For my entire professional life, I have focused on helping individuals navigate life’s challenges, discover purpose and connection, and engage in the work of healing and growth. Throughout this journey, I have supported people facing a wide range of concerns: anxiety and stress, depression, anger, relationship struggles, panic attacks, PTSD, low confidence, recovery from sexual assault or abuse, spiritual trauma, childhood trauma, and more.
My practice is grounded in a steady belief that healing begins with honesty. As a therapist, I create a structured and compassionate space for that honesty — a place to explore the stories, patterns, and wounds that shape how we live and love, with the aim of creating thoughtful, lasting change.
I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) in good standing with the BCACC and a trained EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - often considered the gold standard for trauma therapy) therapist. I integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS) and other experiential approaches that help you safely revisit your story — not to relive old pain endlessly, but to transform the way that pain continues to shape your life today. Our work isn’t about endlessly talking in circles. It’s about getting to the root: understanding what’s driving your patterns, why your reactions feel so automatic, and how your past still echoes through your relationships, your choices, and your sense of self.
You don’t have to keep repeating the same story. Together, we can explore the emotional logic beneath your behaviours — the parts of you that are trying to help but may be working with outdated maps. When those parts feel seen, understood, and unburdened, real change becomes possible: more stability, more connection, more freedom.
My approach is both structured and human. My life has been shaped by mentors who slowed down with me, asked the questions no one else asked, and invited me to grow into a more honest, grounded, and loving version of myself — as a husband, a father, and a friend. Their patience, clarity, and courage inform the way I sit with my clients today.
I draw from EMDR, IFS, and DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy)— approaches backed by research and clinical experience — but therapy isn’t a formula. It’s a relationship. The work happens in the space between us, in the moments of honesty, attunement, and trust we build together.
Most importantly, I look forward to meeting you. Not the polished version — you. And together finding a way forward that’s real, sustainable, and transformative.
Jonathan Hers Reaches
Delta BC
Clients throughout British Columbia