Terresa McKenzie is a Registered Clinical Social Worker and the founder and Clinical Director of Inner Balance Solutions Inc. in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has been a social worker since 2011, and in 2016 she founded IBSI. Since then it has grown into a multidisciplinary mental health and social work practice serving individuals, couples, children and families across the Fraser Valley.
Terresa’s clinical background is in trauma, PTSD, dissociation, intimate partner violence and first responder trauma. She has advanced training in EMDR and is also trained in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) and the Gottman Method. As an RCSW, she is qualified to provide diagnostic assessment. She has also completed collaborative divorce coaching training and will begin offering mediation in December 2026.
Today, Terresa’s work centres on clinical leadership. She is trained in clinical supervision and is committed to supporting students and newer clinicians as they develop their practice. She leads IBSI collaboratively, alongside a group of skilled professionals who each bring their own expertise and approach.
Terresa is a member of the British Columbia College of Social Workers, the BC Association of Social Workers, the Canadian Association of Social Workers, the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance and EMDR International Association. She is also active in her community, supporting the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund, the Chilliwack Charitable Firefighters’ Association and BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
