Jill Peckford, MSW, RSW

Jill is a Registered Social Worker providing individual, couples and family counselling to adults in St. John’s, NL. Working from a holistic and Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed perspective, she specializes in the areas of addictions, relationships, trauma, life transitions, crisis intervention and suicidal ideation. She has experience in working with folks in alternative relationships (i.e. open relationships, consensual non-monogamy, mixed orientation, polyamory). Jill holds a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work from Memorial University. She has completed training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. Jill is a Registered…

Rick Parsons, MSW, RSW

Rick is a Registered Social Worker providing individual, couples and family therapy to adults in St. John's, NL. He specializes in the areas of couples and relationship therapy, and sex therapy. Rick has experience working with couples and relationships on issues relating to communication and conflict, infidelity and betrayal, and intimacy and sexuality. His sex therapy practice focuses on sexual health, sexual dysfunction, identity, and out-of-control sexual behaviours (i.e. sex and pornography addiction, preoccupation with masturbation, multiple infidelities, sex with anonymous partners or sex workers, and sexual risk-taking). Rick is BDSM, sex- and kink-positive and has experience working with…

Michaela Penney, MSW, RSW

Michaela is a Registered Social Worker providing individual and family therapy to children, youth, adults, and their families throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. She specializes in parenting skills, as well as the treatment of depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, trauma, self-harm, suicidal ideation and emotional regulation. Michaela holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology major, Sociology minor), Certificate in Criminology, Bachelor of Social Work, and Master of Social Work degrees from Memorial University. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT). Michaela continues to expand her knowledge base through ongoing…

Coleen Woodrow, MSW, RSW

Coleen is a Registered Social Worker providing individual and couples therapy to adults in St. John’s, NL. She is experienced in treating addiction, anxiety, depression, emotion regulation, trauma, and relationships or attachment distress. Coleen holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Memorial University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto with a collaborative focus in Addictions and Mental Health. She is trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. She is also an experienced provider of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Exposure Therapy, Harm Reduction Services…