Meet Our Wellness Collective
Strawberries and Sunshine consists of a passionate team of professionals who are dedicated to supporting children and families in Port Coquitlam, BC and helping them live lives free of chemical, physical, emotional, and sensory interference.
Here you can meet our leading chiropractor and the extensive, growing team who is ready to support you at Strawberries and Sunshine Wellness Collective.
Dr. Nareeta Stephenson
BSc, Mchiro
Even as a child Dr. Nareeta’s goal was to support children and families to find natural health solutions. Fascinated by the science and intricacy of the human body, she graduated from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia with a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Chiropractic in 2001.
Inspired by her own family’s journey with neurodevelopmental disorders, she is now devoted to helping these kids and their families through chiropractic, community, and solutions to optimize everyone’s health.
Dr. Kristen Chila
Chiropractor
Dr. Kristen Chila is a chiropractor who is Webster certified and has expertise in CCEP (Extremities specialization). Her educational background includes children’s psychology and holistic nutrition. As a teenager, Dr. Kristen fell in love with the healing art that lies behind chiropractic and has been dedicated to helping others find its benefits ever since. Her ability to connect with children and babies gives her lots of room to work with them and adjust through play and engagement. She enjoys helping the whole family feel at ease and making connections around health choices.
Dr. Amber Kenmuir
Chiropractor
Dr. Amber Kenmuir is a family chiropractor and graduated in 2015 from Life West Chiropractic College. Previously practicing as a dental assistant, Dr. Amber wanted to be in a profession that allowed her to provide more health options for people. She has a very active lifestyle and chiropractic has helped her live with chronic pain since she was a teenager. The best part of her day is when a patient comes in to tell her they are now able to do something that their pain was preventing them from doing before.
Fatima Hozouri
Registered Acupuncturist
Fatima Hozouri is a registered and Certified Balance method acupuncturist with an extensive background in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). She has a Bachelor of Science (Biology) from UBC and a doctorate in TCM from the College of TCM in Vancouver. After a past experience with strong antibiotics resulted in devastating side effects, she fell in love with the holistic view and philosophy of ancient therapies and medications. Fatima enjoys supporting her patients to reach their optimum health through Chinese Medicine and an integrated team approach.
Rob Stephenson
Registered Massage Therapist
Rob graduated from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy and is passionate about helping people improve their physical and emotional well-being. Rob is also certified in Hot Stone therapy. His approach to massage therapy is holistic, focusing on treating the root cause of his client’s pain and discomfort, rather than just the symptoms. He is trained in a variety of massage techniques, including Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, myofascial release, and trigger point therapy. He has experience working with acute and chronic conditions as well as general tightness in the body and more.
Emily Harvalias
Registered Massage Therapist
Emily loves helping people achieve the lifestyle they strive for via improving their overall health. She received her Bachelor of Kinetics in 2017 from UBC Okanagan and graduated from the Vancouver College of Massage Therapy in 2020. Having played university volleyball, she was always around rehabilitation specialists and found that manual therapy was beneficial to keeping her healthy and injury free. Massage therapy combines her interest in how the human body works and her passion for helping others.
Dr. Jessica Maguire
Naturopathic Doctor
Dr. Jessica is a certified naturopathic doctor who graduated from the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. She specializes in fertility and preconception planning, autoimmune health, digestion, hormonal health, and mental health. She takes the principles of Naturopathic medicine to heart: do no harm, the healing power of nature, identify and treat the root cause of an illness, and treat the whole person. She loves hearing when a patient says they feel better from following her recommendations.
Jacqui Lepoureau
Healing Arts Practitioner and Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
Jacqui has over 15 years experience as a Healing Arts Practitioner with training as a Clinical Reflexologist, Usui Master Reiki Teacher, Access Bars® Practitioner, and Ayurvedic Head Massage Practitioner. She more recently qualified as a NeurOptimal™ Neurofeedback trainer and Counsellor. She is continually expanding her knowledge about the link between our mental, emotional, physical, energetic, and spiritual bodies. Frequently combining training and intuition to reduce distress, stress and pain, Jacqui provides healing for her clients’ minds, bodies, and souls.
Jagrit (Riti) Batra
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
Riti is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists (ACCT). She is a strong believer in mindfulness and art therapy, both incredibly effective tools that help us access our subconscious minds where our wounds are often stored. It is extremely important for her to practice a wholistic mindset in her personal life. In my counselling practice, this is no different. Our mind, body connection must be aligned in order to find a line through to feeling fully alive
Heather Nyberg
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Heather grew up in the Tri-cities and feels at home in the community. With a natural desire to help others, Heather was drawn to the counselling profession following her own challenging life transitions. Being a mother was both an amazing experience and also an enormous change in terms of her own personal identity, goals and ambitions. Through her journey of self exploration, she learned so much about herself and how to navigate life in a healthier and more balanced way. Heather aims to guide others through this path of self discovery while focusing on each person’s unique strengths and aspirations. Heather looks forward to meeting clients and exploring new topics in addition to her interest areas in ADHD populations, life transitions and grief work.
Dr. Shaista Fatehali
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor & Play Therapy
Shaista is a renowned Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, accredited by the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists (ACCT), with a specialized focus on child therapy. She holds a PhD in Early Childhood Development and is a certified teacher in British Columbia, qualifications that greatly enhance her expertise in understanding and nurturing young minds.
In her counseling practice, Shaista emphasizes the use of play therapy and strategic therapeutic approaches, recognizing their effectiveness in helping children explore and express their emotions. Play therapy, in particular, is a cornerstone of her methodology. It provides a natural and engaging way for children to communicate, learn, and process their experiences.
Her approach is holistic, believing strongly that a child’s emotional, mental, and physical development are deeply interconnected. This philosophy underpins her work both in personal life and professional practice, where she strives to align these aspects to help children achieve a sense of balance and wellbeing.
Carla Carvalho
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Carla is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BCACC who is originally from Brazil, where she completed her Masters in Developmental Psychology. Her curiosity about how the mind works has led her to develop a unique and interactive therapy style, for individuals with a variety of neurodiverse needs and social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioural challenges, especially people in the autism spectrum. She creates a safe space for her clients using visual tools such as Thinking Maps to communicate.
Krista A. Parr
Registered Holistic Nutritionist
Krista believes that one size does not fit all, and unique individuals have unique nutritional needs. She graduated from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in 2013. Since earning her diploma she has dedicated herself to specializing in supporting women on their fertility journeys, both before and after birth, via nutrition. She loves to teach and do in-home cooking sessions with clients to help them feel confident in the kitchen
Front Team
Of course, our Collective wouldn’t be able to operate so smoothly without our incredibly supportive and efficient front desk team. You’ll hear their friendly voices on the phone and theirs will be the first smiles you see when you walk in the door.
Allie
Courtney
Raissa
