Jessie Kucharski
“HAPPINESS CAN BE FOUND EVEN IN THE DARKEST OF TIMES, IF ONE ONLY REMEMBERS TO TURN ON THE LIGHT.”
(accepting new clients)
Meet Jessie
B.A., M.A.C.P., C.C.C.
REGISTERED PROVISIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST
As human beings, feelings of burnout, anxiety, or depression can arise at various points in our lives. Consulting a psychologist can be immensely beneficial in addressing these challenges.
Jessie Kucharski
Jessie is a devoted and empathetic psychologist dedicated to guiding individuals on their journey toward a more enriching and harmonious life. She firmly believes that genuine transformation emerges from embracing even the most formidable experiences that shape an individual. Jessie aspires to build a therapeutic alliance on trust, authentic understanding, empathic connection, collaboration, and profound care. These principles are the foundation where she assists clients in achieving personal and lifelong goals.
In collaboration with the client, Jessie works to tailor the treatment plan using integrative methods to achieve the clients’ goals. Her objective is to empower clients, fostering self- reflection, self-awareness, and the cultivation of self acceptance within a judgment-free space. Jessie actively encourages exploration to address limiting beliefs, unproductive needs, or behaviours affecting mental and emotional well-being. Ultimately, she supports clients in harnessing their strengths, acquiring skills to navigate emotions, build resilience, and form meaningful connections over time.
Specializing in a comprehensive range of mental health challenges, Jessie employs an integrative approach that incorporates modalities such as cognitive-behavioural (CBT), person-centered, Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Solution-Focused (SFT), and Dialectical Behaviour (DBT) therapies. She seamlessly integrates interventions from mindfulness, trauma-informed, and strength-based approaches into her practice, ensuring a holistic and personalized therapeutic experience.
Jessie provides individual therapy to Adults and Seniors. She works with individuals of all genders, identities, and cultural/spiritual backgrounds. Jessie serves those experiencing issues related to anxiety, depression, grief/loss, trauma & PTSD, domestic violence, stress & burnout, self-esteem, life transitions, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and bipolar disorder.
Jessie is a Registered Provisional Psychologist, Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), and professional member in good standing with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP), and the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). Jessie holds a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Psychology and Sociology from MacEwan University and completed her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University.
Currently, Jessie is able to direct bill to the following insurance providers: Alberta Blue Cross, ASEBP/ARTA, Medavie Blue Cross, SSQ Financial, Green Shield Canada, Sunlife, and Manulife.
- Adult Therapy
- Early Adolescence Therapy (12-16 years)
- Youth Therapy (16+ years)
- Virtual (Online) Therapy
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA) Therapy Services
- ADDICTION (ALCOHOL | DRUG | GAMBLING | INTERNET)
- ANXIETY
- COMPLEX / DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA
- DEPRESSION
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- GENDER IDENTITY
- LOSS & GRIEF
- PEER RELATIONSHIPS
- RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
- SELF-HARM
- STRESS & BURNOUT
- SUICIDAL IDEATION
- TRAUMA & PTSD
- WOMEN’S ISSUES
- ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT (ACT)
- COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL (CBT)
- CULTURALLY SENSITIVE
- DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR (DBT)
- EMOTION-FOCUSED (EFT)
- HOLISTIC
- INTEGRATIVE
- PERSON-CENTERED
- POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
- SOLUTION-FOCUSED (SFT)
- STRENGTH-BASED
- TRAUMA-FOCUSED (TF-CBT)
- REGISTERED PROVISIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST (#P7675), COLLEGE OF ALBERTA PSYCHOLOGISTS
- CANADIAN CERTIFIED COUNSELLOR (C.C.C.)
- MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY (M.A.C.P.), YORKVILLE UNIVERSITY
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), macewan university
- MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE OF ALBERTA PSYCHOLOGISTS (CAP)
- MEMBER OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (PAA)
- MEMBER OF CANADIAN COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (CCPA)
- APPLIED SUICIDE INTERVENTION SKILLS TRAINING (ASIST), CENTRE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
- BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS), HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION
- CRISIS SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGY
- NONVIOLENT CRISIS INTERVENTION (NCI), CRISIS PREVENTION INSTITUTE
- HISTORIC TRAUMA AND TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINING, NATIVE COUNSELLING SERVICES OF ALBERTA
- TRANS WELLNESS INITIATIVE INTRODUCTION TO AFFIRMING SPACES TRAINING, COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH CENTRE
- SUICIDE PREVENTION, RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT (SPRAM), ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
- CHANGEWAYS: GROUP THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION
- ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY: 2-DAY INTENSIVE ACT TRAINING
- Alberta Blue Cross
- ASEBP/ARTA
- Medavie Blue Cross
- SSQ Financial
- Green Shield Canada
- SunLife
- Manulife
- CANADA LIFE
LET'S GET PERSONAL
Outside of her professional life, Jessie enjoys spending time with her two cats Nyx & Ajax, as well as with her friends and family. Jessie enjoys the outdoors and jumps at any opportunity to get out to the mountains to camp, hike or fish. For self-care Jessie enjoys taking technology free time, playing board games & card games, building Lego, baking, going on walks, watching tv or a movie, listening to music, and reading. Jessie is a lifelong learner and believes that you can always learn new things and approaches challenges with curiosity and openness.