Jessica Blois is an Intern Counsellor and Registered Social Worker (RSW) with extensive experience in mental health, addictions, equine therapy, Indigenous perspectives, and holistic healing practices. She takes a client-centered, emotionally focused, and mindfulness-based approach, helping clients cultivate balance and a deeper sense of personal freedom.

Jessica’s background includes training in Life Skills Coaching, Traditional Ceremonial Practices, Pranic Energy Healing, Craniosacral Therapy, and Equine-Assisted Learning. She is also certified in Equuisoma (Horse-Human Trauma Recovery) and Equine-Assisted Learning Facilitation. She is currently expanding her expertise through training in Harnessing the Healing Power of Horses and Psychedelics and Collaborative Dialogic Therapy.

Jessica believes that being human comes with challenges, and that healing happens when we feel safe, supported, and connected. Life can bring pain, grief, and uncertainty, and in these moments, having a compassionate and trusted space to process emotions and reconnect with oneself can be transformative.

Currently completing her Master of Counselling at City University in Canada, Jessica brings over eight years of experience in mental health and addictions. She takes a holistic, non-pathologizing approach, meeting clients with acceptance and understanding. With a deep commitment to integrative healing, she hopes to bridge equine therapy, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and Indigenous perspectives with Western counselling practices.

Jessica is dedicated to helping clients uncover their authentic truth, offering compassionate guidance and empowering them to reconnect with their innate strengths and abilities.

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Founder and Microdosing Coach

My name is Donald Gauvreau and I’ve been an educator, researcher and product formulator in the natural health products industry for over 25 years now. Prior to this, I worked as a Kinesiologist and Corporate Fitness Consultant. I also have an extensive background in strength and conditioning training and have coached athletes in a wide variety of sports.

My academic background includes a degree in Kinesiology and a Master’s of Science degree. My thesis research was focused on the effects of breakfast composition and intake on the cognitive function of school-aged children. I am also licensed by the Ontario College of Teachers.

I’ve founded a few different companies and brands in the natural health and sports nutrition space, including SD Pharmaceuticals® and PharmaFreak®, and during this time I spent most of my efforts researching and developing fat loss and hormone-related products for both men and women. I sold my stake in PharmaFreak and SD Pharmaceuticals in 2019 so I could focus all my time and energy on developing innovative holistic solutions, with a focus on mental health, cognitive function and pain relief.

I am the founder of Conscious Mind Clinic – a holistic healthcare clinic with a focus on mental health, somatic therapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy. Our mission is to change the current landscape of healthcare, and help people heal, grow and thrive in meaningful ways.

Over the past 6 years, I have been studying a variety of different plants and fungi (mushrooms) and how they can be effectively used in a microdosing format. I’ve formulated a variety of different microdosing products and have personally used them to optimize my own performance, cognitive function and overall health and wellbeing.

I am extremely passionate about alternative medicine, natural health solutions, nutrition, fitness and living a holistic lifestyle to achieve peak performance and optimal health and wellbeing. I love sharing my knowledge, experience and wisdom to help people improve their health and wellbeing.

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Nicole is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Canadian Clinical Counsellor trained in Internal Family Systems and EMDR therapy. Her work with psychedelic therapy began with personal work in 2014 and led to her completion of two facilitation intensives in 2018.

Her therapy orientation is client-centered and informed by multiple modalities such as somatic, parts work, and trauma processing. Her approach to therapy is to see people as the expert of their own experience, with her role as a compassionate and encouraging facilitator to help individuals better understand themselves. As well, she strongly values biological interventions such as sleep hygiene and metabolic health as foundational to one’s mental wellbeing.

Outside of work, Nicole loves reading, learning about health, walking her dog, and singing in a choir.

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Please note: Vanathy is currently not accepting new clients as her roster is full, and she will be going on maternity leave in late November. If you are interested in working with Vanathy, please fill out THIS FORM. When she returns, she will first reconnect with current clients, then with those on her waitlist, before opening space for new clients.

Vanathy Paranthaman is a trauma-trained Registered Nurse Somatic Psychotherapist with extensive experience in Psychedelic-Assisted therapy, mental health & addictions, palliative, and end-of-life care. Utilizing an integrative somatic approach, she supports clients in accessing their inner strengths and wisdom. Vanathy integrates harm reduction strategies and psychedelic preparation and integration into her practice, fostering a safe environment for exploring personal healing. Her background includes training in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, Somatic Psychotherapy, Breath work, Yoga and parts work. Vanathy is dedicated to helping clients find freedom, autonomy, and empowerment to create fulfilling lives.

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Navin is an Interdisciplinary Practitioner - Counsellor (RCC), Music Therapist (BMT), Yoga Teacher (YTT-250) - and Artist (Musician, Writer). With ancestral roots in India—his parents and grandparents’ birthplace—Navin is a second-generation Indo-Canadian, born in Canada and currently residing in Vancouver, BC. His life journey has led him to pursue a path of service in the world.

Navin’s work is informed by his academic training, professional practice within the healthcare system, involvement in community wellness spaces, and his own lived experiences. It is also deeply shaped by the wisdom passed down from loved ones, ancestors, clients, elders, and mentors. He believes that to walk alongside someone in the therapeutic environment is a sacred path—an honour to be part of another’s journey of introspection, healing, growth, self-exploration, and personal development.

As a Music Therapist (BMT), Navin’s practice has included working in the healthcare system in addictions and mental health, and in community-based settings sharing his work at wellness events, workshops, and conferences, focusing on how music can be utilized in therapeutic, healing environments in an effort to improve help individuals improve their quality of life and overcome mental health challenges.

Through his own personal journey, Navin has come to understand what it feels like to be lost in despair, to question the value of existence, and to wonder whether love, connection, wholeness, and healing are truly attainable in this life. By exploring a combination of contemporary and traditional wellness and therapeutic modalities, Navin has experienced firsthand the healing, relief, and transformation that are possible when we commit ourselves to tending to our wounds with care and intention.

He is deeply passionate about well-being, mental health, community building, and healing. Navin believes that our deepest ruptures can become our greatest teachers, and that the more we tend to our pain, the more we expand our capacity for joy, gratitude, and love.

Navin is honoured to walk this path and to give back in this way.

To book in a session, connect with Navin here to scheduling: https://innerdiyawellness.com/contact

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Shannon is a Registered Clinical Counselor and Speech-Language Pathologist with a diverse range of therapeutic expertise. She has significant experience working in psychedelic-assisted therapy, having supported over 100 clients through ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Shannon also contributed to the MAPS MDMA-assisted therapy for treatment of PTSD study as a night attendant and co-led a psychedelic integration group for four years.

Shannon’s career has included work in substance use, as well as helping individuals navigate anxiety, depression, and trauma. Shannon has a particular interest in supporting neurodivergent individuals, with 16 years of experience working with autistic/ADHD children in school settings.

Shannon believes in providing ethical, compassionate care and offers a holistic approach, drawing from various modalities including Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Somatic Experiencing (SE). Shannon lives on Bowen Island with her partner and two children.

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