Virtual Therapy · Serving Edmonton, Alberta
Online Counselling & Couples Therapy in Edmonton
Waits for counselling can feel long, and a drive across the Henday in January is nobody’s idea of self-care. TEO Counselling brings the therapist to you — online sessions for individuals and couples across the Edmonton area, with evening and weekend hours and a free consultation to start.
Free 15-minute consultation · No referral needed · Seven days a week
Online therapy in Edmonton, at a glance. TEO Counselling provides therapy across Edmonton, every session online; there is no Edmonton office. Two clinicians serve Alberta: Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC (#11249205, CCPA), who works in English and Arabic, and Rola Shbib, a Registered Social Worker, RSW (Ontario), with the OCSWSSW (#866715). Appointments run 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm Mountain Time, seven days a week. Individual sessions are $150 and couples sessions $175, each 60 minutes, with no intake or assessment fee. Alberta Health Care does not cover counselling in private practice; every session comes with an insurance-ready receipt, and direct billing is available with Mohamad for Pacific Blue Cross and TELUS eClaims plans (Canada Life, Manulife). The first step is a free 15-minute consultation on a video call or a scheduled phone call, booked online, no referral needed.
Counselling built for how Edmonton actually works
Edmonton runs on shift schedules — hospitals, refineries, warehouses, trades, and camp rotations that don’t respect a 9-to-5 therapy calendar. Because every TEO session happens online, you can meet your therapist from your kitchen table in Mill Woods, a quiet room downtown after your shift, or your camp accommodation up north mid-rotation.
We’ll be straightforward: TEO Counselling does not have an Edmonton office. We are an online-only practice based in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, and that is exactly what keeps sessions flexible — no parking, no waiting room, no cancelling because the Yellowhead is backed up. What you get instead is care that fits around your actual week.
Mohamad works with adults and couples across the province — see our Alberta therapy page for the wider picture — with sessions available in English and Arabic.
The therapists you’ll be working with
You see the same therapist every session — no intake team, no being passed along, and no starting your story over.
Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC
Canadian Certified Counsellor · Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
Mohamad leads trauma therapy work at TEO Counselling — PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, and addictions — drawing on EMDR (EMDRIA-trained), Internal Family Systems (Levels 1–2), CBT for Trauma, and hands-on addictions experience. For couples work, he has completed Level 1 and Level 2 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Sessions in English and Arabic. He is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC — a voluntary national certification with the CCPA).
Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons)
Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons), RSW (Ontario), sees individuals only. If a death is what you are carrying — including one you could not get home for while working away — ask for her: she holds an honours degree in thanatology and has worked in crisis response, suicide prevention and community addiction services.
Book a Free ConsultationMarriage counselling in Edmonton
For couples in Edmonton, the work is fully virtual: you meet online with Mohamad Shabib, who has completed Level 1 and Level 2 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, for 60-minute sessions at $175, with evening and weekend times that work around shifts and rotations.
There is no wrong time to reach out — including after the same argument has run its course a hundred times. Whether you’re dealing with constant conflict, quiet distance, parenting strain, or the aftermath of broken trust, structured couples work gives the two of you a different way through — a method, not just a referee.
At TEO Counselling, relationship counselling is grounded in the Gottman Method, an approach built on decades of research into how couples argue, repair, and stay connected. Couples sessions are $175 per 60-minute session, with evening and weekend times so neither of you has to leave work early.
And because sessions are virtual, you don’t both need to be in the same room — one partner at home in Terwillegar, the other on nights at the plant or away on rotation. That can be the difference between talking about counselling and actually starting it.
What couples work with us on
- · Repeating conflict cycles and communication breakdowns
- · Rebuilding trust after betrayal or secrecy
- · Feeling like roommates — restoring closeness and intimacy
- · Parenting and blended-family friction
- · Money stress and unequal mental load
- · Deciding the future of the relationship, honestly and safely
Serving Edmonton and the region around it
Online sessions reach every corner of the capital region — and beyond it. We also work with clients in Calgary.
Downtown · Oliver · Old Strathcona · Mill Woods · Terwillegar · Windermere · Castle Downs · Clareview · St. Albert · Sherwood Park · Spruce Grove · Stony Plain · Leduc · Beaumont · Fort Saskatchewan · and anywhere else in Alberta
EMDR therapy in Edmonton — online with an EMDRIA-trained therapist
If you are looking for an EMDR therapist in Edmonton, that work is with Mohamad Shabib, who completed Advanced EMDR training through an EMDRIA-approved program and delivers it online. EMDR is an eight-phase approach to processing memories that still land in the body as if they were happening now — the phases are set out by the EMDR International Association — and online the bilateral stimulation is done with guided eye movements on screen or with self-tapping.
Reprocessing is not where it starts. The first sessions are history and preparation: what the memories are, what steadies you when one is activated, and a stop signal you control. Only once that is in place does the memory work begin, at your pace — the same order it would follow in a room, which is why a first EMDR session is a talking session rather than a memory session.
Practically, it asks for a private room, a stable connection and an uninterrupted hour — for Edmonton rotation workers that can mean a session from camp between shifts, anywhere in the 1pm–10pm Mountain window. Whether EMDR, IFS or CBT for Trauma is the right starting point is a consultation question; the EMDR therapy page explains how each handles trauma differently.
What does online therapy in Edmonton look like?
Online therapy in Edmonton follows three steps: you book a free 15-minute consultation, meet your therapist over a private Jane video link, and then attend 60-minute sessions from any quiet space — your kitchen table, a parked truck, or camp accommodation on rotation.
On your end it takes a device with a camera, a connection that holds for the hour, and a room where nobody will walk in. Rotation work is not a barrier — sessions can continue from camp where the connection allows, and appointment times flex around fly-in, fly-out schedules. If privacy at home is the hard part, say so at the consultation and you and your therapist will work out where sessions can realistically happen.
Sessions run seven days a week from noon to 9pm Pacific — 1pm to 10pm in Edmonton — so therapy after a day shift, or before a night one, is a normal booking rather than a squeeze.
Does Alberta Health Care cover counselling in Edmonton?
It does not — private counselling sits outside the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan, so an Edmonton session is $150, or $175 for a couple, unless a benefits plan picks up part of it.
Beyond the receipt you can submit to an extended health plan or a health spending account, a few practical details are worth knowing before you book. A small number of reduced-fee spots are held for when cost is a barrier — asking about one at the free consultation is a normal question, and it changes nothing about how you are treated. Cancellations need 24 hours’ notice; with that notice you simply reschedule, while inside the window, or for a session nobody attends, the full fee is charged.
What you share in session stays between you and your therapist, within limits that are explained before the first session: a serious risk of harm to yourself or another person, a reasonable suspicion that a child needs protection, or a court order or subpoena for the records.
Common questions about counselling in Edmonton
How do I find a therapist in Edmonton who is accepting new clients?
Booking directly with a virtual practice removes the waitlist step. TEO Counselling has no waitlist — book a free 15-minute consultation online and meet your therapist from wherever you are.
Does TEO Counselling have an office in Edmonton?
No — TEO Counselling is a fully virtual practice, so there is no physical Edmonton location. Sessions run as video calls through Jane, with Zoom or Google Meet as a backup, which means you can meet with your therapist from anywhere in the Edmonton area.
How much does counselling in Edmonton cost?
Individual therapy is $150 per 60-minute session and couples counselling is $175 per 60-minute session. A small number of reduced-fee spots are held (if cost is a barrier, mention it during the consultation), and your initial 15-minute consultation is always free.
Do you offer marriage counselling for Edmonton couples?
Yes. Mohamad provides couples and marriage counselling grounded in Gottman Method training (Levels 1 & 2), focused on communication, conflict cycles, and rebuilding trust. Evening and weekend online sessions make it realistic for both partners to attend together.
What does marriage counselling in Edmonton cost?
Marriage counselling in Edmonton through TEO is $175 per 60-minute couples session, held online with evening and weekend availability. Your first step is a free 15-minute consultation, and a small number of reduced-fee spots are held — if cost is a barrier, mention it during the consultation.
Will my insurance cover online counselling in Alberta?
We provide a receipt after every session, showing Mohamad’s credentials so you can submit it to your insurer. Coverage depends on the credentials your plan recognizes — check your specific plan for Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) or Registered Social Worker (RSW) before booking, since coverage varies by employer and plan.
What hours are appointments available?
Appointments run seven days a week from 12pm to 9pm Pacific time — 1pm to 10pm in Edmonton — built for shift schedules, camp rotations, and working families.
Do you offer EMDR therapy in Edmonton?
Yes, online. EMDR for Edmonton clients is with Mohamad Shabib, who completed Advanced EMDR training through an EMDRIA-approved program. Sessions run from 1pm to 10pm Mountain time, seven days a week, at $150 per 60-minute session; the first few sessions are preparation rather than memory work, and the free 15-minute consultation is where to ask whether EMDR fits what you are carrying.
A free tool for this
The Window of Tolerance handout is a free two-page printable on the steadying skills EMDR preparation is built on — useful before a first session or between them.
If cost is the barrier in Edmonton
Two free routes exist in Edmonton itself. CMHA Edmonton runs Drop-In Single Session Counselling at no cost for individuals, couples and families: in person, first come first served, at 10232 106 Street and other locations listed at dropinyeg.ca, with intern therapists completing master’s or doctoral training. Families with children under 18 at home can book Rapid Access Counselling, a free single session online or by phone, run from Edmonton by The Family Centre (780-423-2831). TEO is private practice — $150 for an individual hour, $175 for couples — after a free 15-minute consultation.
Edmonton & Alberta mental health resources
- · 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 9-8-8 (24/7)
- · CMHA Edmonton Distress Line: 780-482-4357 (24/7)
- · AHS Mental Health Help Line: 1-877-303-2642 (24/7)
- · AHS Addiction Helpline: 1-866-332-2322 (24/7)
- · Health Link Alberta: 811
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911.
Start with a free consultation
Fifteen minutes, on a video call or a scheduled phone call. Meet your therapist, ask your questions, and see whether it feels like a fit — no referral needed and no obligation to continue.
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