Jen
Pre-Licensed Professional, CYC, CYCW (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
1 Endorsed
Let's Connect (782) 312-1543
Struggling to maintain an open dialogue with your child/teen? Unsure of how to support your child/teen through difficult life transitions? Looking to find guidance and support through parenting challenges? Jen Carter may be the right "fit" for you and your family. As a trained Child and Youth Counsellor with also a background in law enforcement training, Jen uses an eclectic style of psychotherapy to connect with youth in a way that communicates, is goal-oriented and provides a sense of comfort and warmth as she collaboratively builds the therapeutic relationship. "Life Happens...And Jen Can Help!" (Jen sees clients up to age 30)
Jen specializes in facilitating change in youth experiencing a range of social, emotional, behavioural and/or complex mental health needs. She is committed to understanding & interacting with youth in a therapeutic relationship that fosters positive growth & development & uses relational therapy as well as other modalities to encourage emotional intelligence
Jen provides a safe space to support clients and explore issues of importance affecting them directly, develops & implements therapeutic relationships that help stimulate self-awareness, competence and builds confidence, as well as explore identity, develop peer-relationship skills and receive education on a variety of complex issues affecting today's youth.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Jen Carter now - (782) 312-1543
Let's Connect (782) 312-1543
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $110
Payment Methods
Cash, Mastercard, VisaQualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Supervised by Dr. Mike Buckley (Nova Scotia / RCT00-004) Jen Carter
- In Practice for 19 years
- Attended Holland College, Child and Youth, Graduated 2007
- Degree/Diploma from Atlantic Police Academy (APA) Law Enforcement and Security Officer / 2004
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- LGBTQ+
- Peer Relationships
- Trauma and PTSD
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioural Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Blended Families
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Career Guidance
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Survivors of Suicide
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Jen Carter
Pre-Licensed Professional, CYC, CYCW
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (782) 312-1543
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen
Participants
Individuals ,
Family ,
Group
Ethnicity
Indigenous Peoples
Religion
Christian
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen
Participants
Individuals ,
Family ,
Group
Ethnicity
Indigenous Peoples
Religion
Christian
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Jen Carter
Pre-Licensed Professional, CYC, CYCW
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (782) 312-1543
Location
Primary Location
The Compass Rose Counselling Services Inc
285 Larry Uteck Boulevard
Apt 507
Halifax, NS B3M
(782) 312-1543Email Me
Jen Carter
Pre-Licensed Professional, CYC, CYCW
Take the first step to help. Call now - (782) 312-1543