Lunch Break – Mental Health and Retirement

Dane is a Master of Counselling Psychology student at Trinity Western University. He is completing his own research to better highlight new fathers’ meaning making process of received spousal support. Dane currently works as a graduate research assistant for Retirement Lab, based out of the University of British Columbia, focused on the experiences of highly work-identified people and their successful transition to retirement.

Nicole is a Graduate Researcher and Registered Clinical Counsellor based in Vancouver, Canada. She holds a Masters in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia. Through her research and clinical work, Nicole explores how individuals navigate major transitions and find meaning in new life stages. She currently works as a research assistant on the SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) funded study, When You Stop You are Nothing: Older Men and the Transition to Retirement.  

Jenessa is currently completing her master’s degree in counselling psychology at Trinity Western University. Jenessa’s research interests include transitions and transformations, particularly exploring the factors that help and hinder the transition to retirement, as well as exploring the transformative emotion of awe, specifically in therapeutic contexts.