Dr. Jennifer Parlee, Psy.D

Jennifer completed her doctoral degree at Adler University in Vancouver. She worked in a variety of public and private settings including the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health, WorkBC, and Correctional Services Canada, before completing her pre-doctoral internship at Dynamic Health.

She has experience working with clients presenting with a variety of mental health difficulties including depression, anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, sexual dysfunction, bipolar disorder, and relationship difficulties. She works primarily from a psychodynamic approach, but also pulls from Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) and mindful therapies like Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). She has also received training and supervision in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).

Jennifer places emotions and attachment at the center of her work with clients. She emphasizes helping people increase their self-awareness of how their emotional patterns affect how they engage with themselves and others. She uses a compassionate, collaborative, and “gentle-but-firm” approach to help people explore the roots of their difficulties, identify their needs, and make changes