Jenny Noonan
Life can be challenging. Whether you are struggling with relational issues, life transitions, infidelities, anxieties or other difficulties, I can help you navigate a way through these issues, help you get unstuck, provide tremendous relief, and improve your quality of life.
My life’s passion is helping people live their best life. I work under the the guiding principle that problems are solutions waiting to happen. You are not defined by labels, your situation or past experiences. Life happens “for you” not “to you” and I believe everyone deserves to be happy, harmonious, hopeful and healthy.
Psychotherapy can help you strive for the life you desire through a process of self-awareness and self-discovery as an effective catalyst for change. I work with couples, individuals and families who want to shift unhealthy patterns and create more securely functioning relationships through effective communication, productive conflict resolution, meaningful connection and improved intimacy. My approach focusses on deeper exploration to help you gain insights about yourself, to better understand relational dynamics, and to empower you to change maladaptive patterns, behaviours and coping mechanisms to better serve you. Uncovering underlying root causes of issues promotes more meaningful and sustainable results. My practice centred around couples therapy encompasses a systematic approach including family systems, attachment theory and psychodynamic methods to help even the most challenging couples co-create the relationship they desire.
My philosophy is that therapy is a longterm and growth-oriented process towards mental health and wellness. My approach is to create a safe and supportive therapeutic space while promoting the integration of the mind, body, and spirit for psychological healing. I utilize a holistic, integrative, and client-centred therapeutic approach drawing on various evidence-based practices and techniques. We collaboratively create a custom-tailored treatment plan to meet your unique therapeutic needs and goals.
Life is about growing, learning and transforming to the best we can be. In the words of Carl Rogers, “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination”. I would be honoured to help you journey towards your happier, more authentic life.
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Jenny is a mature and life-experienced Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). She earned a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology in an effort to deepen her understanding of integrated health and wellness, and is dedicated to ongoing professional training and honing of skills to support clients' therapeutic needs.
Jenny brings diverse professional and volunteer experiences centred around business and health care industries and empowering individuals to live a happier and healthier life. After completing an MBA, Jenny built and managed a successful portfolio management and investment practice with Canada’s largest investment firm. A passion to help others live a healthier life inspired her to retire as an Investment Advisor and switch her focus from managing wealth to managing health. This led her to become a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and to develop a new program to empower other aspiring nutritionists to grow and manage their own client-centered practices. Volunteer experiences include providing entrepreneurial mentorship and ongoing support to women struggling with mental health issues, and empowering economically disadvantaged women through Dress for Success. Jenny volunteered with a local community hospital board and chaired the Finance Committee where she partnered her business expertise and passion for health and wellness. Also, she volunteered at Onyx Community Services to support clients with addiction and other mental health issues.
Jenny works with individuals, couples and families both virtually and in-person. With a practice centered around helping clients with relational issues, Jenny has completed specialized training in couple's therapy to help navigate the complexities of connections, communication and overcoming relationship challenges. Jenny practices a Psychobiological Approach to Couple’s Therapy (PACT) with partners and families. As a PACT informed therapist, Jenny helps couples work collaboratively using a systematic approach to get to the heart of relational issues and work towards a more harmonious and healthier relational dynamic. Jenny has further specialized clinical training in Emotionally Focussed Therapy for Couples (EFT-C), she has a Certificate in Self-In-Relational Psychotherapy (SIRP) through the Institute for Self-in-Relationship Psychotherapy, and is an Associate member of the Canadian Association of Couple and Family Therapy (CACFT).