About Us
Dr. Britta Janney
Dr Janney’s love of animals started at a young age. She grew up riding horses and caring for neighbors’ pets.
Dr. Janney attended the University of Richmond for her undergraduate degree and received a Bachelors of Science in 2001. During her college years, she worked with local equine veterinarians, exercised horses and rode on the university riding team.
After college, Dr. Janney spent two years gaining hours and experience needed to get into vet school and continued to work with and ride horses locally. She attended North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2003 and graduated in 2007 with a DVM track of mixed animal medicine with an equine focus.
After vet school, Dr. Janney, worked for a mixed animal practice south of Richmond doing primarily equine ambulatory medicine and small animal work. In 2012 she trained in animal chiropractic at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and became a Certified Veterinary Chiropractor with the AVCA. In 2013, she was certified in Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine acupuncture at the Chi Institute in Reddick, Florida.
Also in 2013, Dr. Janney started her own practice, Balanced Veterinary Wellness. Since then she has enjoyed focusing on chiropractic work, acupuncture, laser therapy and Chinese herbal medicine on dogs, cats and horses.
In her free time she enjoys hanging out with her family, going to see live music, riding her horse and playing tennis.
Dr. Courtney Belden
Dr. Belden joined Balanced Veterinary Wellness in January of 2019 after having her own practice for 8 years, Central Virginia Veterinary & Acupuncture.
Acupuncture and Laser Therapy are Dr Belden’s focuses and she loves using these therapies for dogs and cats with spinal disease, knee injuries, arthritis, neurological disease, and more!
Dr. Belden lives in Richmond, VA with her pup, Bentley, and her husband, Brian. When Dr B is not at work, you can find her playing a sport, talking about safer products for yourself and your home, and working on her website with her husband, Brian.
And on a really good day, she can be found traveling the globe!
Christina Williamson
Christina has been with Balanced Veterinary Wellness since February of 2018. She moved to Virginia with her husband, Stew, and son, Sam in 2014. A New England native, Christina has spent time working with captive wolves at a wildlife education center, and later worked as a dog trainer for a Vermont animal shelter and for her own business. At BVW, Christina applies her knowledge of animals to perform laser therapy treatments and hold dogs for chiropractic & acupuncture treatments.
When not at work, Christina spends time training and showing her Doberman, Pi, in competition obedience and agility. She and Pi volunteer with Alliance of Therapy Dogs in the Goochland Public Schools, and as a member of Caring Canines. Christina hopes George, her young Rhodesian Ridgeback, will be able to walk in the paws of his brothers as a future therapy dog. Christina loves to cook, read, and run.
Jessica Smith
Jessica initially came to us in 2019 as a client with her two, sweet hound dogs, Ellie and Lucy. When the previous office manager, Gill, retired in 2021, Jessica seized the opportunity to make a career switch from the human medical field to becoming our office manager. She has a tremendous love for animals and is excited to have the opportunity to help us take care of our sweet patients!
Jessica lives in North Chesterfield with her husband, James, their black lab, Nola, and their gray tabby, Sonic. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family, baking, listening to podcasts and reading.