Laura Rhodes, MACP, RCC, CCC, CCAC
Children / Teens / Adults / Families / Couples / Addictions / Clinical Supervision
Laura is an Indigenous Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), and Certified Canadian Addiction Counsellor (CCAC) holding a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. She brings a compassionate, grounded, and non-judgmental approach to her practice, dedicated to creating a safe and collaborative environment where clients feel genuinely seen, heard, and supported throughout their healing journey.
Laura’s approach to addictions and mental health work is deeply rooted in dignity, trauma-informed care, and holistic wellness. She recognizes that substance use and addictive behaviors are frequently intertwined with underlying trauma, grief, systemic adversity, and complex mental health challenges. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, Laura works collaboratively with clients to explore the root causes of their pain, empowering them to rebuild self-trust, reconnect with their core strengths, and foster sustainable recovery and emotional resilience.
In addition to her direct clinical work with children, youth, adults, families, and couples, Laura provides clinical supervision and consultation to other practitioners. She is passionate about mentor leadership and guiding fellow clinicians in navigation of complex mental health cases, addictions treatment, and culturally responsive, trauma-informed practices.
Laura offers in-person sessions at our Kamloops and Merritt locations, as well as virtual appointments.
Ashley Broadfoot, B.Ed, M.Ed, RCC
Indigenous Peoples / Individuals / Youth / Families / Clinical Supervision
Ashley is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education in Counselling. With more than 10 years of experience in education and counselling, she has worked across elementary, secondary, and post-secondary settings, supporting individuals and families through a wide range of personal, relational, and life challenges.
Ashley has extensive experience supporting clients experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, generational trauma, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, and significant life transitions. She takes a holistic, person-centred approach to counselling, recognizing the unique experiences, strengths, and needs each person brings to the therapeutic process. Her goal is to create a safe and supportive space where clients can explore their experiences with curiosity, develop greater self-understanding, and move toward meaningful healing and growth.
Ashley is a proud Indigenous Secwépemc woman from Secwépemc'ulucw and is deeply passionate about supporting Indigenous people as they navigate adversity, healing, and life transitions. She brings a culturally responsive and compassionate approach to her practice and is committed to creating a therapeutic environment where every client feels genuinely heard, valued, and seen.
Ashley works with women of all ages and is committed to walking alongside her clients with empathy, curiosity, and respect as they work toward greater well-being and personal growth.
Ashley is currently offering in-person & virtual appointments at our Kamloops location.
Chloe Chiorando, MC, CCC
Youth / Individuals / Families / Couples
Chloe is deeply passionate about serving others and brings over a decade of experience in mental health and social justice roles. Her counselling approach is grounded in warmth, compassion, and lively energy, with a strong appreciation for relationships as a foundation for growth and healing. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and has completed her master’s in counselling psychology.
Chloe’s worldview is rooted in dignity, empathy, genuine connection, and curiosity. She embraces the belief that we are always evolving and feels honored to sit with others during their most vulnerable moments, fostering trust and safety in every session. Her integrated therapeutic approach draws from person-centered, narrative therapy, feminist theory, systems theory, Internal Family Systems, and holistic interventions. She also incorporates solution-focused and brief therapies when appropriate to support meaningful and practical change. Chloe works with a wide range of concerns, including grief, identity changes, life transitions, anxiety, shame, trauma, depression, self-confidence, self-discovery, and existential anxiety.
Outside of counselling, Chloe is an avid reader whose love of literature informs her perspective and keeps her connected to developments in psychology, sociology, anthropology, and history. She enjoys spending time outside with her dogs and admiring our beautiful province. She is grateful to live and work as an uninvited settler on the unceded lands of the Secwepemc Peoples.
Chloe is currently accepting new clients and offers both in-person sessions in Kamloops, Salmon Arm and virtual appointments.
Christina Lang, MACP, RCC
Couples & Families / Children / Behavioural Consultantion
Christina is passionate about supporting couples and families as they navigate life’s challenges—whether they’re rebuilding trust, managing parenting stress, adjusting to a new diagnosis, or co-parenting after separation. She offers a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where clients feel seen, understood, and supported.
In addition to her work with families, Christina has a special interest in working with children under 12 through play therapy.She is currently completing certification with the Canadian Play Therapy Association. Christina works closely with neurodivergent children and adults, as well as individuals with developmental disabilities, approaching each person’s experience with empathy, respect, and affirmation.
Extending this work, Christina also offers behaviour consultation, collaborating with parents and caregivers to better understand their child or the person they are caring for. Sheworks from a non-ableist, Positive Behaviour Support framework aimed at improving quality of life while preserving her clients’ dignity.
Clients often describe Christina as warm, grounding, and easy to connect with. She believes that conflict and stress often reflect a misalignment with core values. By exploring these patterns with curiosity, individuals and families can build stronger, more compassionate relationships.
Her approach is person-centred and emotion-focused, drawing on somatic practices, polyvagal theory, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Her play therapy training includes AutPlay Therapy, Trauma & Children, Polyvagal in the Playroom, Innovative Interventions for Young Children, and Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist Intensive Training. She is currently completing Level 1 Certification in Synergetic Play Therapy.
Christina offers virtual appointments with some in-person availability at our Kamloops location
Alyssa Turik BSW, MSW
EMDR / Youth / Individuals / Young Adults
Alyssa joins Currents Counselling with a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work specializing in clinical practice, which have allowed her to integrate her social justice and anti-oppressive roots into a compassionate counselling approach. With over five years of experience supporting vulnerable populations, she brings a systemic perspective to her work, recognizing and naming the external injustices and systemic factors that can deeply impact an individual’s internal world. She is privileged to support Indigenous, BIPOC, and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals through a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and identity-affirming lens.
Her approach to counselling is person-centred and strengths based. She believes clients hold deep insight into themselves and their experiences, as well as the capacity to guide their own therapeutic journeys. Drawing on evidence-based approaches, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness-based practices, she works collaboratively with each client to develop an approach that is responsive to their unique needs and goals.
Alyssa is grounded in the belief that we are all inherently driven toward, and capable of finding, an integrated sense of self. Her work supports clients to explore limiting self-beliefs, patterns of self-protection, and relational dynamics that may be shaping how they experience themselves and their relationships with others. She is particularly drawn to supporting youth, young adults, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, and both acute and complex trauma.
Recognizing that taking the first step toward healing can feel burdensome, she strives to create a warm and non-judgmental environment where clients can feel supported as they work toward a more meaningful and self-aligned life. She believes that while counselling can ask us to sit with difficult and painful experiences, there is also always space for humour, lightness, and a profound respect for the resilience and wisdom clients have developed before entering the counselling space.
Alyssa offers appointments virtually or in-person at our Merritt and Kamloops offices
Christine Arndt, MACP, CCC
Children (over 8 years) / Youth / Young Adults / Adults
Christine is passionate about supporting youth and young adults, offering a safe, welcoming, and nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients feel heard, understood, and validated. She takes a person-centered approach, working collaboratively with clients to explore their challenges and strengths. Christine is dedicated to creating a warm and collaborative environment that honours each individual’s unique lived experience.
She is especially committed to helping clients uncover their confidence and resilience. Her belief in each person's capacity for growth and healing fosters a renewed sense of hope and possibility.
In addition to using a person-centered approach, Christine draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support clients in acknowledging and sitting with difficult emotions, thoughts, and sensations, while also encouraging value-based action to a meaningful life. She also integrates elements of expressive arts interventions, somatic awareness, Narrative Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to meet each clients' unique needs.
Christine has a Master's Degree in Counselling Psychology.
Christine offers appointments virtually and in-person at our Kamloops and Merritt locations.
Nicole Arnould, RSW, RCC
Individuals / Families / Couples / Group Consultation / Clinical Supervision
Grounded in a feminist framework, Nicole is a social justice-oriented, anti-oppressive practitioner committed to providing dignity-driven, person-centred care through an anti-violence lens. Her approach integrates multiple therapeutic modalities, including Narrative Therapy, Hakomi, EMDR, CBT, Aboriginal Family Systems, and specialized expertise in assessing and treating intimate partner violence.
Nicole practices on the traditional, unceded territories of the Secwepemc Peoples. Having spent most of her life in Kamloops and adolescence in Iqaluit, Nunavut, she has cultivated a deep connection to the land and the diverse communities that have shaped her.
With over 30 years of experience, Nicole brings a comprehensive approach to therapy that includes one-on-one client support, family counselling, clinical supervision, and group facilitation. Nicole’s expertise spans risk assessment for violence, working with adjudicated high-risk offenders and supporting victims of violence. Holding dual designations in Social Work and Clinical Counseling, Nicole has also dedicated 15 years to senior leadership roles within the nonprofit sector. She has excelled in developing responsive programs, fostering practice groups, and implementing evidence-based, results-driven practices. Her work is rooted in empowering individuals and creating meaningful, sustainable change.
In addition to client work, Nicole is passionate about practitioner development. She offers case conceptualization, consultation, clinical supervision, and leadership development while supporting structural and organizational change to foster client-centred services. Nicole also focuses on treating compassion fatigue and promoting work-life balance for professionals in helping roles.
Nicole offers in-person and virtual availability
Megan Bonnell, MC, CCC
Youth 12+ / Adults / Couples & Families
Megan is a counsellor at Currents Clinical Counselling and holds a Master of Counselling degree. She brings an open, authentic, and compassionate energy to her work, creating a safe and inclusive space where clients of all ages feel seen, supported, and valued.
With a passion for working with children, youth, adults, and families, Megan has experience supporting parents in navigating their children’s mental health and brings a deep respect for the unique strengths and resilience each person carries. She is especially drawn to Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Response-Based Practice—approaches that emphasize personal agency, relational dignity, and meaning-making. Megan continues to explore a variety of modalities, always adapting her approach to best meet the needs of her clients.
Inspired to work in the mental health field for as long as she can remember, Megan brings a calm, grounded, and genuine presence to the counselling space. She meets her clients with curiosity and care, embracing the non-linear, deeply human path of healing and growth.
Megan believes in the power of connection, self-awareness, and collaborative conversation. Whether supporting a young person navigating identity, an adult facing transition, or a family seeking greater harmony, she fosters an environment where clients can reconnect with their inner strengths and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Megan offers appointments virtually through our Kamloops location.
Amy Fonseca, MACP, CCC
Children / Youth / Adults / Families / ADHD & Neurodivergence
Amy is a clinical counsellor at Currents Clinical Counselling in Kamloops. She holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP) and brings over 19 years of experience working with children and adolescents as an educator and mentor. Amy has taught in Montreal, Vancouver, and Kamloops, and currently teaches Theatre Arts and Film at South Kamloops Secondary School.
With a strong background in education and a deep understanding of child and adolescent development, Amy has a particular interest in supporting individuals and families navigating ADHD, neurodivergence, and the emotional and relational challenges that can accompany these experiences. Drawing on both her professional and lived experience, Amy understands how ADHD can impact learning, relationships, emotional regulation, self-worth, and everyday life.
Amy recognizes that many individuals, particularly women and those diagnosed later in life, have spent years feeling misunderstood, overwhelmed, or as though they are constantly falling short of expectations. Her approach moves away from pathologizing these experiences and instead focuses on understanding each person's unique strengths, challenges, and needs. Amy helps clients move away from asking, "What's wrong with me?" toward understanding how their brain works, what they need, and how they can thrive. She works collaboratively with clients to develop practical strategies, build self-understanding, and challenge the shame and self-criticism that can develop over time.
Amy also recognizes that ADHD impacts more than the individual. She works with parents and families to better understand neurodivergence, strengthen relationships, navigate challenges at home and school, and develop realistic strategies that support the whole family. Her experience as an educator allows her to bring valuable insight into the intersection of learning, behaviour, emotional well-being, and family dynamics.
Amy brings a warm, empathetic, and grounded presence to her counselling sessions, while also offering thoughtful challenge to support growth and deeper insight. She draws from a range of therapeutic approaches, with particular interest in CBT, narrative therapy, gestalt therapy, and group work. Her work is rooted in the belief that every individual has inherent worth and deserves to feel understood, respected, and supported.
Alongside her work with ADHD and neurodivergence, Amy welcomes children, youth, adults, and families navigating identity, relationships, life transitions, emotional challenges, and personal growth. She is passionate about creating a collaborative therapeutic space where clients can better understand themselves, recognize their strengths, and build meaningful connections.
Amy offers in-person from our Kamloops locations. Virtual sessions are also available.
Jessica Reid, MACP
Individuals / Indigenous Peoples / Addictions / Neurodivergent / Men / Spirituality / Young Adults / Generational Trauma
Jessica is a clinical counselor at Currents Counselling. She holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and brings warmth, curiosity, and deep empathy to her counselling work. From a young age, she has been fascinated by how people think, feel, and make meaning of their experiences, and she is deeply committed to understanding and supporting others in a respectful and compassionate way.
Jessica is passionate about providing a compassionate, non-judgmental space for men seeking support, helping them navigate emotional challenges, life transitions, identity, and healing from past trauma. She also works with men seeking to process past experiences, take accountability for harm or trauma they may have caused others, and develop healthier ways of relating.
Jessica practices from a trauma-informed lens and is intentional about creating a welcoming, safe, and supportive space where connection, healing, and growth can unfold. Grounded in a spiritual framework, she offers personalized support that honors each person’s unique experiences and needs. She specializes in supporting individuals navigating complex trauma—including childhood and generational trauma, car accidents, and sexual assault survival—as well as those facing addictions and recovery. Clients can expect to meet someone who is genuine, curious, and attuned, offering personalized support that honours each person’s unique experiences and needs. She walks alongside clients as they navigate what brings them to counselling, holding space with care and respect.
Her therapeutic approach is integrative and tailored to each client, drawing from narrative therapy to explore personal stories, person-centred therapy to centre the therapeutic relationship, and solution-focused therapy to highlight strengths and practical pathways forward. Jessica supports clients with a range of concerns, including identity exploration, life transitions, emotional regulation, and relational challenges.
Jessica is proud to be an Indigenous individual who is Métis with Cree ancestry on her mother’s side. She values living and practicing in alignment with the Seven Sacred Values — respect, courage, honesty, wisdom, humility, truth, and love — which guide both her personal life and clinical work. She brings over eight years of experience working with Indigenous communities in Kamloops, BC, including extensive experience supporting youth and over a year working as an addictions counsellor.
Outside of Currents Counselling, Jessica loves unwinding with a great psychology book and hanging out with her trusty sidekick, her pug Winston.
Jessica offers in-person appointments in Kamloops, as well as virtual sessions, and is currently accepting new clients.
Bria Gatien, MC, RCC
Self-Worth / Trauma / Relationships / EMDR / IFS
Bria is a Registered Clinical Counsellor specializing in supporting individuals and families with self-worth, trauma, and emotional healing. She collaborates with clients to explore and transform negative beliefs about themselves and challenges in relationships, helping them reconnect with their inherent worth and create more meaningful connections with others.
Using a compassionate, client-centered approach, Bria integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Narrative Therapy to support emotional healing and personal growth. IFS, in particular, helps clients identify and nurture the parts of themselves that have been hurt or neglected, leading to greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and transformation.
Bria has over 10 years of experience working with individuals and families navigating complex dynamics, including those related to developmental disabilities and neurodiversity. Her work examines feelings of inadequacy, negative beliefs, and how societal biases impact personal and relational experiences.
In her counselling practice, Bria focuses on helping clients shift unhelpful patterns, improve relationships, and move toward lasting change—empowered with more confidence and a deeper sense of self-acceptance.
She works with individuals aged 16 and up, creating a safe, non-judgmental space where healing and growth can happen.
Bria is currently offering virtual appointments
Shannon Ritchie, MC, RCC-ACS, RCC
Shannon offers virtual sessions for couples and families / Views of the Child Reports in-person
Shannon is the founder and Clinical Director of Currents Counselling, where she leverages over a decade of post-masters experience to support couples and families. With a deep understanding of relationship dynamics, she has worked extensively with highly conflicted couples, those navigating separation and divorce, and families facing complex issues. Her background includes addressing concerns related to violence and conducting clinical risk assessments.
Recognizing that each relationship is unique, Shannon employs a collaborative approach tailored to the specific needs of the couples and families she serves. This emphasis on individualization allows her to provide effective support and facilitate healing in her client’s most important relationships.
In addition to her direct counselling services, Shannon is certified to complete risk assessments and Section 211 Reports, such as Hear the Child and Views of the Child, available in Kamloops, Salmon Arm, and virtually. She is also an Approved Clinical Supervisor through the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, enhancing her commitment to guiding emerging professionals in the field.
Shannon holds a master's degree in counselling and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), and is an approved clinical supervisor with the BCACC (RCC-ACS)
Offering virtual counselling appointments and limited in-person availability in Salmon Arm.
*Views of the Child Reports available in person in Kamloops and Salmon Arm.
