Online Therapy for Toronto

How We Can Help

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  Trauma and PTSD therapy, including EMDR and Internal Family Systems

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  Couples counselling using the Gottman Method

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  Anxiety, stress, and burnout

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  Depression and low mood

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  Faith-informed and spiritually integrated therapy, including support for Muslim clients

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  Newcomer, immigrant, and second-generation identity challenges

Couples therapy in Toronto — online, Gottman-informed

Couples therapy in Toronto through TEO Counselling is online with Mohamad Shabib, who has completed the Gottman Method at Levels 1 and 2. Couples sessions are $175 per 60-minute session, and the first step is the same free 15-minute consultation; one of you or both of you can be on that call.

The work has a structure. It begins with an assessment: how the two of you argue, how you repair afterwards, and what each of you is asking for underneath the argument you keep having. From there sessions focus on where the pattern breaks down — the four responses the method treats as corrosive (criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling), the missed attempts at repair, and the slow drift from partners into co-managers of a household. Nobody is assigned blame.

Online sessions suit Toronto couples for a practical reason: you do not both have to reach the same building. One of you at home in Scarborough, the other still downtown or away for work — you join the same call, and evening slots run until midnight Eastern. You do not need to be married, or in crisis, to book. Read more about online couples counselling in Ontario and the Gottman Method.

Appointment times in Toronto

Appointments run from 3:00 pm to midnight Toronto time, every day of the week. The practice is based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, three hours behind you, which is why the day starts late and finishes late.

For a downtown commuter that means the session can start once the TTC has got you home; for parents it can wait until the children are in bed. Mornings are the gap: nothing starts before 3:00 pm Toronto time, so if before-work slots are all you can manage, another practice will suit you better.

Common questions

Do you have an office in Toronto?

No. TEO Counselling is online only — every session is online. There is no downtown office, no waiting room and no commute across the city, which for some people is the point rather than the compromise. It also means there is currently no waitlist.

Is therapy covered by OHIP?

No. Psychotherapy in private practice is not covered by OHIP anywhere in Ontario. Coverage comes through an extended health plan, an employee assistance programme, or private payment. Coverage depends on the credentials your plan recognizes — Mohamad is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO and Rola is a Registered Social Worker with the OCSWSSW, so check which of those your plan names. You receive a receipt after each session.

How late can I book?

Sessions run until midnight Eastern time, seven days a week, because the practice operates on Pacific hours. Late-evening appointments are ordinary here rather than an exception. Mornings are not available — nothing starts before 3:00 pm your time.

Can I be seen anywhere in the GTA?

Yes, and anywhere in Ontario. Scarborough, North York, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Brampton or well beyond the GTA makes no difference to an online session. All you need is a private space and a reasonably stable connection; sessions can run by phone if the connection is poor.

Can I have sessions in Arabic?

Yes, with Mohamad. He offers sessions in English or Arabic, and you can move between the two mid-session if that is how the words arrive. Rola works in English.

Do you offer couples therapy in Toronto?

Yes. Couples therapy for Toronto is online with Mohamad Shabib, who has completed the Gottman Method at Levels 1 and 2. Sessions are $175 per 60-minute session, partners can join from the same room or from two different places, and appointments run until midnight Eastern seven days a week. It starts with a free 15-minute consultation, which either or both of you can attend.

How much is couples therapy in Toronto?

$175 per 60-minute session for couples, the same rate whether you join from one room or two. That covers the session itself; there is no separate intake or assessment fee, and no package to buy up front. The first conversation is a free 15-minute consultation, which either or both of you can attend. You pay per session through Jane by Interac e-Transfer or credit card and receive an insurance-ready receipt after each session. OHIP does not cover psychotherapy in private practice; whether an extended health plan reimburses couples work depends on the plan — some cover it under the same designation as individual therapy and some exclude it, so read the booklet or ask the insurer before the first paid session.

Is it normal to be nervous before couples therapy?

It is an ordinary way to feel. Three worries are worth naming in advance: not knowing what will be asked, worrying that the session will become a tribunal with a referee, and being unsure what your partner will say when the room is not yours. The structure is deliberately dull on that front — the first session is mostly history and direction, both of you get asked what you want to be different, and nothing is forced open on day one. You can say that a question is too much today. Nobody is assigned a villain. The free 15-minute consultation exists partly so you can ask what the work would involve before either of you commits to anything.

What training should a couples therapist have?

Ask two things: what training the therapist has completed in a structured couples model, and who registers them. Couples work has its own methods rather than being individual therapy with two people in the room, so training specific to it matters. At TEO, couples sessions are with Mohamad Shabib, who has completed the Gottman Method at Levels 1 and 2. He is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO, number 14298, which you can check on the CRPO public register, and a Canadian Certified Counsellor with the CCPA. Whether couples therapy is worth doing at all is a fair question too; our article on what the evidence actually says is linked below.

People also ask what share of couples stay together after therapy. There is no honest single number to give — the studies measure different things over different follow-up periods — so rather than quote one, our article does couples therapy work, and what the evidence says sets out what the research does and does not establish.