Dr. Margaret Newbury Jones, a White woman with red hair and glasses. She's smiling standing in front of some art wearing a mustard top with a rosemary shaped necklace and a patterned jacket.

Dr. Margaret Newbury Jones, PsyD

Trainer, Trauma Counsellor, and Educator

About Margaret

(she/her)

Dr. Margaret Newbury Jones believes strongly in the value and worth of all members of our community. Although she isn’t yet a member of the disability community, Margaret works to create trust and relationships with the individuals she works for in an effort to be in solidarity with them. She works hard to understand the issues faced by those serviced by siloed systems which are challenging to navigate.

Margaret knows the work she does to support neurodivergent and disabled individuals to address trauma and sexuality is vital. She feels passionately about providing training and education for those who love and work for neurodivergent and disabled individuals to ensure that the whole community appreciates the need for this work and support and does it well.

Margaret has worked in the disability community for her whole career. She worked as a ‘special education’ teacher for 15 years, pushing for inclusive opportunities within schools long before it was the norm.

Margaret is known for her outstanding, interactive workshops whether they are with self-advocates, students, families, or professionals of all kinds.

For the last 20+ years Margaret has worked in private practice providing sexuality education and services and individual counselling. She is humbled to walk alongside folks whether it be helping them to address traumatic experiences or learning about their sexuality.

Margaret loves to work with support teams for individuals to help everyone to be compassionately curious about how to support individuals in the best, most trauma-informed manner, while allowing them to retain their agency and self-determination.

Margaret’s career has been a winding road, she is a life-long learner. If you’d like to see the highlights of her educational journey, see below.

"Young Hunters" by Cape Dorset artist, Jamasie Teevee. Twelve people are standing in two rows of 6. They're dressed in colourful fur-trimmed parkas, pants, and boots. Print owned by Margaret Newbury Jones.

“Young Hunters” by Jamasie Teevee
(Image: Margaret Newbury Jones)

Speaking Truth

Dr. Margaret Newbury Jones is a straight, white, cisgender settler who lives and works on ancestral lands, Treaty 1 territory, the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe, Inniwak, Anishininwak, Dakota, and the Dene people and on the homeland of the Red River Métis Nation.

These people have walked and been stewards of these lands, lived and loved within their communities, and practiced their traditions for millennia before the harmful practices of the settlers disrupted their ways of life. We sadly acknowledge the disproportionate number of people from these nations who, due to the actions of the settlers, are now in need of many of the services SHADE Consulting and Counselling may offer.

We are honoured to work with Indigenous clients and communities in doing our part to speak the truth and walk alongside them on the journey of reconciliation.

A pile of pastel coloured cards that say "choice"

Language Matters

Identity First vs People First Language

You’ll notice throughout this website that we have made the decision to use identity first language (e.g. neurodivergent or disabled individuals) instead of people first language (e.g. individuals who are neurodivergent or disabled). This was a decision we thought about long and hard. We know that language is very personal and we work hard to use language that individuals choose to describe themselves.

If you work with SHADE Consulting and Counselling we’ll ask what language you want us to use to describe you and we will use it.

Language matters…

Education and Professional Credentials

  • FIND Advanced Training (Forensic Interviewing for Individuals with Disabilities)

  • Forensic Interviewing Certification - StepWise 360: Interviewing Children and Youth

  • Doctor of Psychology, PsyD

  • Complex Trauma and Child Sexual Abuse Intervention - Graduate Certification

  • MEd - Community Rehabilitation

  • Special Education Diploma

  • BEd - Elementary Education

  • Canadian Professional Counselling Association (CPCA) - #3984

    • Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling (MPCC)

    • Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC)

  • Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta (ACTA) - Counselling Therapist - #1629

  • BC Teacher Regulation Branch

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