Practice information:

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and the Founding Director of The Grounding Stone, a queer-owned counselling center and community space located at 5446 Victoria Drive in East Vancouver.  The Grounding Stone has 4 counselling rooms, each with their own energy and style, and a Gathering Space, where folks are welcome to join for workshops and groups.

I specialize in working with non-traditional networks and individuals who have experienced trauma and/or abuse related to identity, religion, and expression of self. I work from an anti-oppressive framework and offers sex-positive, kink-friendly, non-monogamous and polyamorous relationship counselling. I acknowledge the systems that surround us as individuals and that add complexity to our struggles.  Some of the difficulties that are often manifested as a result of these struggles are:

• Depression
• Anxiety / Panic
• Self-doubt
• Healing From Trauma

As a long time resident of the Coast Salish Territories / Vancouver, I recognize the common pull to the community, connection, and opportunity that this city may offer. With the surge of development in Vancouver, many people are expressing a growing need to get away from the noise, and to find a quiet, less tread upon space to re-energize.

Along with the counselling sessions that I provide in East Vancouver, I work as a Nature Therapist with Wild Root Journeys.  I facilitate Inner Journeys, wellness retreats, and nature retreats for individuals and groups (including LGBTQ2S+ journeys) who seek to connect more deeply with themselves, and with nature. I support my clients, many of whom live within city limits, to learn how to simply and safely take pause from the busyness of brimming schedules, and to incorporate a reconnection to these living spaces. This restorative pause seems to have a calming, grounding effect for many people, whether it be 4 minutes under a Cherry Blossom Tree, or 4 days on a sea kayaking journey.

I believe that our healing often arrives as we become aware that we are not alone; we are nature.

More on Megan at:
www.meganjespersen.com
www.groundingstonehealing.com

Areas of Interest:

Couples, Intimate Networks, Polyamory / Non-Monogamy, Relationship Counselling,
Anti-Oppression,
Gender identity, Sexuality,
Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Religious Abuse and Trauma, 
End of Life

I am an Approved Counsellor for the Crime Victim Assistance Program through the B.C. Ministry of Justice.

I offer Skype and/or Telephone Counselling to clients who live at a distance, or who are unable to, or prefer not to access on-site counselling.