Our Caring Staff:

Parris Winsor – MPCC, CPCA

Parris Winsor is a Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling belonging to the Canadian Professional Counselors Association. She is known for her ability to create an environment that is comforting and safe, with her compassionate and understanding approach. She has a way of helping people to get in touch with deep feelings which is imperative to the healing process. She is skilled in trauma, grief, relationship and addiction counselling, and teaches many other necessary life skills, which she facilitates through workshops and groups. Parris has a passion for wellness, especially in physical and spiritual which she practices with the clients in daily morning yoga and meditation. She has knowledge in nutrition and alternative health therapies. Parris has been in recovery since 1995 herself and has worked with others through the twelve steps over this time.

Jackie-Ellen Watson, MSc Psychology

Jackie received her Master Degree from the University of Northern British Columbia in 1997. Although Jackie majored in Social Cognition, she has a broad spectrum of Master level achievements in Psychology including Social, Cognitive, Health and Developmental Psychology as well as Assessment of Psychological Characteristics, Multivariate Statistics and Research Design and Analysis. In additional to her MSc Thesis, Jackie published a variety of papers with peer-reviewed Journals such as the International Journal of Psychology, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology and Canadian Psychology as well as Educational and Psychological Measurement. During her graduate studies she received the University Presidents Graduate Scholarship as well as awards from the Canadian Psychological Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Jackie has 20+ years of professional experience working within education, non-profit and health care organizations. She also has training in Leadership, Coaching, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Team Building and Performance Evaluation as well as Indigenous Cultural Competency.

Jackie has a lifelong connection with recovery and, for the past decade, she has focussed her energy toward applying her skills and knowledge to support people in recovery. Her compassion, knowledge and personal journey, combined with her dynamic personality, allow Jackie to connect easily with others and to constructively support others in their own personal recovery. Jackie knows that, with help, it is possible to recover from addiction and that long term recovery is achievable.

Lisa Eimer, Counsellor

Lisa received her Diploma in psychology and counselling in 2021 and she is currently working towards her Registered Professional Counsellors designation. She has spent years in her own recovery from childhood trauma and addiction, and has come to a point in her life where she is able to devote time and effort to those who still suffer. Understanding the hardships and the work it takes to heal from such harms, she offers a safe and inviting space for others to feel comfortable to process their own sufferings. Lisa has extensive training through CMHA in which she was a crisis responder. She is also a Hospice Society volunteer providing her competent understandings of grief, loss, crisis interventions, and a quality of compassion. Currently Lisa is working towards her Masters in Reiki. She has also achieved other healing modality certificates and will continue to self-reflect and grow in a variety of ways so that she will be able to empower others to do the same.