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Counselling Individuals, Youth & Their Families for 30+ Years

Trauma-Informed and Strengths-Based

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Hello, I’m Jacqueline MacLennan

MSW, RSW, Founder and Clinician at MacLennanCounselling.ca

I am glad you are here.

I offer individual counselling for adults and youth impacted by anxiety, depression, and trauma. My approach is strengths based and trauma informed. Family Systems theory and Cognitive Behaviour therapy influence the work I do. Let’s work together identifying your strengths and discover new ways to better manage powerful feelings.

Saturday appointments are available.

How can I help?

Together, we will identify the positive coping strategies you are currently using as well as looking at letting go of strategies that no longer serve you. Our earliest relationships within our family system inform how we learned to cope with stress and anxiety. Stress and anxiety increase when these coping mechanisms are no longer working. Engaging in psychotherapy explores healthier ways to manage these powerful and often debilitating feelings. A small change can result in improved functioning and enhanced positive relationships with ourselves and others.

I have a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of British Columbia with post graduate training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy and Trauma Informed Practice. I am the founder and lead clinician of maclennancounselling.ca and a proud member of the University of Victoria Counselling Services Community Team. Prior to this I was a mental health clinician on an interdisciplinary treatment team with Alberta Health and worked as a District Counsellor & Consultant with a large, urban, multicultural school district in British Columbia.

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Free 20 Min Chat

I am happy to connect via telephone prior to our first appointment to answer questions you may have about the counselling process and to get a sense if this may be a good fit

Book Appointment

You can book an appointment by emailing jmmaclennan@shaw.ca, calling 250-208-2008, or filling out the web form on this page.

1st Session!

I look forward to welcoming you. I do require 24 hour cancellation notice if you are unable to keep our scheduled appointment.

Confidentiality & Privacy Policy

The law protects the relationship between a client and a psychotherapist and information cannot be discussed without written permission.

Exceptions as follows:

I am required by law to report suspected child abuse or dependent adult or elder abuse to the appropriate authorities immediately.

If a client is threatening serious bodily harm to another person, I must notify the police and inform the intended victim.

If a client intends to harm themselves, I am legally obligated to ensure their safety.

Contact Me

Use the form below to contact me or book an appointment. 

(250) 208-2008

1124 Fort Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8V 3K8

jmmaclennan@shaw.ca