Relational Therapists in Hope, BC
Zarifa Andani
MPCC-P, RTC-C
This work isn’t about fixing your parts—it’s about helping you feel more like your whole self again. We can work together to slow down, get curious, and listen deeply. Our internal body wisdom is an integral source of information that speaks more significantly than words. Real change is possible when ALL of you feels safe enough to be seen and supported, just as you are.
Katharine De Santos
Registered Psychotherapist
Healthy Minds Psychotherapy was founded in 2018 with the mission of providing psychotherapeutic care to individuals from diverse backgrounds, fostering resilience in each person and our community as a whole.
Mara Behan
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
I help couples and individuals find growth, healing, and stronger connections. Using evidence-based and individualized approaches, I support those struggling with women's health concerns (e.g., pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause), relationship concerns (e.g., resentment, infidelity), and life transitions (e.g., separation/divorce, parenting). I offer a free 15-minute consultation!
Maria Yaglovski
Registered Psychotherapist/ Canadian Certified Counsellor
Hi, I’m Maria, a Registered Psychotherapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor. I provide a supportive, non-judgmental space to explore patterns, beliefs, and challenges. Through mindfulness and evidence-based approaches, I help you gain clarity, shift perspective, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Therapy Collective
Registered Psychologist/Counselling Therapist/Certified Counsellor
We are a group practice with psychologists, CCC's, CT's, and a therapy dog who offer counselling and formal psycho-educational assessments. We cover a broad range of presenting concerns for children, youth, families, couples, and individuals. We offer a variety of approaches as well: EMDR, Cognitive-Hypnotherapy, Art Therapy, Play-Based Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Attachment-Based, Somatic.
Aida Retta
Registered Psychotherapist
You’ve always been the one others count on—the thoughtful one, the steady one. But under the surface, you might feel anxious, resentful, or quietly overwhelmed. You say yes when you want to say no. You shrink your needs to keep the peace. You care deeply, but sometimes feel like you’re disappearing in the process. These patterns often begin in relationships where love felt conditional, conflict w…
Li Li
Registered Psychotherapist
Li offers relational psychoanalytic and trauma-focused somatic/EMDR/IFS therapy, to support clients in communities such as immigrants, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent (ADHD), and professionals, whose experiences resonate with her own life journey the most. She holds a compassionate, culturally attuned space where clients can explore how early wounds, cultural expectations, and identity intersect.
Michelle Keough
Master of Clinical Social Work, Registered Social Worker
Feeling disconnected from your partner has got you feeling discouraged and frustrated in your relationship. You're tired of having the same arguments continue to happen in your relationship with no understanding. Being stuck in conflict has lead to you feeling disconnected from your partner and is holding you back from creating a secure loving bond. You no longer need to feel alone in your rela...
Maya Dousti
Registered Psychotherapist
I am a BIPOC trauma therapist, and I work with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, emotional dysregulation, self-esteem, life transitions, racial/cultural issues, new parenthood, identity, family and interpersonal relationships. I work eclectically, borrowing from several modalities to meet my client's needs.
Liana Yip
Counsellor, MA, MCP, RCC
I understand that life can be challenging, and you don’t have to face it alone. I offer a space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself. Therapy also creates an opportunity for growth and a more meaningful, purposeful life.
Sandra Daoust
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) and Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling (MPCC-P)
You're not broken, and you don’t need fixing. At your core, you're whole. But life, trauma, loss, stress, and relationships can make you feel fragmented/out of alignment. My work is about helping you remember who you are beneath the layers: sovereign and capable of living an authentic life. My approach is collaborative to your unique lived experience. Healing is not linear, but it is possible.
Chantelle Vaz
Registered Psychotherapist
I offer a warm and collaborative space where you can explore your experiences with curiosity and care. My approach is rooted in empathy and authenticity, supporting you in understanding your story, building self-compassion, and creating meaningful change. I draw from narrative, attachment, and emotion-focused therapies to meet your unique needs.
Renata Roma
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
I offer support for individuals dealing with anxiety, including high-functioning anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, and phobias, including animal-related fears. Many of my clients come in with relationship struggles. I also specialize in pet loss, and anxiety related to pets.
Jason Ryant
Clinical Counsellor (MPCC-Provisional)
I work with people and help to untangle what feels overwhelming and bring clarity and relief in all areas of life, including with anger, shame, relationships & disconnection, parenting, stress & anxiety, burnout, grief & loss, life transitions, social media & doom-scrolling, new diagnoses, and climate-related emotions.
Dr Teesha Morgan
Psychotherapist, Couples Counsellor, Sex Therapist
Hi, my name is Dr. Teesha Morgan (she/her) and I’ve been a Sex Therapist and Couples Counsellor for over 15 years. Most people, when you mention you’re a Sex Therapist, wonder how you got that title and what it is you do, day to day. Well, I received a Bachelor of Science, a Masters in Counselling (specializing in Sex Therapy), and a Doctorate in Human Sexuality. Day to day, I see individuals a…
Grant McMahon
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC 11135)
I offer virtual counselling to adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma-related concerns, relationship difficulties, grief, and major life transitions. For over 12 years, I've helped people understand the patterns that keep them stuck and build steadiness, clarity, and practical change in their lives.
Michelle Oucharek-Deo
Registered Art Therapist, Productivity Coach
I help women navigating change, chosen or unexpected, reclaim their time, rediscover purpose, and bring some joy into the process. Using my Time Core Strategy System and tools like my Time Recovery Assessment, we’ll build a customized program to help you move forward with confidence and intention. It's time to dust those goals off and make time your ally.”
Taylor Davis
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
If you constantly overthink, struggle to say no, or feel overwhelmed trying to keep everyone else happy, you’re not alone. I support adults navigating anxiety, depression, and people-pleasing using IFS, somatic therapy, and attachment-based approaches to help you reconnect with yourself, regulate emotions, and build more authentic relationships. Reach out to schedule a free consultation.
Bonnie Koehn
Registered Clinical Counsellor, Certified Canadian Counsellor
My practice is grounded in a holistic and non-pathologizing approach that is client-centered, trauma-informed, and strengths-based. I offer authentically compassionate and accepting therapy so you can feel free to be yourself. My clients attend virtual therapy from their preferred location- whether that’s the comfort of home, a walk in the park, or over lunch break at work.
Sarah Perone
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
I help individuals and couples break painful relationship cycles so they can feel more connected, secure, and confident. I support concerns like recurrent conflict, relationship anxiety (and ROCD), limerence, and resentment. Using an attachment- and evidence-based approach, I offer warm, non-judgmental virtual therapy across Ontario. Book a free 15-minute consultation to get started.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Relational
What is relational therapy?
Relational therapy is a broad orientation in psychotherapy that places the therapeutic relationship at the centre of therapeutic change. Drawing on relational psychoanalysis, attachment theory, and interpersonal neurobiology, it understands psychological wellbeing and suffering as fundamentally relational — arising within relationships and healed within relationships. The quality of the connection between therapist and client — characterized by attunement, genuine presence, and authentic engagement — is itself therapeutic, not merely a vehicle for delivering techniques.
What distinguishes relational therapy from other approaches?
Relational therapy differs from classical psychoanalysis in acknowledging that the therapist is not a neutral blank screen — the therapist's own subjectivity is recognized and is part of the therapeutic field. It differs from CBT in that the relationship is the primary focus, not techniques. Relational therapists attend carefully to what happens in the therapeutic relationship in the moment — ruptures, repairs, moments of connection, and the enactments of the client's relational patterns within the therapy room. Authenticity and genuine contact matter more than neutrality.
What issues does relational therapy address?
Relational therapy is particularly suited to attachment difficulties, relationship patterns (repeating the same dynamics across different relationships), depression and anxiety with relational roots, the effects of early neglect or emotional unavailability (which often produce less visible but deeply felt wounds), personality difficulties, and the long-term effects of relational trauma. It is also valuable for people who have found more technique-focused therapies insufficient or who crave genuine human connection as part of their healing.
What is the role of the therapeutic relationship in relational therapy?
In relational therapy, the therapeutic relationship is not just the container for delivering treatment — it is the treatment. When a client who has been hurt in relationships encounters a therapist who is consistently attentive, honest, and genuinely caring, the experience itself begins to create new relational expectations. Ruptures in the therapeutic relationship (misattunements, misunderstandings) are important opportunities — the therapist acknowledges them and repairs them, modeling how ruptures can be repaired in ways the client may never have experienced.
Is relational therapy evidence-based?
The therapeutic alliance — the quality of the relationship between therapist and client — is one of the most robust predictors of therapy outcome across all approaches, supported by decades of research. Relational therapy is the approach most explicitly organized around this finding. While "relational therapy" as a distinct modality is harder to study in randomized trials than manualized approaches, the relational factors it prioritizes have the strongest evidence of any component of psychotherapy.