Anxiety Therapy · Online in Six Provinces
Online Anxiety Therapy in Canada
Online only · Free 15-minute consultation · $150 individual / $175 couples · Evenings and weekends to 9 pm Pacific
One-to-one anxiety therapy online, in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. Depending on what is driving the anxiety, the work draws on CBT, EMDR or IFS, and it starts with a free 15-minute consultation.
Prefer not to create an account? Text two times that suit you to (519) 760-5211 and we will book it for you, or send them through the short form. We reply with two consultation times, usually within 24 hours. If you would rather work with a particular clinician, say so and it is arranged.
At a glance
Anxiety therapy online in Canada, at a glance. TEO Counselling provides anxiety therapy online across British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador, drawing — depending on the clinician — on CBT, EMDR, Internal Family Systems and DBT skills. It is delivered by Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC, and Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons), RSW (Ontario), both serving all six provinces, and by Alison Shaji, MA Clinical Psychology, RCC (BCACC), in British Columbia only. Appointments run 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm Pacific, seven days a week (3:00 pm to midnight Eastern). Individual sessions are $150 and couples sessions $175, each 60 minutes. No provincial health plan covers counselling in private practice; every session comes with an insurance-ready receipt, and direct billing is available with Mohamad and Alison for Pacific Blue Cross and TELUS eClaims plans. The first step is a free 15-minute consultation on a video call or a scheduled phone call, no referral needed.
If you are wondering whether this works as well online, the research is covered in the questions below, and our guide to how online anxiety therapy works sets it out in full, along with the methods and what a first session involves. If low mood has arrived alongside the worry, say so at the consultation; the online therapy for depression page covers that side.
If you need immediate support
If you or someone you know is in crisis or having thoughts of self-harm, please reach out right away — you don't have to wait for a therapy appointment.
- 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline — call or text 988 (24/7, Canada-wide)
- BC Crisis Line — 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433), 24/7
- HealthLink BC — call 811 to speak with a registered nurse any time
- Emergency — call 911 if there is immediate danger
Does this sound familiar?
Racing thoughts that won't slow down, especially at night
A constant sense of dread or 'something bad is about to happen'
Physical symptoms — tight chest, shallow breathing, nausea
Avoiding situations, people, or places because of fear
Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
Irritability, restlessness, or feeling on edge
Overthinking everything, replaying conversations or scenarios
Panic attacks or sudden overwhelming fear
If any of these resonate, you are not alone — and you do not have to work it out by yourself.
What anxiety therapy works on:
Understand the root causes driving your anxiety
Break the cycle of avoidance that keeps anxiety growing
Develop practical tools to calm your nervous system
Work on overthinking and practise being more present
Rebuild confidence in situations that feel overwhelming
Work on sleep and the physical tension anxiety brings
Our therapeutic approach
We tailor every approach to what you actually need. No single method works for everyone — we draw from a range of evidence-based tools to find what fits you.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Identifies and challenges the thought patterns that fuel anxiety. A widely researched treatment for anxiety.
EMDR
When anxiety is rooted in past experiences or trauma, EMDR can help process and reduce the emotional charge of those memories.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Explores the parts of you that are anxious or hypervigilant — which can be protective responses to earlier experiences — with compassion rather than suppression.
Somatic Awareness
Works with the body's physical responses to anxiety, helping you recognize and regulate your nervous system's stress reactions.
Mindfulness-Based Approaches
Builds the capacity to observe anxious thoughts without being controlled by them, creating space between trigger and reaction.
DBT Skills
Practical distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills for managing intense anxiety in the moment.
Is it anxiety — or something more?
You may not realize your anxiety is connected to unresolved trauma, grief, or major life changes. Anxiety can be the nervous system's response to something it hasn't fully processed yet. Our therapists are trained to look beneath the surface — not just to manage symptoms, but to understand and address what's actually driving them.
What sessions cost, and when they run
Individual therapy is $150 per 60-minute session, with a free 15-minute consultation first and no referral needed.
No provincial health plan in Canada covers counselling in private practice. Reimbursement through an extended health plan depends on the designation your plan covers — some list a Canadian Certified Counsellor and some a Registered Clinical Counsellor. Direct billing is available with Mohamad and Alison for Pacific Blue Cross, CVAP and plans on the TELUS eClaims network; otherwise you receive an insurance-ready receipt after every session, and full detail is on the fees page.
Sessions run seven days a week from noon to 9pm Pacific — up to 10pm in Alberta, 11pm on the Prairies and midnight in Ontario. Mornings are not available. If you are booking from Ontario, our anxiety therapy in Ontario page covers evening and weekend availability in Eastern time. A small number of reduced-fee spots are held; if cost is the obstacle, say so on the consultation call.
Who you would be working with
Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC #11249205) with the CCPA. He is trained in CBT, with CBT for Trauma at Levels 1 and 2, alongside Advanced EMDR and Internal Family Systems Levels 1 and 2. Sessions in English or Arabic, across all six provinces the practice serves.
Alison Shaji, RCC is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (BCACC #22608) in British Columbia, trained in CBT and DBT alongside EMDR, EFFT and inner-child work. Sessions in English, Hindi or Malayalam. Her registration is provincial, so she works with British Columbia clients.
Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons), RSW (Ontario), OCSWSSW #866715, also sees clients in all six provinces the practice serves. Her approach is trauma-informed and person-centred; CBT and EMDR are with Mohamad, or with Alison for British Columbia clients, and IFS is with Mohamad.
None of the three will diagnose you — that sits with physicians and psychologists — and you do not need a diagnosis to start. What you say in session is kept confidential, with the limits every Canadian therapist works under: a risk of serious harm to you or someone else, a child in need of protection, a court order or subpoena, and the reporting obligations a regulator can impose. Those are explained in full in the first session.
Common questions
Is my anxiety bad enough to warrant therapy?
There is no threshold you have to cross first, and waiting until things are unbearable makes the work harder rather than more deserved. One practical test is whether anxiety has started making decisions for you — which invitations you decline, which conversations you avoid, which opportunities you talk yourself out of.
Will I have to talk about my childhood?
Only if it turns out to be relevant, and only when you are ready. Anxiety work can stay firmly in the present — what sets it off now, what keeps it going now. Where the pattern does trace back to something earlier, that gets addressed directly rather than skirted, using EMDR or Internal Family Systems.
Do I have to go on medication?
That is a conversation for a physician, not a counsellor — therapists in Canada do not prescribe. Therapy and medication are not alternatives that rule each other out, and it is possible to use both. If something in what you describe suggests a medical assessment would be worth having, you will be told so plainly.
How long does this take?
It depends on what is driving it, and an honest answer is that nobody can tell you in the first session. Some people come weekly for a few months and stop; others work at it for longer. There is no package to sign and no minimum number of sessions.
Is there online anxiety therapy available in Canada?
Yes. Registered counsellors, social workers and psychotherapists in private practice offer anxiety therapy online in Canada, as live sessions rather than an app. TEO Counselling is online only and offers it in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador, at $150 per 60-minute session, starting with a free 15-minute consultation on a video call or a scheduled phone call.
Does anxiety therapy work online?
It can. Research on therapy held online in real time, including a 2021 meta-analysis in Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, finds results comparable to face-to-face care, with the largest effects seen in CBT. That describes the research, not a promise about your outcome; the fit between you, the method and the therapist matters more than the screen.
A free tool for this
Two free printables sit alongside this work: the Anxiety Relief Toolkit, which puts the core CBT skills on paper for a bad day, and Calm Your Body's Alarm System, six calming practices with an honest evidence grade on each.
You might also need
- Panic attacks — the cycle that turns a sensation into an attack
- Social anxiety — fear of judgement, and the replay afterwards
- Burnout and work stress — when the source is the job rather than the mind
- Scrupulosity and waswas (religious OCD) — an article on when the worry fixes on sin, faith or getting worship exactly right
Further reading
Longer pieces from the blog, if you would rather read something through before you speak to anyone.
- How to Stop Overthinking — why the loop keeps restarting, why "just stop" fails, and a small paper method for it
- High-Functioning Anxiety: Signs, Causes and What Helps — when the work gets done and the worry never switches off, and how it differs from GAD and burnout
- Online Anxiety Therapy in Ontario: A Practical Guide — how anxiety work runs online for Ontario clients, and what OHIP does not pay for
- How Online Anxiety Therapy Works: Methods, Evidence and First Sessions — the approaches used, session by session, and what the first month tends to involve
- Mindfulness Therapy in BC: A Gentle Path to Emotional Balance — the quieter side of anxiety work, and where it fits alongside CBT
Ready to take the first step?
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