COUNSELLING FOR FINANCE, ACCOUNTING AND CONSULTING PROFESSIONALS.

Develop a Healthier Relationship with Success

Whether it’s stress and burnout, transitioning a career, and dealing with everything in between, I provide support for adult individual’s personal and professional life. I help develop stress management strategies and find meaning in the highest pressure industries.

Jordan Ross, RCC #21677
MA Counselling Psychology (Yorkville) | BBA (SFU)
Former Big 4 Senior Associate

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A Different Approach to Counselling

The financial services world is tough. You're working long hours on complex client problems while juggling the stress that comes with meeting utilization targets, career progression concerns, and your professional designation exams. Not to mention you're doing this on top of everything else life throws at you outside of your job. I understand this area well because I've been there.

You might be burnt out or feel like you're on your way there, or maybe you're questioning the meaning and purpose of it all. I combine my experience in the Big 4 accounting world with my Counselling Psychology education to help you build regulation skills, become more resilient, and focus on what actually matters to you.

Why I Do This Work

This is an old headshot from my undergraduate years. At the time, I had graduated with my BBA, was working toward my CPA designation, and expected to spend the next 10 to 15 years building a career in accounting. It was the safe and logical path, but something about it never quite felt like the right fit for me.

I kept finding myself drawn to the human side of work: what motivates us, how we grow, why some work energizes us while other work wears us down, and what makes a career feel meaningful. Two and a half years into “Big 4 life,” I finally trusted that instinct. I left accounting, pursued a master’s degree in counselling, and moved toward work that felt much more aligned with who I was. I was still working hard, just in a direction that more closely aligned with my values.

That experience shapes how I work with clients today. I know the financial services field is rewarding, but I also know that navigating this field is not easy, especially on your own. Your career may be exactly where you want to be, while the pressures around it are starting to pile up.

You learn a lot of industry specific skills in the financial services world; however, you rarely learn how to manage yourself in this line of work. I focus on figuring out what works for you, developing tools and strategies that help you navigate the demands of the workplace, and creating a sense of what all this work is for in the long run.

My Approach

I'm not here to offer a new groundbreaking modality or try something that hasn't been done before. My work blends the core principles of Carl Rogers' person-centered therapy, exercises from emotion-focused therapy, and existential questioning to provide mental health support grounded in existing theories with significant research support. My practice is built on three core values:

I do my best to bring myself to each session as I am. I believe that connecting honestly and authentically is the best foundation to provide real support to real people. This includes a commitment to prioritize honesty and transparency over harmony.
I believe that the client belongs in the driver's seat during the counselling process. You have the final say on all decisions and directions in the therapeutic process, while respecting ethical and legal obligations.
I frequently evaluate the counselling relationship and process to ensure I am providing value and we move in a direction that promotes growth and goal achievement. This looks like frequent check-ins and an ongoing openness for feedback.