Meet Shelley

As a Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC) with over 30 years of personal recovery and counselling experience, I have helped clients from a variety of backgrounds, ages and diagnoses. I welcome you to read some of their heartwarming testimonials below. 

My most passionate area of practice is helping those who struggle with binging, emotional eating or who have binge eating disorder (BED). If this is you, my personal connection to this area gives me unique insight into how to help you. My other areas of specialization include eating disorders, responsible weight loss and borderline personality disorder (BPD). 

Training 

As well as being a Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC) for the past three decades, I have specialized training in the Satir Model, or the Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST), and I integrate this helpful model into all my work. The goal is to (re)connect people to their spiritual core so they can become free from fear and self judgement. I love watching my clients learn to listen to their body’s innate wisdom and understand their core drive to eat emotionally and compulsively. 

I am also certified in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and trauma counselling, approaches that I find indispensable when working with my clients.  

Helping the Community 

I am energized when I work with like-minded people who are just as passionate as I am. I was the founder of the non-profit organization, Shelley’s Angels Society. We put on fundraisers over many years to raise money for those who couldn’t afford eating disorder therapy. This led to me receiving the YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award and being featured in publications like Reader’s Digest and Flare magazine.  

Other roles I’ve held include working with kids and teens through the BC Schizophrenia Society and Douglas College, as well as supporting single mothers through the YWCA of Metro Vancouver. 

When I’m not counselling, you can find me singing my heart out in live shows and travelling around the world whenever I can.     

There is help. I’ve been there and I want to help you heal. 

Testimonials

  • “I have known Shelley for 3 years and she has been counseling me for about 10 months. She is so easy to talk to, amazingly intuitive and compassionate. I have always felt safe to open up to her and she has helped me learn to be in tune with my body like I've never known. Her guidance is practical and simple to apply to my life. I highly recommend Shelley to anyone in search of counseling, especially if you have a less-than-ideal relationship with food.”

  • "As well as her training and professionalism, Shelley Jensen comes from experience in her work. She is caring, compassionate, non-judgmental, and sticks with you as far as you want to go. Shelley is the real deal."

  • "Shelley changed my life. When I struggled through challenging circumstances that were difficult to bear, I had the opportunity to get counselling from Shelley. She taught me to love and accept every part of myself, to feel, to dream and showed me how incredibly strong I am. Shelley is patient, kind, intuitive, accepting, gentle and always present with her full heart and skills. I trust her completely and am truly grateful to have her as a resource in helping me live my best life."

  • "I've been seeing Shelley for over a year now. After dieting nearly my whole life, I knew there was a big piece missing in my life, and dieting wasn't answering the problem. I never thought it was possible that I had a binge eating disorder. All I knew was that I was broken, wounded and needed guidance in a new way. Today, over a year into recovery, Shelley has opened up a brand new world for me with fresh eyes, like a child starting a new life. After so many years of shame, blame and judgement, I've found healing in the deepest part of my soul and embraced my inner child that needed to be heard and loved. Recovery is a brand new world of freedom and healing my relationship with food. Shelley is the most wonderful human being! She is very knowledgeable, caring and truly cares about my well-being. This has been a life-changing experience! We can truly all recover!" JM - Mission, BC

  • "Shelley is an incredible counsellor and mentor. I was a client of hers for many years and she supported me through the darkest time in my life. As well, I attended the group sessions and workshops she led, as well as was involved in charity projects that she initiated. This was all part of my recovery from an eating disorder, body image issues and low self-esteem. Her positive and generous spirit and belief in me was a large part of how I was able to fully recover and move on with my life. There are no words to describe how much Shelley has changed my life, although she would say: "I gave you the tools so that you could save yourself." I cannot recommend her highly enough and with more enthusiasm." - Lori