About | Inner Compass Counselling

Every person carries a unique tapestry of experiences, challenges and triumphs. I am committed to understanding and embracing your story with warmth, authenticity and care.

I believe in the incredible inner wisdom and resilience that resides within each of us ~ our inherent capacity to grow, heal, create and transform our lives.

Therapists

Jody sitting in front of a black framed window inside a brick coffee shop

JODY GAIDA

MSW, BSW, RSW

I am a licensed therapist, certified yoga teacher, and founder of

Inner Compass Counselling.

For much of my career, I have worked in acute care hospitals and crisis mental health, supporting people through some of life’s most destabilizing moments — serious illness, sudden loss, psychiatric crisis, and major life disruption.

Over time, I have become especially interested in what happens in life’s in-between spaces: after a loss or transition of any kind or any scale, before clarity returns, when old ways no longer fit and new ones haven’t formed yet.

While I am a therapist, not everything I offer is therapy. Some of my work focuses on facilitated conversations and group spaces designed to help people reflect, connect, and rebuild trust in themselves at their own pace.

Inner Compass acknowledges and respects the ancestral and unceded territories of all Indigenous Peoples that cover the lands across Canada, where we live, learn, and work. Inner Compass Counselling honours the enduring presence and resilience of Indigenous cultures and expresses gratitude for their stewardship of the land.