Couples Counselling Therapists in Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC
I have many years' experience working with anxiety, depression, eating problems of all kinds, behavioral disorders and distressed couples.
Welcome! I am a psychologist devoted to helping people improve their lives by taking better care of themselves and their relationships.
I have many years' experience working with anxiety, depression, eating problems of all kinds, behavioral disorders and distressed couples.
Welcome! I am a psychologist devoted to helping people improve their lives by taking better care of themselves and their relationships.
I focus on helping my clients make a difference in their lives. I work with people seeking individual, couples or family counselling. I focus on improving an individual's well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviour, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships and social skills. I use cognitive behavioural, as well as humanist, person-centred, and existential approaches in psychotherapy. My approaches aim at developing the client's insight, or self-understanding focusing on issues such as choice, meaning, and responsibility.
I focus on helping my clients make a difference in their lives. I work with people seeking individual, couples or family counselling. I focus on improving an individual's well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviour, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships and social skills. I use cognitive behavioural, as well as humanist, person-centred, and existential approaches in psychotherapy. My approaches aim at developing the client's insight, or self-understanding focusing on issues such as choice, meaning, and responsibility.
Cindy Vielleuse
Marriage & Family Therapist, MSc(A), TCF, RDT
Verified Verified
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2J
Licensed Couple & Family Therapist, Creative Arts Therapist. Cindy specializes in trauma-focused therapy with individuals, couples, and families. She works from an anti-oppression perspective that recognizes the systemic issues that impact mental and emotional health. Cindy is a strong believer in helping her clients tell their stories through empathic and creative engagement. She incorporates verbal and body-based creative methods to guide her clients through whatever obstacles are keeping them from being more peaceful and integrated selves. Sessions are always client-centered, inclusive and sensitive to your individual needs.
Licensed Couple & Family Therapist, Creative Arts Therapist. Cindy specializes in trauma-focused therapy with individuals, couples, and families. She works from an anti-oppression perspective that recognizes the systemic issues that impact mental and emotional health. Cindy is a strong believer in helping her clients tell their stories through empathic and creative engagement. She incorporates verbal and body-based creative methods to guide her clients through whatever obstacles are keeping them from being more peaceful and integrated selves. Sessions are always client-centered, inclusive and sensitive to your individual needs.
Raphael.e Gagné
Registered Social Worker, RSW
Verified Verified
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2T
I am currently completing a thesis at McGill on the relationship between trauma and gender dysphoria and euphoria.
I am queer, neurodivergent and a parent. I have 14 years of clinical experience in psychiatric, addictions, relational and childhood trauma and community work. My first language is English. I work to help people integrate their thoughts, emotions, somatic experiences and stories of empowerment so they can make sense of the world during these difficult times. I have worked with issues such as Depression, Stress Management, CPTSD, Anxiety, ADHD, Autism, Gender Dysphoria, Eating Disorders, Addictions, BPD and PTSD. I believe people are more than their diagnosis. Psychiatry must be deconstructed for us to find our true potential.
I am currently completing a thesis at McGill on the relationship between trauma and gender dysphoria and euphoria.
I am queer, neurodivergent and a parent. I have 14 years of clinical experience in psychiatric, addictions, relational and childhood trauma and community work. My first language is English. I work to help people integrate their thoughts, emotions, somatic experiences and stories of empowerment so they can make sense of the world during these difficult times. I have worked with issues such as Depression, Stress Management, CPTSD, Anxiety, ADHD, Autism, Gender Dysphoria, Eating Disorders, Addictions, BPD and PTSD. I believe people are more than their diagnosis. Psychiatry must be deconstructed for us to find our true potential.
Isabel Melo
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, CFT, PST, C-CCPT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2J
Are you struggling in your relationship? Do you feel alone or disconnected? Or maybe you and your partner get stuck in painful cycles of blame and defensiveness. As a licensed Couple and Family Therapist and Psychotherapist, I am passionate about helping couples reconnect and deepen their intimacy. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which helps couples put a stop to their repetitive cycles of conflict and distancing, and create a deeper, more satisfying emotional bond. An empirically validated approach, EFT has the highest success rate of any couple therapy approach.
Are you struggling in your relationship? Do you feel alone or disconnected? Or maybe you and your partner get stuck in painful cycles of blame and defensiveness. As a licensed Couple and Family Therapist and Psychotherapist, I am passionate about helping couples reconnect and deepen their intimacy. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which helps couples put a stop to their repetitive cycles of conflict and distancing, and create a deeper, more satisfying emotional bond. An empirically validated approach, EFT has the highest success rate of any couple therapy approach.
Özlem Köse
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), PhD, RCC, RP(Q)
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2J (Online Only)
I work with a range of issues, including relationship conflict, distancing and withdrawal, infidelity, childhood trauma (C-PTSD), infertility, discrepancies in sexual desire, women's health issues and managing chronic illness.
Have you and your partner lost your connection? Do you get stuck in repetitive cycles of blame and defensiveness? Do you wonder whether you truly matter to your partner? With a PhD in relationship therapy and over 15 years' experience with couples and families, I look to the science of relationship to help. I specialize in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an approach that seeks to strengthen the emotional bonds between partners by identifying, then changing, the destructive patterns of interaction that distance and divide. EFT is an evidence-based treatment with the highest success rate of any couple therapy approach.
I work with a range of issues, including relationship conflict, distancing and withdrawal, infidelity, childhood trauma (C-PTSD), infertility, discrepancies in sexual desire, women's health issues and managing chronic illness.
Have you and your partner lost your connection? Do you get stuck in repetitive cycles of blame and defensiveness? Do you wonder whether you truly matter to your partner? With a PhD in relationship therapy and over 15 years' experience with couples and families, I look to the science of relationship to help. I specialize in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an approach that seeks to strengthen the emotional bonds between partners by identifying, then changing, the destructive patterns of interaction that distance and divide. EFT is an evidence-based treatment with the highest success rate of any couple therapy approach.
Ornela Kapetani- Drama Therapist
Counsellor, MA, RDT
Verified Verified
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2V
I build and maintain an empathic relationship with my clients, where their voice and needs are always valued.
Are you stuck in repetitive, unhealthy patterns and feel as if life happens to you? Drama Therapy can provide the tools and context to engage your imagination in telling your story, solve problems, express feelings and achieve insight. Being active in personal healing is transforming and life affirming experience. Through this technique the life journey of an individual/couple/family can be actively explored and interpersonal skills increased. Participants expand and integrate parts of themselves for a more functional self to emerge. Drama therapy's creative flexibility makes it an appropriate intervention for people of all ages.
I build and maintain an empathic relationship with my clients, where their voice and needs are always valued.
Are you stuck in repetitive, unhealthy patterns and feel as if life happens to you? Drama Therapy can provide the tools and context to engage your imagination in telling your story, solve problems, express feelings and achieve insight. Being active in personal healing is transforming and life affirming experience. Through this technique the life journey of an individual/couple/family can be actively explored and interpersonal skills increased. Participants expand and integrate parts of themselves for a more functional self to emerge. Drama therapy's creative flexibility makes it an appropriate intervention for people of all ages.
Whether you are dealing with past trauma or current triggers that keep you from moving forward, there are always ways to process what has happened and how we can work together towards a more fulfilling future. As an art therapist with a trauma-informed lens, I incorporate counselling, somatic awareness, movement, and play into my work, to enhance resiliency and promote healing. Issues I have worked on include intimate partner violence, self-harm, sexual abuse, and refugee, immigration and acculturation issues, as well as intergenerational trauma.
Whether you are dealing with past trauma or current triggers that keep you from moving forward, there are always ways to process what has happened and how we can work together towards a more fulfilling future. As an art therapist with a trauma-informed lens, I incorporate counselling, somatic awareness, movement, and play into my work, to enhance resiliency and promote healing. Issues I have worked on include intimate partner violence, self-harm, sexual abuse, and refugee, immigration and acculturation issues, as well as intergenerational trauma.
Shyam Anandampillai Psychotherapy and Supervision
Registered Psychotherapist, MSc(A), MA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2X (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I believe that psychotherapy in essence is a collaborative process that aims to increase psychological well-being and reduce emotional pain, loneliness and languishing which are ever present in today's world. At the heart of this process, is the positive healing relationship that develops between an individual, a couple or a family, and the therapist. I offer clients a non-judgemental, empathic and queer affirmative space where they learn to identify and tolerate their emotions, articulate appropriately their needs to significant people in their life and work on breaking away from toxic negative cycles.
I believe that psychotherapy in essence is a collaborative process that aims to increase psychological well-being and reduce emotional pain, loneliness and languishing which are ever present in today's world. At the heart of this process, is the positive healing relationship that develops between an individual, a couple or a family, and the therapist. I offer clients a non-judgemental, empathic and queer affirmative space where they learn to identify and tolerate their emotions, articulate appropriately their needs to significant people in their life and work on breaking away from toxic negative cycles.
Currently accepting clients for online therapy. My hope is to help individuals or couples who feel stuck, better navigate their difficulties while finding meaning and growth through this process. I have experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and presenting with a wide range of difficulties but I specialize in embodiment, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, trauma, couple difficulties and issues surrounding female sexuality. Rather than managing symptoms, I strive to accompany you in making integral changes that address the root-cause of your difficulties.
Currently accepting clients for online therapy. My hope is to help individuals or couples who feel stuck, better navigate their difficulties while finding meaning and growth through this process. I have experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and presenting with a wide range of difficulties but I specialize in embodiment, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, trauma, couple difficulties and issues surrounding female sexuality. Rather than managing symptoms, I strive to accompany you in making integral changes that address the root-cause of your difficulties.
Olivia Dumas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2J
Waitlist for new clients
I believe that when we are supported and cared for, we can truly thrive. My goal as a clinical social worker is to help people engage in healing and repair, with themselves and others, regardless of their experience or background. I work primarily with adults and couples, with a particular interest in challenges related to 2SLGBTQ+ identity and experiences with grief, communication, depression, and interpersonal conflict. I look forward to embarking on this journey with you with warmth, connection and curiosity!
I believe that when we are supported and cared for, we can truly thrive. My goal as a clinical social worker is to help people engage in healing and repair, with themselves and others, regardless of their experience or background. I work primarily with adults and couples, with a particular interest in challenges related to 2SLGBTQ+ identity and experiences with grief, communication, depression, and interpersonal conflict. I look forward to embarking on this journey with you with warmth, connection and curiosity!
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Marriage & Family Therapist, MSW, MScA, CFT
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Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2V
People often seek therapy when they would like to work on issues such as stress management, personal loss or life cycle changes. In individual therapy, I support clients by providing specific strategies for changing unwanted behaviours or thoughts. A couple in distress may feel there is no way out of their troubled relationship. By observing the interactions between the partners I help couples change dysfunctional behaviours, strengthen friendship, increase intimacy, resolve problematic patterns of communication, improve emotional attachment, build resilience and enjoyment that each partner derives from the relationship.
People often seek therapy when they would like to work on issues such as stress management, personal loss or life cycle changes. In individual therapy, I support clients by providing specific strategies for changing unwanted behaviours or thoughts. A couple in distress may feel there is no way out of their troubled relationship. By observing the interactions between the partners I help couples change dysfunctional behaviours, strengthen friendship, increase intimacy, resolve problematic patterns of communication, improve emotional attachment, build resilience and enjoyment that each partner derives from the relationship.
I am eager to get started helping you restore your connection with your partner! I am registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.
I have 10 years' experience as a mental health counsellor, 9 years specializing in couple work. I am passionate about helping couples heal old wounds and years of distance and disconnection. I help partners learn how to repair and reconnect, authentically and compassionately. Couples often get stuck in painful, negative patterns and the approach I use, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), provides a map to help them move out of the same old argument into a new way of relating, with more depth, vulnerability and connection. I also love working with individuals, to help them understand themselves better and make healthier choices.
I am eager to get started helping you restore your connection with your partner! I am registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.
I have 10 years' experience as a mental health counsellor, 9 years specializing in couple work. I am passionate about helping couples heal old wounds and years of distance and disconnection. I help partners learn how to repair and reconnect, authentically and compassionately. Couples often get stuck in painful, negative patterns and the approach I use, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), provides a map to help them move out of the same old argument into a new way of relating, with more depth, vulnerability and connection. I also love working with individuals, to help them understand themselves better and make healthier choices.
Bonjour/Hello, and welcome to my PT Therapy Directory profile page. I am a PhD clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience - and a member of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec. I help people with anxiety, stress, depression (or loss of a loved one), eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder), and individuals or couples with relationship difficulties. I believe in building a collaborative therapeutic relationship with clients, and in using scientifically-proven therapy practices to get the best results. I can help if you would like to talk about the difficulties you or your loved ones are facing.
Bonjour/Hello, and welcome to my PT Therapy Directory profile page. I am a PhD clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience - and a member of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec. I help people with anxiety, stress, depression (or loss of a loved one), eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder), and individuals or couples with relationship difficulties. I believe in building a collaborative therapeutic relationship with clients, and in using scientifically-proven therapy practices to get the best results. I can help if you would like to talk about the difficulties you or your loved ones are facing.
Sophie Chappell
Counsellor, MA, CCC, ACNN
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2J (Online Only)
Welcome! I am excited to join you on your journey toward becoming your best self. As a counsellor, I provide a compassionate and collaborative space where clients can gain self-awareness and emotional balance. My work focuses on helping individuals navigate anxiety, self-esteem issues, parenting and relationship challenges by breaking free from unhelpful patterns. Through our work together, clients develop resilience, enhance emotional regulation, and build meaningful connections. I am dedicated to supporting personal growth, self-compassion, and a deeper sense of purpose, empowering clients to lead more fulfilling lives.
Welcome! I am excited to join you on your journey toward becoming your best self. As a counsellor, I provide a compassionate and collaborative space where clients can gain self-awareness and emotional balance. My work focuses on helping individuals navigate anxiety, self-esteem issues, parenting and relationship challenges by breaking free from unhelpful patterns. Through our work together, clients develop resilience, enhance emotional regulation, and build meaningful connections. I am dedicated to supporting personal growth, self-compassion, and a deeper sense of purpose, empowering clients to lead more fulfilling lives.
Paige Geisinger
Counsellor, CCC, MS, PMH-C, CTP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2T
Maybe you need support in navigating pregnancy or the newborn stage, or maybe your relationship has been struggling in the midst of reproductive challenges. Certified in Perinatal Mental Health, I guide couples and individuals through the transformative journey of welcoming new life. Specifically, I love supporting queer couples navigating their reproductive, pregnancy, and postpartum journey. Beyond the perinatal period, I help clients enhance communication and navigate neurodivergency. I use modalities such as Gottman Theory, Attachment Theory/EFT, and solution-oriented therapy to help clients achieve their goals.
Maybe you need support in navigating pregnancy or the newborn stage, or maybe your relationship has been struggling in the midst of reproductive challenges. Certified in Perinatal Mental Health, I guide couples and individuals through the transformative journey of welcoming new life. Specifically, I love supporting queer couples navigating their reproductive, pregnancy, and postpartum journey. Beyond the perinatal period, I help clients enhance communication and navigate neurodivergency. I use modalities such as Gottman Theory, Attachment Theory/EFT, and solution-oriented therapy to help clients achieve their goals.
Leila Sarhadi
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, CCC, CCPA, TCF, MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2J
My practice is designed to meet your specific requirements for an individual or couple. I have an integrative approach based on emotion-focused therapy (EFT), mindfulness, Trauma, psychodynamic, and humanistic therapy. I also use Neurofeedback (ILF). I work with you to enhance your couple connection by identifying how your emotions, mind, and stress all work together to trigger inappropriate ideas, feelings, and behaviors, creating a dynamic in your relationship that may be undesirable. I help you have greater access to your own healing power, so you can help yourself and/or balance your relationship.
My practice is designed to meet your specific requirements for an individual or couple. I have an integrative approach based on emotion-focused therapy (EFT), mindfulness, Trauma, psychodynamic, and humanistic therapy. I also use Neurofeedback (ILF). I work with you to enhance your couple connection by identifying how your emotions, mind, and stress all work together to trigger inappropriate ideas, feelings, and behaviors, creating a dynamic in your relationship that may be undesirable. I help you have greater access to your own healing power, so you can help yourself and/or balance your relationship.
Benjamin F Armstrong
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2X (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Change starts with the relationship that we form in the therapy and then continues by building useful skills in and outside of our sessions. In practice this means that I fit best with clients who are interested in (1) understanding more about their thoughts and emotions while also (2) taking clear steps to improve their mental and physical well-being. My job as the therapist is to provide a warm and caring environment to support the client in this process.
Change starts with the relationship that we form in the therapy and then continues by building useful skills in and outside of our sessions. In practice this means that I fit best with clients who are interested in (1) understanding more about their thoughts and emotions while also (2) taking clear steps to improve their mental and physical well-being. My job as the therapist is to provide a warm and caring environment to support the client in this process.
Therapy can help people better understand themselves and find greater meaning in their lives. People enter therapy for a wide range of reasons, often involving difficulty solving a problem in their lives on their own. Some people, for example, are having difficulty in a romantic relationship and wonder how to improve the relationship, or end it. Other people experience conflict or anxiety in a wide range of interpersonal relationships and enter therapy as a means of improving their communication skills and the quality of their relationships. I help people in both monogamous and polyamorous relationships.
Therapy can help people better understand themselves and find greater meaning in their lives. People enter therapy for a wide range of reasons, often involving difficulty solving a problem in their lives on their own. Some people, for example, are having difficulty in a romantic relationship and wonder how to improve the relationship, or end it. Other people experience conflict or anxiety in a wide range of interpersonal relationships and enter therapy as a means of improving their communication skills and the quality of their relationships. I help people in both monogamous and polyamorous relationships.
Joseph Bottros - Individual And Couples Therapy
Registered Psychotherapist, BA, MA, CCC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC H2L
I work with individuals, couples, families, marriage, partners seeking to navigate life's challenges with resilience and courage. I understand that you are struggling with anxiety, depression, or relationship issues, yearning for deeper connections and understanding. Your goal is to heal past wounds, build stronger relationships, and rediscover joy in your life. I strive to empower you to embrace your strengths, unlock your potential, and create meaningful change.
I work with individuals, couples, families, marriage, partners seeking to navigate life's challenges with resilience and courage. I understand that you are struggling with anxiety, depression, or relationship issues, yearning for deeper connections and understanding. Your goal is to heal past wounds, build stronger relationships, and rediscover joy in your life. I strive to empower you to embrace your strengths, unlock your potential, and create meaningful change.
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Couples Counselling
Does couples counseling work?
Research shows that couples counseling is effective; it can reduce relationship distress and improve emotional awareness, communication, empathy, intimacy, and overall relationship satisfaction. For example, emotionally focused therapy was found to be effective for about 75 percent of couples, and those benefits lasted at least two years.
When should a couple seek counseling?
Couples can benefit from counseling if they consistently struggle in their relationship. They may have lost the ability to communicate effectively, become entrenched in harmful patterns, begun to fight more than usual, broken the other’s trust, suffered from a mental or physical illness, or faced any number of other challenges. Many therapists offer free consultations, so if a couple isn’t sure whether therapy is necessary, asking directly can provide clarity.
How can I get my partner to go to couples therapy?
The decision to seek couples therapy is often driven by one partner, who then convinces the other to participate. When discussing the idea, the initiator should be direct and assertive. They can state the problems they see and explain how the relationship would benefit from therapy. In more serious cases, they can also explain how their relationship may suffer without making any changes or seeking professional help.
How does a couple prepare for couples counseling?
The anticipation of beginning couples counseling can be difficult—sometimes more difficult than the first session itself. Taking a few moments to reflect can allay those concerns: What are the current challenges? When and how did they begin? What do they want the relationship to look like in the future? Reflecting on these questions can help individuals or couples articulate their goals. Of course, the therapist will also ask questions and guide couples through the process.