Relational Therapists in Nepean, ON
Kumasi Jay Gwynne
Registered Psychotherapist
Relationships of any kind can be challenging. I never underestimate how complicated things can get once we tease out the relational pieces in our lives and try to understand how they are affecting us.
Laila Crawford
Registered Psychotherapist
I am a warm, friendly and non-judgemental therapist who believes in moving with you rather than trying to move you. I practice from an Existential therapy lens, and utilise ACT, CBT, EMDR for trauma, and EFT for couples therapy. I help clients with any and all presenting concerns - often seeing folks with AuDHD, anxiety, addictions, intimacy issues, trauma, couples, and career/life transitions.
Alli Ewacha
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Erika Szabo
Registered Social Service Worker, Psychotherapist
My name is Erika. I'm a white, cis-gender queer woman with lived experience of complex trauma. I work from a person-centered, relational, and anti-oppressive lens and embody this in the work I do! Whether you're interested in meditation, art making, somatics, or simply an empathic ear, I will hold space for you in whatever way you need. BOOKING OPEN in-person and online across Ontario.
Julia Finetti
Registered Clinical Counsellor & Couples Therapist
Julia Finetti (MA, CCC, RCC) is a compassionate therapist specializing in relationships, life transitions, and emotional healing. She creates a warm, grounded space where clients finally feel at ease. With a practical, insight-driven approach, Julia helps people set boundaries, break old patterns, and reconnect with themselves - delivering real, lasting change.
Ukasha Malik
Registered Psychotherapist
Ukasha Psychotherapy is a private therapy practice focused on trauma-informed care, self-awareness, and empowerment. It offers a safe, supportive space for clients to work through challenges like anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. The practice emphasizes accessible mental health education, coping tools, and personal growth.
Anna Marson
Registered Psychotherapist
Anna Marson is a registered psychotherapist specializing in ADHD, trauma, neurodiversity, attachment, stress, and emotion regulation. She integrates evidence-based therapies, mindfulness, and ADHD coaching to help clients build resilience, regulate emotions, and develop practical skills for lasting, positive change. Her approach is compassionate, brain/body-informed, and strength-based.
Johanna Benoit
Registered Psychotherapist
NIHB provider, specializing in CPTSD and trauma, perinatal grief and loss, PTSD, anxiety, depression and borderline personality disorder.
Kaitlyn Hillier B.A., M.C., Ph.D.
Registered Psychotherapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor
In private practice since 2016, I have been providing counselling and psychotherapy virtually and in person. Presently, I operate virtually in providing mental health support for many individuals who seek support while navigating life.
Lisa O’Donovan
Registered Psychotherapist
I offer Psychodynamic, trauma-informed therapy for adults and couples in-person in Burlington and virtually. I support clients navigating complex trauma, relationship difficulties, addiction and recovery, family dysfunction, and life transitions helping to uncover and understand emotional and relational patterns, process experiences, build greater self-awareness in a safe, compassionate space.
Martha Li
Registered Psychotherapist
I am a Registered Psychotherapist based in Oakville, Ontario. I help you feel understood and supported as we explore what's weighing on you. Together, we uncover patterns, build coping strategies, and nurture the skills you need to thrive. My goal is to create a safe space where you can grow, heal, and feel more connected.
Carlos (Charlie) Garcia
CCC, MHC, MSc, PhD Candidate in Clinical Sexology
I help adults and couples navigate anxiety, identity, sexuality, intimacy and sexual concerns, and relationship challenges. My approach is modern, direct, and integrative — no fluff. I work with individuals of all genders and orientations, with a specialization in LGBTQ+ and trans clients. Bilingual services available in English and Spanish. Virtual sessions across Florida (USA) & Canada.
Serena Welsh
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Hi, I'm Serena! I'm a Masters-level therapist in Ottawa working with teens, adults, and couples. I specialize in relationship concerns, emotion regulation, trauma, BPD, and Bipolar Disorder. My approach is warm, flexible, and judgment-free. Reach out for a free, 15-minute consult to see if we could be a good fit.
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.
Jillian Ivany
Registered Psychotherapist
Life can feel overwhelming, leaving you anxious, disconnected, or stuck in painful patterns. I offer Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy in a warm, non-judgmental space where all parts of you are welcome. Together we explore your inner world with curiosity to support healing, clarity, and connection to yourself and others. I offer virtual/in person session. Free 15min consultations available.
Loreana La Civita
Registered Psychotherapist
I’m a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario offering trauma-informed, attachment-based therapy for teens and adults. I support clients navigating anxiety, OCD, disordered eating, emotional dysregulation, and neurodivergence (ADHD/autism). My style is warm, collaborative, and insight-oriented, blending depth work with practical tools.
Megan Gauthier
Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist
*Accepting new client in-person in Guelph and virtually across Ontario* Therapy for people who struggle with self-doubt, overthinking, and repeating painful relationship patterns.
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.
Ivana Stanic
Registered Social Worker
I'm Ivana Stanic, MSW, RSW, offering individual and couples therapy for anxiety, trauma, ADHD, and relationship patterns including communication, trust, emotional connection, and life transitions. My approach draws on Gottman Method, EFT, CBT, and EMDR, built on six years of experience in the mental health field. I see clients virtually across Ontario and in person in Hamilton.
Rae Jardine
MA, RSSW, CC-PMH
I'm currently accepting new virtual clients in Ontario as well as in-person clients in Toronto with immediate availability and no waitlist, including limited sliding scale spaces. 2SLGBTQQIA+, Neurodivergence, Trauma, Perinatal
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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.