Gentle therapy for the many layers of womanhood…

 Get curious, explore your inner world, and move towards healing, growth, and meaningful connections with others and with yourself.

  • Women’s Mental Health that Supports:

    • Reproductive Trauma

      • (birth trauma, infertility, medical trauma, early loss, later loss, compassionate termination, TFMR, and other tender moments)

    • Hormonal-Related Mental Health

      • PMS/PME

      • PMDD

      • Reproductive Health Conditions (PCOS, Endometriosis, and other chronic diagnoses)

    • Maternal Mental Health

      • Perinatal counselling

      • Parenting & relationship Support

      • Stress, Anxiety & Burnout

    • Self-Exploration & Self-”REdiscovery”

  • Clients have the choice between 50-minute sessions or 75-minute sessions.

  • Flora Counselling Therapy offers Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART) as a specialized trauma-focused intervention. (ART) is a brief, structured form of psychotherapy that helps reduce distress tied to difficult experiences or memories. Using guided eye movements and visualization techniques, ART helps your brain reprocess troubling images, sensations, and emotions so they no longer cause the same level of distress.

  • Various Groups are offered throughout the year.

    Please reach out if you are interested in hearing about upcoming groups.

  • (~75-Minute) Initial Assessment Session, $190/session

    (~50-Minute) Counselling Therapy Session, $175/session

    (~90 minute) Group Therapy Session, $75/session

    (~90-Minute) Specialized Trauma Treatment Session, $210/session

    Counselling Therapy is a tax-free service, covered by many insurance companies. If you would like to use insurance, please check with your provider(s) about your specific plan’s coverage. Payment can be made via Credit Card. Flora Counselling Therapy provides detailed receipts for reimbursement after each session.

Sessions

  • Hope Oriented

    Rooted in Positive Psychology

    Emphasizing possibility, growth, and achievable change, sessions aim to support you in building realistic optimism, agency, and a hopeful outlook for the future.

  • A Focus on Understanding, Awareness, and Insight

    Rooted in Neuro-Psychology and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy

    Sessions strive to help you see the “why” underneath your emotions, thoughts, and behaviours based on how our brains process our worlds, so you can nurturea kinder, more supportive relationship with yourself.

  • A Focus on Healing

    Rooted in Somatic Psychotherapy & Trauma Processing

    Healing happens within safe connections with others and with ourselves… and safety is a FELT sense. This is why sessions work to foster this felt sense of safety in our body through strengthening the connection between our body and our mind, heart, and spirit. For this reason, sessions often include breathwork. guided visualizations, and grounding exercises.

  • A Focus on Growth

    Rooted in Transpersonal Psychology

    Sessions explore meaning, identity, values, and connection beyond the everyday sense of self. Interventions may include reflective practices, creative (art-based) activities, values exploration, and meaning-making exercises to deepen self-awareness and support personal transformation.

Location

With today's busy world, Therapy needs to fit easily into our days. This is why Flora Counselling Therapy is a dedicated virtual practice, based in Nova Scotia, where online counselling sessions are offered through a secure, Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) approved electronic platform. This means that by eliminating travel costs, time, and stress, your sessions at Flora are located wherever they are most convenient and comfortable for you.

Qualifications:

  • Registered Counselling Therapist (Candidate, RCT-C) Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists License #RCT-C24-112

  • Professional Member: Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association

  • Professional Member: The International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy

  • Professional Member: International Society of Accelerated Resolution Therapy

  • M.Sc. (Dalhousie University)

  • IPHE Inter-Professional Health Certificate (Dalhousie University)

  • M.Ed. (Acadia University)

  • B.Ed. (Acadia University)

  • B.A. (Saint Mary’s University)

Counselling Therapist, MSc., MEd., RCT-C

Jennifer Pearl Shadbolt

Whether you're looking to navigate life's challenges, deepen your connections, or simply find a space to share your thoughts…let’s nurture your journey towards healing and growth together.

From my heart to yours,

Jennifer

Contact Jennifer

Let’s Connect…

admin@floracounselling.com
(902) 809-2216

Please note that as a private clinic, Flora Counselling Therapy is unable to handle emergency situations. If you are in crisis, please reach out to any of the resources listed below: 

Suicide Crisis Help Line: Text 9-8-8 

Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 Text 686868

The Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team at 1-888-429-8167

The Canada Suicide Prevention Service 1-833-456-4566 

Trans Life Line Canada 1-877-330-6366

Call 911 or proceed to your nearest emergency department. 

More Info

NSCCT Complaint Process
CCPA Code of Ethics
CCPA Standards of Practice

As a Registered Counselling Therapist Candidate based in Nova Scotia, my licensing regulatory body is The Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists (NSCCT). As practitioner of a regulated profession, I abide by a professional code of ethics and standards of practice outlined by both the above mentioned public interest regulatory body; as well as, our national professional association, The Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).

Please find provided links to access the CCPA Code of Ethics and CCPA Standards of Practice; as well as, a link to NSCCT’s process for filing a complaint. In Nova Scotia, you can contact the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists to file a complaint regarding a therapist (RCT/RCT-C). You may also contact the Therapist’s Supervisor. The Supervisor for Jennifer Shadbolt is Dr. Kelly Brenton, RCT#: RCT-24-050 Email: kelly.brenton@acadiau.ca. Additionally, below is the contact information for NSCCT:

registrar@nscct.ca
902-225-7531
Sexual Misconduct Reporting Line: 902-579-8119