Infidelity Therapists in Ottawa, ON
My approach works well if you have experienced constant arguing, infidelity and betrayal, a lack of physical or emotional intimacy, or just simply want to feel more connected.
I specialize in intensive couple therapy to create safe, and secure-functioning relationships. I explore attachment styles (developed early in life) so that couples understand why they say and do the things they do. With my guidance, couples define mutually-shared agreements that will provide a framework for operating as a team. And with this shared vision, they can learn to successfully manage any disagreements or disappointments that life may bring. My goal is to help each couple feel they are safe and secure, in each other's care, no matter the issue. I am a Level 11 PACT therapist.
My approach works well if you have experienced constant arguing, infidelity and betrayal, a lack of physical or emotional intimacy, or just simply want to feel more connected.
I specialize in intensive couple therapy to create safe, and secure-functioning relationships. I explore attachment styles (developed early in life) so that couples understand why they say and do the things they do. With my guidance, couples define mutually-shared agreements that will provide a framework for operating as a team. And with this shared vision, they can learn to successfully manage any disagreements or disappointments that life may bring. My goal is to help each couple feel they are safe and secure, in each other's care, no matter the issue. I am a Level 11 PACT therapist.
I primarily work with couples and highly sensitive individuals aged 25+. I provide couples and marriage counselling using an Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT/EFCT) framework, particularly around infidelity and problematic communication patterns. For individuals, I offer a warm, relational, depth-oriented approach to folks looking for help with existential concerns, anxiety, and avoidance through an attachment lens. Please visit my website to learn more about how I work!
I primarily work with couples and highly sensitive individuals aged 25+. I provide couples and marriage counselling using an Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT/EFCT) framework, particularly around infidelity and problematic communication patterns. For individuals, I offer a warm, relational, depth-oriented approach to folks looking for help with existential concerns, anxiety, and avoidance through an attachment lens. Please visit my website to learn more about how I work!
Betrayal Trauma Support Group for Partners
Registered Social Worker, MA, RSW, CSAT(C), CCTP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K2P (Online Only)
My area of focus is trauma, specifically, the trauma that underlies sexual addiction, and the betrayal trauma caused by a partner’s compulsive sexual behaviour.
Betrayal can leave deep emotional wounds, disrupting your sense of trust and security. Our 8-week program is designed to help women heal from betrayal trauma, particularly those affected by infidelity or broken trust in intimate relationships. Using the Facing Heartbreak workbook, you'll explore the emotional impact of betrayal, develop coping strategies, and rebuild your sense of self-worth in a supportive, therapeutic environment. This group offers a safe space to share your experiences, regain your power, and move forward with confidence. We also offer one-on-one sessions for those seeking individual support tailored to their un.
My area of focus is trauma, specifically, the trauma that underlies sexual addiction, and the betrayal trauma caused by a partner’s compulsive sexual behaviour.
Betrayal can leave deep emotional wounds, disrupting your sense of trust and security. Our 8-week program is designed to help women heal from betrayal trauma, particularly those affected by infidelity or broken trust in intimate relationships. Using the Facing Heartbreak workbook, you'll explore the emotional impact of betrayal, develop coping strategies, and rebuild your sense of self-worth in a supportive, therapeutic environment. This group offers a safe space to share your experiences, regain your power, and move forward with confidence. We also offer one-on-one sessions for those seeking individual support tailored to their un.
Are you seeking a queer therapist? Are you feeling stuck, maybe disconnected, unsure about relationships to others & self? I'm XT (they/them), I centre 2SLGBTQ+, neurodivergent & non-monogamy communities seeking therapy support. I aim to support you in exploring self, your relationships, move from understanding, to processing & unburdening the past and into healing. I have vast experience supporting individuals & couples move through challenges such as sexuality, spirituality, gender, intimacy, trauma, infidelity, communication & trust. I invite you to reach out if you feel connected to determine our fit!
Are you seeking a queer therapist? Are you feeling stuck, maybe disconnected, unsure about relationships to others & self? I'm XT (they/them), I centre 2SLGBTQ+, neurodivergent & non-monogamy communities seeking therapy support. I aim to support you in exploring self, your relationships, move from understanding, to processing & unburdening the past and into healing. I have vast experience supporting individuals & couples move through challenges such as sexuality, spirituality, gender, intimacy, trauma, infidelity, communication & trust. I invite you to reach out if you feel connected to determine our fit!
I focus on issues such as anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, relationship difficulties, giref/loss, betrayal and life transitions.
Are you struggling with burnout, anxiety, depression or relationship challenges? Do you feel confined by overwhelming emotions? If you're longing for a transformation in your life, change is achievable. I specialize in guiding people through profound journeys of change, helping them break free from restrictive patterns and heal old wounds that block their way to fulfillment. In my therapy sessions, you'll find a safe and non-judgmental space filled with compassion. Together, we'll peel back the layers of your existence, uncover hidden truths, and develop new coping strategies. Your true self is ready to be discovered.
I focus on issues such as anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, relationship difficulties, giref/loss, betrayal and life transitions.
Are you struggling with burnout, anxiety, depression or relationship challenges? Do you feel confined by overwhelming emotions? If you're longing for a transformation in your life, change is achievable. I specialize in guiding people through profound journeys of change, helping them break free from restrictive patterns and heal old wounds that block their way to fulfillment. In my therapy sessions, you'll find a safe and non-judgmental space filled with compassion. Together, we'll peel back the layers of your existence, uncover hidden truths, and develop new coping strategies. Your true self is ready to be discovered.
Brad Garrison
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, RP, CCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K2P (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Sex and relationships are often at the core of our lives. The ways in which we connect with others - and with ourselves - can have significant impacts on our health and well-being. Communication barriers, sexual dysfunction, disconnection, infidelity, domestic abuse, trauma, and other kinds of psychosocial concerns are common challenges that lead people to seek therapy with me. Many of my clients are wanting to calm anxiety, develop coping skills, increase sexual satisfaction, reconnect with partners, or heal from trauma and abuse.
Sex and relationships are often at the core of our lives. The ways in which we connect with others - and with ourselves - can have significant impacts on our health and well-being. Communication barriers, sexual dysfunction, disconnection, infidelity, domestic abuse, trauma, and other kinds of psychosocial concerns are common challenges that lead people to seek therapy with me. Many of my clients are wanting to calm anxiety, develop coping skills, increase sexual satisfaction, reconnect with partners, or heal from trauma and abuse.
Are you experiencing conflict, stress, or grief? Not connecting with your partner? Worried about your child or teen? Our team of 12 therapists at Family-Therapy, can help you with life's challenges. We work with individuals, children, teens, families, couple, & stepfamilies. We address addictions, anxiety, blended family issues, burnout, parenting depression, communication, divorce, affairs, grief, loss, PTSD, parent-youth issues, personal development, relationships, postpartum issues, school issues, bullying, stress, LGBTQ2 issues, workplace conflict and more. We offer respectful, nonjudgemental & compassionate care. Call today.
Are you experiencing conflict, stress, or grief? Not connecting with your partner? Worried about your child or teen? Our team of 12 therapists at Family-Therapy, can help you with life's challenges. We work with individuals, children, teens, families, couple, & stepfamilies. We address addictions, anxiety, blended family issues, burnout, parenting depression, communication, divorce, affairs, grief, loss, PTSD, parent-youth issues, personal development, relationships, postpartum issues, school issues, bullying, stress, LGBTQ2 issues, workplace conflict and more. We offer respectful, nonjudgemental & compassionate care. Call today.
A few of my specialties include couple work (healing after affairs, communication, anger), post-traumatic stress, sexual abuse, military families, and family of origin issues.
I work with individuals, couples and families of all cultural/spiritual backgrounds. I use an eclectic treatment approach to address anxiety, depression, anger, communication issues and relationship recovery, addictions, work/life balance, self-esteem, post-traumatic stress, career and many other issues. I believe that active listening is at the heart of effective therapy, and I work to help my clients find their own hidden strengths, empowering them to effectively resolve their issues. My personal life mission is to assist my clients in identifying solutions to the problems that prevent them from enjoying their lives to the fullest extent possible.
A few of my specialties include couple work (healing after affairs, communication, anger), post-traumatic stress, sexual abuse, military families, and family of origin issues.
I work with individuals, couples and families of all cultural/spiritual backgrounds. I use an eclectic treatment approach to address anxiety, depression, anger, communication issues and relationship recovery, addictions, work/life balance, self-esteem, post-traumatic stress, career and many other issues. I believe that active listening is at the heart of effective therapy, and I work to help my clients find their own hidden strengths, empowering them to effectively resolve their issues. My personal life mission is to assist my clients in identifying solutions to the problems that prevent them from enjoying their lives to the fullest extent possible.
Sophia Khan Wolsfeld - Relational Trauma Therapist
Registered Psychotherapist, BSc, MA, RD, CCC, RYT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K0A (Online Only)
Others may experience it later in life, often in intimate relationships, following a betrayal or infidelity.
Experiencing trauma does not have to hold you back. I specialize in supporting those who are navigating how past childhood, relational, betrayal, intergenerational, or complex trauma may have impacted their relationship with themselves, their body, and with others. This may present itself as struggling with self-esteem, body image, emotional/binge eating, attachment, relationship struggles, people pleasing, anxiety, perfectionism, or with just feeling “enough”. Together, we can process past trauma, nurture our unique nervous systems, break patterns that keep us feeling stuck, and move towards a life of self-trust and embodiment.
Others may experience it later in life, often in intimate relationships, following a betrayal or infidelity.
Experiencing trauma does not have to hold you back. I specialize in supporting those who are navigating how past childhood, relational, betrayal, intergenerational, or complex trauma may have impacted their relationship with themselves, their body, and with others. This may present itself as struggling with self-esteem, body image, emotional/binge eating, attachment, relationship struggles, people pleasing, anxiety, perfectionism, or with just feeling “enough”. Together, we can process past trauma, nurture our unique nervous systems, break patterns that keep us feeling stuck, and move towards a life of self-trust and embodiment.
I particularily enjoy supporting kids in regulating their emotions as well as couples with relationship issues, infidelity & meditation.
I provide individual, couples & family therapy to children, youth & adults. Deciding to seek therapy is an important step forward & I look forward to supporting you on your journey of personal growth. Whether you desire to make strides in your emotional, personal, social, or mental health, I will facilitate positive changes to improve your quality of life. I believe that safely & openly exploring your emotions in a positive & helpful environment is crucial. We will collaboratively create treatment plans & goals together, according to your unique needs, preferences & values. I apply an intersectional lens to promote cultural safety.
I particularily enjoy supporting kids in regulating their emotions as well as couples with relationship issues, infidelity & meditation.
I provide individual, couples & family therapy to children, youth & adults. Deciding to seek therapy is an important step forward & I look forward to supporting you on your journey of personal growth. Whether you desire to make strides in your emotional, personal, social, or mental health, I will facilitate positive changes to improve your quality of life. I believe that safely & openly exploring your emotions in a positive & helpful environment is crucial. We will collaboratively create treatment plans & goals together, according to your unique needs, preferences & values. I apply an intersectional lens to promote cultural safety.
Are you afraid of breaking up? Do you find that the two of you can’t communicate, or hear each other anymore? Our goal at The Couples Clinic is to help couples find their way back to each other. Topics such as trust, intimacy, extended family, money and infidelity can cause huge struggles in relationships. Even when couples have been together for years, they can still have difficulty navigating these issues. Anger, mistrust, contempt and resentment can pull the two of you apart and make it that much harder to heal and build the future you both deserve.
Are you afraid of breaking up? Do you find that the two of you can’t communicate, or hear each other anymore? Our goal at The Couples Clinic is to help couples find their way back to each other. Topics such as trust, intimacy, extended family, money and infidelity can cause huge struggles in relationships. Even when couples have been together for years, they can still have difficulty navigating these issues. Anger, mistrust, contempt and resentment can pull the two of you apart and make it that much harder to heal and build the future you both deserve.
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As a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist, I support my clients in working through their most painful emotions. Many have experienced some level of trauma, abuse, infidelity, abandonment or neglect, either in the past or in their current life. They may come to therapy with anxiety, depression, PTSD symptoms or an inability to resolve personal conflicts. My goal is to help each client work through the pain that impacts their life and relationships. I believe that with enough insight and compassion you can move past the issues that have kept you stuck for so long. You can learn to live with more love, joy and authenticity.
As a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist, I support my clients in working through their most painful emotions. Many have experienced some level of trauma, abuse, infidelity, abandonment or neglect, either in the past or in their current life. They may come to therapy with anxiety, depression, PTSD symptoms or an inability to resolve personal conflicts. My goal is to help each client work through the pain that impacts their life and relationships. I believe that with enough insight and compassion you can move past the issues that have kept you stuck for so long. You can learn to live with more love, joy and authenticity.
Yasmin Goldie
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, RN
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K1K (Online Only)
I work with couples struggling with communication challenges, infidelity, and family situations.
Take the first step towards healing. I work to help clients reframe their negative thinking patterns and learn to use kinder and more compassionate self-talk. I work with clients to end the tug-of-war with painful emotions. My practice focuses on providing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) & EMDR for individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, personality disorders, or emotional dysregulation. The practical interventions from these theories can be tailored to your unique situation. Reach out today to find out how I can help.
I work with couples struggling with communication challenges, infidelity, and family situations.
Take the first step towards healing. I work to help clients reframe their negative thinking patterns and learn to use kinder and more compassionate self-talk. I work with clients to end the tug-of-war with painful emotions. My practice focuses on providing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) & EMDR for individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, personality disorders, or emotional dysregulation. The practical interventions from these theories can be tailored to your unique situation. Reach out today to find out how I can help.
Couples Therapist Lori Pinksen
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K1C (Online Only)
I have worked with individuals, couples and families from a pastoral framework for more than twenty years, through a wide variety of major life events such as marriage and pre-marriage counselling, separations & divorce, couples with partner addictions, violence / betrayal, birth of children and the loss of children from serious illness and stillborn births.
Navigating life and relationships can be challenging, exhausting, confusing, and downright overwhelming. In a world where one is constantly connected through social media, increasingly, we can feel isolated and alone as we strive to meet relationship and work demands, while living up to our own personal and relational expectations. In seasons of uncertainty, it is normal to feel a sense of spinning out of control, and struggling with where do I go from here? The thought of therapy can be scary, which is why I am committed to creating an environment of trust and understanding.
I have worked with individuals, couples and families from a pastoral framework for more than twenty years, through a wide variety of major life events such as marriage and pre-marriage counselling, separations & divorce, couples with partner addictions, violence / betrayal, birth of children and the loss of children from serious illness and stillborn births.
Navigating life and relationships can be challenging, exhausting, confusing, and downright overwhelming. In a world where one is constantly connected through social media, increasingly, we can feel isolated and alone as we strive to meet relationship and work demands, while living up to our own personal and relational expectations. In seasons of uncertainty, it is normal to feel a sense of spinning out of control, and struggling with where do I go from here? The thought of therapy can be scary, which is why I am committed to creating an environment of trust and understanding.
Amber Stephenson
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CSAT, IFS L1
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K0A (Online Only)
You might also try to manage this discontent with sexual affairs, compulsive pornography use, or find yourself in rollercoaster relationships, always sure you will stop next time but quickly find yourself there again.
You grew up in an unstable, chaotic, disconnected, or enmeshed home and now find intimacy, trust, and connection difficult in romantic relationships and friendships, as well as with yourself. You stay up at night, feeling anxious about how you relate or don’t relate to others, things you have said and done, blaming yourself. You want friends and partners who can understand you and be there for you but you also don’t know how to do these things. You might feel as if it is a lost cause, so you bottle this up and get up in the morning to keep going, putting on your mask of being fine.
You might also try to manage this discontent with sexual affairs, compulsive pornography use, or find yourself in rollercoaster relationships, always sure you will stop next time but quickly find yourself there again.
You grew up in an unstable, chaotic, disconnected, or enmeshed home and now find intimacy, trust, and connection difficult in romantic relationships and friendships, as well as with yourself. You stay up at night, feeling anxious about how you relate or don’t relate to others, things you have said and done, blaming yourself. You want friends and partners who can understand you and be there for you but you also don’t know how to do these things. You might feel as if it is a lost cause, so you bottle this up and get up in the morning to keep going, putting on your mask of being fine.
My areas of interest include anxiety, childhood trauma, relationships, grief, and betrayal trauma.
Have you ever been told you are too sensitive? Are you tired of feeling misunderstood? I understand that vulnerability and facing big emotions, like grief or anxiety, can be scary. I want to provide a caring, respectful and non-judgmental environment for you to explore, process and sit with your emotions so that you can show up in your life and relationships with greater courage and authenticity. I want to empower you to discover that sense of a competent self that can deal with life issues and become fully alive and fully yourself. I lost my father at 16 years old. At the time I learned to push my feelings away.
My areas of interest include anxiety, childhood trauma, relationships, grief, and betrayal trauma.
Have you ever been told you are too sensitive? Are you tired of feeling misunderstood? I understand that vulnerability and facing big emotions, like grief or anxiety, can be scary. I want to provide a caring, respectful and non-judgmental environment for you to explore, process and sit with your emotions so that you can show up in your life and relationships with greater courage and authenticity. I want to empower you to discover that sense of a competent self that can deal with life issues and become fully alive and fully yourself. I lost my father at 16 years old. At the time I learned to push my feelings away.
We're therapists who work with men to help deal with things like anger, infidelity, relationship issues and any other issues that men deal with.
Most men have been taught that we have to manage things by ourselves. To hide our feelings. Or men don't have feelings. Guess what that leads to? Anger, irritability, relationship issues, work problems, and trouble connecting with our kids, friends, and partners. Maybe drinking too much and checking out, too. Or cheating on our partner, because it's easier than trying to figure out what's going on at home. Maybe you don't even realize how bad things have gotten until your partner tells you that you "can't communicate", you're messing up, and now you have no idea what to do and you're defensive and confused.
We're therapists who work with men to help deal with things like anger, infidelity, relationship issues and any other issues that men deal with.
Most men have been taught that we have to manage things by ourselves. To hide our feelings. Or men don't have feelings. Guess what that leads to? Anger, irritability, relationship issues, work problems, and trouble connecting with our kids, friends, and partners. Maybe drinking too much and checking out, too. Or cheating on our partner, because it's easier than trying to figure out what's going on at home. Maybe you don't even realize how bad things have gotten until your partner tells you that you "can't communicate", you're messing up, and now you have no idea what to do and you're defensive and confused.
Ping Chen, MSW, RSW, EMDR II
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, EMDRII
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K1N
As a trauma therapist, I am also an NIHB provider that provides free counselling to those who are registered status First Nations and Inuit people, as well as a provider with Medavie Blue Cross that offers free counselling for Veterans who are registered with Veterans Affairs Canada.
Currently accepting new clients. "Therapy really works!” This is my experience with therapy as well as many other people’s therapy experience with me. I believe that you can have a similar experience - an experience that you will feel understood and empowered. Part of the reasons that makes therapy work is because as a therapist, I am non-judgmental, emphatic, compassionate, and genuine. I am also trained in many different psychotherapy modalities that I will tailor our therapy sessions to your unique needs. I can use practical approaches as well as insight oriented approaches.
As a trauma therapist, I am also an NIHB provider that provides free counselling to those who are registered status First Nations and Inuit people, as well as a provider with Medavie Blue Cross that offers free counselling for Veterans who are registered with Veterans Affairs Canada.
Currently accepting new clients. "Therapy really works!” This is my experience with therapy as well as many other people’s therapy experience with me. I believe that you can have a similar experience - an experience that you will feel understood and empowered. Part of the reasons that makes therapy work is because as a therapist, I am non-judgmental, emphatic, compassionate, and genuine. I am also trained in many different psychotherapy modalities that I will tailor our therapy sessions to your unique needs. I can use practical approaches as well as insight oriented approaches.
Alexia Jiménez
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Ottawa, ON K2P
Waitlist for new clients
Has your relationship gone flat? Are you living as roommates rather than romantic partners? Do you have repetitive arguments that go nowhere? Do you give or receive the cold shoulder when things get heated? Do you want to rebuild a more enjoyable, loving and flourishing relationship with your partner? A great relationship, one in which you grow together rather than merely stay together, brings joy, enhances overall happiness, has physical health benefits, brings a sense of companionship, provides safety and stability and at the same time allows you the space to grow and challenges you to become the best version of yourself.
Has your relationship gone flat? Are you living as roommates rather than romantic partners? Do you have repetitive arguments that go nowhere? Do you give or receive the cold shoulder when things get heated? Do you want to rebuild a more enjoyable, loving and flourishing relationship with your partner? A great relationship, one in which you grow together rather than merely stay together, brings joy, enhances overall happiness, has physical health benefits, brings a sense of companionship, provides safety and stability and at the same time allows you the space to grow and challenges you to become the best version of yourself.
Currently accepting new clients! I aim to honour the experience of all of my clients and believe that starts with making a genuine connection from the first session. I offer psychotherapy services to adult and teen individuals and couples struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, addiction, grief and loss, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, and relationship conflict. I am also an LGBTQ2S+ positive, ENM-affirming, and kink-friendly therapist.
Currently accepting new clients! I aim to honour the experience of all of my clients and believe that starts with making a genuine connection from the first session. I offer psychotherapy services to adult and teen individuals and couples struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, addiction, grief and loss, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, and relationship conflict. I am also an LGBTQ2S+ positive, ENM-affirming, and kink-friendly therapist.
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