCC 22730

• Family Transitions and Support
• Family Therapy
• Trauma
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Anxiety
• Grief and Loss
• Relationship Issues
• Couples Therapy
• Stress and Burnout
• Women’s Issues
• Life Transitions
• Interpersonal Challenges
• Depression
• Body Image
• Culture and Spirituality
• Career Changes
• Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity (ADH) and Autism Support 
• Post-Partum Depression (PPD)/Pregnancy/New parents
• Couples Counselling
• Child Counselling and Play-Based Therapy
• Youth Supports
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for ADH
• Clinical Sport Psychology

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Exposure/Response Prevention (E/RP)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Informed Approaches
• Humanistic Psychotherapy
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Mindfulness Based Therapy
• Adlerian Approaches
• Narrative Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approaches

• Masters of Counselling from Yorkville University
• Bachelors in Social Work from Thompson Rivers University
• Registered Clinical Counsellor with BCACC
• Canadian Certified Counsellor with CCPA

• AFU (Autism Funding Unit)
• Telus eClaims (see here for their full list)
• Pacific Blue Cross
• Sunlife

Check out her Psychology Today profile for even more information.