Online Relationship & Family Counselling in Ontario
Sometimes the weight isn't just yours. It lives between you and someone else, in the cycles you keep returning to no matter how hard everyone is trying.
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I offer virtual couples, relationship, and family therapy across Ontario, with evening appointments available to fit around work and family schedules.
All sessions are conducted through a secure, encrypted platform.
Who I work with in Ontario
Couples and families in Ontario often come to virtual therapy after spending months trying to find a therapist with availability, the right training, and evening appointment times that work for two people with two schedules.
The search is real, and the gap between needing support and being able to access it is frustrating.
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I work with:
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Intimate partners and couples who are stuck in the same argument, feeling the distance growing, or watching the same pattern repeat no matter how many times you've tried to talk it through. All relationship structures are welcome.
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Parents and adult children sitting with estrangement, long-standing hurt, or a distance that built so gradually no one is quite sure how to close it.
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Parents and teen children navigating rupture, communication breakdown, or a relationship changing faster than either person knows how to hold.
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Families finding their way through transition, loss, or conflict that has shifted something between them.
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All backgrounds, identities, and relationship structures are welcome.
Couples, relationship, and family therapy in Ontario
Finding a therapist in Ontario who is trained in emotionally-focused therapy, has availability for everyone involved, and offers evening appointments can be incredibly frustrating and time-consuming.
Wait times for regulated therapists are real, particularly outside Toronto and Ottawa.
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Virtual therapy removes several of those barriers:
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Participants can attend from the same space or from different locations (as long as they are in either Ontario or Alberta), which matters for families navigating separation, shift work, or distance
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Evening appointments mean sessions don't have to compete with work hours or busy after-school schedules
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No coordinating travel on top of everything else you are already managing
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Access to specialized, EFT-trained support regardless of where in Ontario you live
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I am registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO #20257) and authorized to provide psychotherapy to clients residing in Ontario.
I practice in accordance with CRPO's professional, ethical, and confidentiality standards, and participate in ongoing clinical supervision as required under the qualifying designation.
How emotionally-focused relationship therapy works
Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) is one of the most researched approaches to relational therapy, with strong evidence for reducing distress and building lasting connection.
It is effective with couples, partners, families, parents and adult children, and parents and teens.
Rather than focusing on communication techniques or conflict management strategies, EFT works with the emotional cycles underneath the conflict.
In most relationships, distress follows a pattern. One person pursues, the other withdraws. Or both withdraw. Or both escalate.
The specific shape varies across couples, families, and parent-child relationships, but the underlying dynamic is usually the same: people with genuine attachment needs who have learned, over time, to express those needs in ways that push each other away
.EFT helps you understand what is actually driving the pattern, how to access the softer emotions underneath the reactive ones, and begin to reach for each other in ways that land differently.
The goal is not to be conflict-free; it is to be able to repair form the conflict because we are more connected and able to be vulnerable.
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Understanding emotional overwhelm in the relationship without shame
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Strengthening boundaries without guilt
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Reducing self-criticism and harsh inner narratives
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Building self-trust and trust between the people involved
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Connecting more authentically and making space for each other's needs
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Learning to respond rather than react
I am a registered psychotherapist (qualifying) offering virtual relationship therapy to across Ontario
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$150 per 75-minute session
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Evening appointments available
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Many extended health benefit plans cover services from a registered psychotherapist (qualifying). Receipts provided after each session for self-submitted reimbursement.
Common questions from Ontario clients
Is online relationship therapy as effective as in-person?
Research* shows that virtual therapy is just as effective as in-person therapy for relationship concerns, including conflict, emotional disconnection, and attachment injuries. The effectiveness of relationship therapy is less about the physical setting and more about the quality of the therapeutic relationship.
My approach remains relational and emotionally focused whether we are meeting online or in person.
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*Sources:
Kernová, L., Halamová, J., & Deriglazov, D. (2025). Effectiveness of digital interventions on relationship satisfaction among couples: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC psychology, 13(1), 1069. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03444-y​
Zahl-Olsen, R., Thuen, F., & Bertelsen, T. B. (2024). The effectiveness of the in-person and online Gottman Seven Principles Couple Enhancement Program: A propensity score matching design. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12726
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What if only one person in the relationship wants to come to therapy?
It is worth reaching out regardless. Sometimes one person starting individual therapy creates enough change in the relational dynamic that others become open to joining.
I offer a free 15-minute consultation where we can talk through what makes sense given your specific situation, without any obligation to commit to a particular format.
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How long does relationship therapy usually take?
This varies significantly depending on the presenting concerns and how long the patterns have been in place.
Some relationships shift noticeably in the first few sessions. Others find the work takes longer. The pace is always guided by what the people involved actually need and the work they do in between sessions.