Jess Jones Recreation Therapy Inc.

Jess Jones Recreation Therapy Inc. (JJRT), the first private therapeutic recreation practice in London, Ontario, and the first brick-and-mortar therapeutic recreation business in Canada.
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✨ Recreation Therapists
✨ Strengths-based Approach
✨ London, Ontario, Canada
✨ Holistic Counselling
✨ Art, Music, Cooking, Games + More
✨ Workshops, Classes, Retreats, Leisure-based Day Trips + More
✨ One-on-One and Group Therapy Jessie Jones, CTRS
Jessie Jones is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) and the owner and Lead Therapeutic Recreation Specialist at Jess Jones Recreation Therapy Inc. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Recreation and Leisure Studies with a concentration in Therapeutic Recreation and a minor in Psychology. Jessie also has a two-year Recreation Therapy diploma from Canadore College. Jessie is committed to innovation, inclusion, and accessibility in recreation therapy. She is an advocate, speaker, and mentor, working to elevate the field of therapeutic recreation across Canada. Jess Jones Recreation Therapy Inc. (JJRT)
JJRT is a leader in private recreation therapy services, offering counselling, coaching, and therapeutic programming for individuals of all ages and abilities. Current Offerings:

Private Recreational Therapy Sessions
Art Classes & Workshops
Music Workshops
Cooking Classes & Meal Planning
Women's Groups
Children, Youth, and Adult Recreation Programs
Group Recreation Therapy
Leisure Education & Counseling
Self-Discovery Programs
Career Counseling for Recreation Therapists and Recreation Professionals
Counselling via Registered Social Worker
Private Practice Consulting

JJRT is an active student and professional member of:

Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (TRO)
Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association (CTRA)
CANFASD Research Network

The Leisure Learning Lab

As a sister service to JJRT, The Leisure Learning Lab is a community hub for experiential learning and professional development, blending therapeutic recreation, mentorship, and business networking. Signature Programs:

SPOTLIGHT: Leisure is Living Workshop Series (NCTRC Pre-Approved CEUs)
Hyde Park Business Networking Events for Business Owners
Themed Therapeutic Recreation Workshops & Pop-Ups

Jessie is passionate about empowering individuals through recreation therapy, education, and community-building, and continues to advocate for the field’s growth and recognition.

Every movement is built one small step at a time, and these tiers are the first steps into bringing the Leisure Learning...
12/13/2025

Every movement is built one small step at a time, and these tiers are the first steps into bringing the Leisure Learning Lab to life.

From a $9 Quiet Rebel pledge to curated experiences and community passes, each tier reflects intention, accessibility, and the heart of what we are creating. Every contribution helps shape this new Centre and the programming, learning, and community spaces it will hold.

We would be deeply grateful for your engagement and for anyone who feels called to take part in this chapter with us.

Click the link below to explore the tiers and choose the one that resonates with you.✨
http://kck.st/4pM9oXd

12/12/2025

Calling all practitioners, educators, and community leaders!

We’re excited to invite you to the Play in Practice Symposium on April 15, 2026, a virtual gathering rooted in connection, creativity, and the power of play.

This interactive learning experience is designed to bring people together across disciplines to share ideas, build transferable skills, and learn through doing, because play is more meaningful when it’s shared.

As we prepare for the symposium, we’re opening our Call for Speakers.
We’re looking for folks who bring lived experience, thoughtful practice, and hands-on approaches that centre community, inclusion, and meaningful play. If you have a session idea that reflects these values, we would love to hear from you.

Click the link in our bio to submit your session idea.
Let’s learn, play, and grow, together. ✨

12/10/2025

London’s First Creative Sanctuary✨

Pottery, coffee, sensory rest, community.
The beginnings of the Leisure Learning Lab are taking shape in North London.

In this video, Jess shares the vision for these emerging spaces and the kind of learning, creativity, and connection they will hold. The walls are still bare, yet the possibility is already alive.

This is your chance to help shape it with us.
We are inviting our community to name and co-create the micro-spaces within the Lab through our limited-edition Founding Backer Passes on Kickstarter.

You can lock in your 2026 membership rate, add your name to the Founders Wall, and contribute to building a space you would love to return to again and again.

Link below to explore the vision and claim your pass.
http://kck.st/4pM9oXd

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Shape the geography of the Leisure Learning Lab with us!!As we step into this next chapter, we’re excited to share a fir...
12/09/2025

Shape the geography of the Leisure Learning Lab with us!!

As we step into this next chapter, we’re excited to share a first look at our new Centre — still in its raw beginning, still holding traces of its previous owner, and still transforming into the warm, intentional space we envision for our community.

Even at this early stage, you can imagine the circles, conversations, play, and learning that will soon fill every corner. These micro-spaces will become places of connection, rest, growth, and joy — and you have the chance to shape them with us.

When you name a micro-space within the Leisure Learning Lab, you’ll receive a permanent dedication plaque, a private tour once the Centre is complete, and an invitation to our Founders’ Reception — a heartfelt thank-you to those who believed in the vision from the start.

Click the link below to visit our Kickstarter page and begin naming the Geography of the Lab with us.
Thank you for being part of this journey as it unfolds. ✨

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jjrt/the-leisure-learning-lab-a-jjrt-community-space

27 Days to go!!Here are more details for the campaign!Introducing the 3L Timeline!✨The roadmap that brings our philosoph...
12/07/2025

27 Days to go!!
Here are more details for the campaign!

Introducing the 3L Timeline!✨

The roadmap that brings our philosophy to life. This is where learning deepens, leadership rises, and living with purpose becomes real. Every step is intentional. Every moment invites transformation.

Take a look at the journey, feel the momentum, and step into the next chapter with confidence and curiosity.

Big things begin here!

✨ Phase 1: Ignition & Groundwork | Fall 2025 ✨

- Kickstarter Campaign Launches: We go live! This is where you join our community
- Community Engagement: We activate our local partnerships and begin site preparation.
- Procurement: Immediately upon funding, we place orders for core Atelier materials (kilns, culinary equipment, art supplies) to navigate supply chain lead times.

✨ Phase 2: The Build-Out | Early Winter 2025–2026 ✨

- Renovations Begin: We transform the physical space.
- Accessibility First: Installation of sensory-friendly features and accessibility infrastructure to ensure the Lab is welcoming to everyone.
- Atelier Installation: Construction of our specialized zones:
- The Pottery Studio
- Creative Arts S**c
- The Culinary Kitchen
- Journaling Nooks
- Movement & Flow S**ces

✨ Phase 3: The Soft Launch (Backers Only) | Late Winter 2026 ✨

- Team Training: Hiring and training our facilitators and support staff.
- Program Testing: Running "Workshop Pilots" inside each atelier to fine-tune the experience.

🏆 Backer Fulfilment:

- Founders Reception: An exclusive evening for our top-tier backers.
- The Founders Wall: Installation of the commemorative wall featuring backer names.
- Soft Opening: Friends, family, and backers get the first look before the general public.

✨ Phase 4: Grand Opening | Early Spring 2026
GRAND OPENING: The Leisure Learning Lab officially opens its doors! ✨

- Full Programming: Ongoing launch programming begins across all ateliers.
- Membership Activation: The Community Access Membership model goes live.

Click the link below to know more!
https://www.jessjonesrecreationtherapy.ca/

Back this project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jjrt/the-leisure-learning-lab-a-jjrt-community-space/description

12/05/2025

Our Kickstarter is officially LIVE. ✨

We’ve poured our hearts into building a space rooted in care, healing, and belonging — and now, community, it’s your turn to help shape what this becomes.

Every share, every contribution, every voice behind us makes this vision real. Your support doesn’t just fund a project… it builds a home for all of us.

Join us in bringing this space to life.
Click the link below: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jjrt/the-leisure-learning-lab-a-jjrt-community-space

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A new chapter begins.This building will become Canada’s first Leisure Learning Lab, opening right here in London, Ontari...
12/03/2025

A new chapter begins.
This building will become Canada’s first Leisure Learning Lab, opening right here in London, Ontario — and we’re calling all Londoners to be part of this movement. A space built for rest, play, connection, and radical care. A space made possible by the community that has walked with us for the last five years.

Before we open these doors, we have one ask:
Londoners, join the waitlist.
Be the first to know when our Kickstarter launches, how you can support, and how you can help bring this space to life.

✨ Join the waitlist:
https://www.jessjonesrecreationtherapy.ca/kickstartercampaign

London, let’s build this — together.

We’re excited to share the official logo for the Play in Practice Symposium 2026: Unlearn. Reclaim. Recreate in collabor...
12/01/2025

We’re excited to share the official logo for the Play in Practice Symposium 2026: Unlearn. Reclaim. Recreate in collaboration with .recreation.therapy !✨

This launch marks the beginning of a movement — a shared space where practitioners, students, and community leaders come together to rethink how play shows up in real practice.

As we prepare for our virtual conference on April 15, 2026, we’re opening our Call for Speakers. We’re looking for voices who bring grounded experience, creativity, and hands-on approaches that centre community, connection, and meaningful play. If you have a session idea that inspires learning through doing, we’d love to hear from you.

This is your invitation to help shape a symposium built on curiosity, inclusivity, and practice-forward learning.

Click the link below to access the form!
https://forms.gle/SssxFKjw6jfKnpdq6

12/01/2025

It’s been almost five years since I started this work. Years of showing up for community, learning alongside you, growing with you, and witnessing what leisure, connection, and radical care can make possible.

And today, I get to share the BIGGEST NEWS in JJRT’s history!!!!
All these years, all these moments, all the people who have walked beside us — it has all led to this place. This moment.

JJRT is expanding into Canada’s first purpose-built centre for leisure, connection, learning, and radical care.
A space London has never had before. A space shaped by every conversation, every workshop, every drum circle, every shared breath with this community.

This isn’t just my journey — it’s ours.✨
And for the first time in five years, we have one big ask.
We are launching our very first Kickstarter campaign, and this time… we are really asking you.
You — the community who has supported us, believed in us, and grown with us — are the ones who can help bring this centre to life.

If this vision has ever touched you, inspired you, or held you, the next step is simple: join our waitlist.
Stand with us as we build a home for rest, play, learning, and radical care.
A place built with and by the community — for the community.✨

Five years brought us here.
Together, we’ll build what comes next.

Click the link below to join the waitlist!
https://www.jessjonesrecreationtherapy.ca/kickstartercampaign

It’s back - and we’re so excited to open the doors again. ✨Earn your 0.65 CEUs and 0.65 PCCs!Our Introduction to TR Priv...
11/20/2025

It’s back - and we’re so excited to open the doors again. ✨

Earn your 0.65 CEUs and 0.65 PCCs!

Our Introduction to TR Private Practice workshop returns on December 12, and if you’ve been curious about what TR could look like beyond the traditional path… this day is for you.

This continuing education session content is pre-approved by both Therapeutic Recreation Ontario and the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification.

✨ Open to all
✨ Date: December 12, 2025
✨ Time: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. EST
✨ Location: Virtual (Zoom link will be provided upon registration)

A full day to pause, explore, map possibilities, and get real about the next steps in your TR journey.

This workshop has become a community favourite because it gives TR professionals and students something rare: space to ask questions, imagine new directions, and learn from real practice.

✨And here’s the best part - after completing this introductory workshop, you’ll be ready to join our next-level session, Business Mechanics for TR Private Practice, where you can earn 0.75 CEUs and dive deeper into building and sustaining your own practice.

We brought this course back because so many of you asked for it — and because we believe in growing what’s possible in TR, together.

If you’ve been feeling that pull toward private practice… here’s your sign.
Let’s learn, grow, and reimagine what’s possible in TR together!

Register now with the link below!
https://www.jessjonesrecreationtherapy.ca/event-details/introduction-to-private-practice-in-tr-an-immersive-one-day-workshop-1


Address

1124 Gainsborough Road
London, ON
N6H5K8

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+15199025377

Website

https://linktr.ee/JessJonesrectherapy

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Painting by Intuition

Jessie Jones is a London Ontario based Contemporary Abstract Artist. Jessie enjoys creating thought provoking artwork that conjures self reflection and connectivity to nature.

Much of Jessie's work is inspired daily by mood, intentions, femininity and lessons being taught by the universe. Using various mediums to execute her work, Jessie loves to experiment and allow herself to enjoy the process without paying particular attention to the final product.

Jessie uses her artwork as a tool to ground herself and slow her pace down from her otherwise busy lifestyle as a full time Chef, mother of two daughters and Wife.