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🌿 Couple Therapy Toronto is a small therapy practice serving Canada-wide. However, all of our therapists offer individual counselling as well.

We are specialized in working with couples, families, and other interpersonal relationships, as well as individual adults, teens, and children. Couple Therapy Toronto is a small therapy practice based out of Toronto, founded and operated by Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Nat Roman in 2013. What began as a solo endeavor slowly became a group practice, serving Ontario and Canada-wide. Types of therapy we offer include:
• Individual (adult, teens, and children)
• Couples
• Consensual non-monogamous relationships (i.e. polyamorous, open relationships, etc)
• Relationships (family, friends, professional, etc)

What sets our practice apart from others is that our team was selected for their extensive training and experience working with couples, families, and other interpersonal relationships. Many of our therapists also offer appointments in more than one language - currently we can offer sessions in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Arabic. We serve all clients equally and without prejudice or judgement - our practice is affirming and allied with the 2SLGBTQI+ community. Learn more about our team and their specialties: https://www.coupletherapytoronto.com/about/therapists

If you would like to book an appointment, we welcome you to fill out this form on our website: https://www.coupletherapytoronto.com/contact

Our social media pages and website are not just for clients - we welcome anyone who is seeking mental health and relationship guidance, solidarity and an understanding community, or who just want to learn some helpful and interesting psychology insights. We also post to keep you updated on our newest articles and any team updates, videos from our therapists, and the odd sillier ideas we might have to balance what may sometimes be heavy topics! We aim to ensure that our posts and discussions are non-triggering as possible, however there are some topics that we deal with that deserve acknowledgement, education, and a safe-place for finding compassion and creating awareness. For any posts that may be triggering, we will put a warning (TW) before the content.

11/05/2025

You know when someone answers a question and it feels less like a reply and more like a line from a poem you didn't know you needed until now? That's what it's like talking to Aditi.

When asked why she became a therapist, she could have just said "I like helping people" and moved on. Instead, she drops lines like "healing never happens in isolation" like it's no big deal.

She talks about growing up in India and seeing how emotional pain would quietly shape and move through people's lives - while no one really gave it space to exist or an opportunity to heal - and how that made her want to /be/ that space.

So if you want to know what makes a great therapist, and what might shape a therapist's choice to get into this line of work, this one's for you!

🧡 Curious to hear more from Aditi? Check out the links in our bio to check out her articles and book a session with her.
💭 Do you relate? Did the idea of "talking about feelings" feel normal growing up, or was it more like... "bury it and keep moving"?

11/04/2025

Check out our new article on our website which expands on this topic, written by Nat Roman and Emily Taylor: https://www.coupletherapytoronto.com/articles/forgiving-vs-acceptance

Forgiveness and acceptance sound very similar, but the difference is a little easier to conceptualize when put into context.

When someone has really hurt you, it can be painful and tiring to hold on to those negative emotions, and it may lead to you getting stuck in the emotional echo that hurt has left behind. This could show up as having a harder time trusting others, feeling tense in certain situations, losing your sense of safety or openness with people, doubting yourself and your reactions, etc. Our minds are working to make sense of this hurt and make sure we don't experience it again, so it makes sense that you might feel like you're carrying this burden with you in areas of your life that you don't want to. But over time, if these emotions are never processed or given room to shift, they can start shaping our worldview, relationships, and even our sense of self.

To forgive or accept what happened helps to reframe those negative emotions and release some of that emotional burden on yourself, loosening the grip that pain has on your everyday life and reclaiming peace and freedom to move on. This can be very healing, but deciding to accept what happened or forgive the person who caused that pain really depends on what makes the most sense for you and your journey.

Sometimes forgiveness might feel possible, and sometimes it doesn't. You may not be ready to feel/display compassion toward the other person, or like you can let go of those feelings of anger, resentment, or blame.
Sometimes acceptance will come first, and sometimes it doesn't come at all. Sometimes it may stand on it's own when forgiveness feels impossible or undesirable.

In the end, whatever path you choose to take (or not to take) should support your well-being, and allow you to move forward in a way that feels the most authentic and safe for you.

10/31/2025

Attachment anxiety can feel a lot like ghost hunting - chasing shadows, sensing danger, but never quite finding the proof that a ghost really does exist. Every creaky floorboard, every gust of wind, every suspiciously delayed text becomes proof that yes, your relationship is in trouble.

When you imagine rejection like this, you're preparing for pain that may never come. You're brain is haunted by it's past hurts, and is trying to protect you, but often this leads to mixing up neutral or vague signals as threats. Your mind is telling you "Danger! Betrayal! Poltergeist!" when really, it's just the wi-fi signal dropping and they'll text you back when they can.

Naturally, when you once lived in a haunted house, your brain assumes every new house will be just as possessed, but this constant scanning for danger can be exhausting. Your emotional energy is consumed by the what-if's, rather than what is.

The way out of this requires putting down the proton pack and spectral thermometer, and instead anchoring yourself in evidence rather than fear. Have they actually pulled away, or are you replaying an old story?

10/27/2025

Nothing against the Temu tarot card girlies, but when it comes to healing a relationship, you'll need more than the card deck and a mood candle from aisle 4.

No shade to shortcuts, we get it, they're tempting for a reason! But love needs a toolbox, not a spell book.

Tempted to cast a love spell anyway?
Try this one:
✨ "Let's sit down and talk" ✨

10/24/2025

Not saying fruit-based jump scares have happened... but if they did...
Thoughts on which fruit best supports emotional regulation?
We vote banana. Quiet. Soft. Supportive. Uncrunching.
We love you, emotional support banana 💛

10/20/2025

There is no secret formula or long-term solution to "solve" our relationship problems. Just like life, intimacy is cyclical; love comes together in moments of deep connection and understanding, and then it falls apart through miscommunication, stress, fear, change.

What we can learn from this is that, instead of attempting in vain to keep things from falling apart, there is power in learning to stay united through it all. When you embrace this rhythm, your relationship stops being a project you need to perfect, and instead becomes a living thing that you nurture, grieve, rediscover, and choose over and over again.

Transitioning to this mindset - from fixing to flowing - fosters a greater capacity for compassion and resilience. Ruptures are no longer signs of collapse or failure, but rather opportunities to grow closer through repair. You stop dreading those inevitable cracks, and instead begin to have faith in your capacity to return to each other.

When you stop chasing the illusion of loving someone without any friction or conflict, you can build the kind of love that can bend without breaking, and that will deepen not in spite of those hard moments, but because of how you move through them together.

10/18/2025

Unfortunately, conflict and abuse are far too common in relationships and talking about abuse can be really tough.

We are not inviting anyone to share personal experiences here (please take care), and please be respectful to each other if you are commenting. Guaranteed some people reading this post will have, or are facing some super tough stuff in their relationships! What we are hoping for is some discussion that might help bring some clarity to what can be a confusing topic.

As relationship therapists we have a unique lens - it can be common for one partner to think that they are just being passionate and another to think they are being abusive. Sometimes it is crystal clear, other times it is not, and one therapist's opinion might differ from another.

If it is abuse, does it need to be named as such, or does it just matter that it stops?

10/13/2025

Trust is often discussed as a binary, something that exists or doesn't exist. Sometimes it can seem that way, especially when there has been some kind of intimacy betrayal. We can go from trusting to not trusting overnight.

More commonly, as pointed out by famed couple therapy researcher John Gottman, trust is very slowly built or eroded through our level of responsiveness to our partner or family member's bids for connection, and vice versa. The more we turn toward, rather than turn away - the more intimacy, closeness, trust and connection becomes possible - so long as turning toward doesn't lead to rejection or conflict. That is the catch 22. How do we keep turning toward when we get destroyed every time we do?

Turning away is a natural reaction to what can feel like unbearable emotional pain. It is impossible to keep our hearts open and keep turning toward our partners if we keep getting hurt. Turning away, although less painful initially, breaks down trust and can lead to what the Gottman's describe as the Distance and Isolation Cascade. A process that if unchecked can lead to further and further emotional distance and eventually to separation/breaking up.

When turning toward becomes too hard, and the relationship matters to us, we need support, as the alternative can be hard to recover from when it is left too long.

10/09/2025

Being on the receiving end of criticisms from our partners is tough. Criticisms, constructive or not, are often indirect ways of making more vulnerable requests. They may be valid—it may be true that you are struggling to live up to certain agreed upon expectations in a relationship, or managing a household or family—but when these frustrations are delivered as criticisms, it often leads to defensiveness, distance, and disconnection rather than change.

Some of the most common criticisms that we hear have to do with not pulling our weight with managing life responsibilities, absence of thoughtfulness around daily circumstances or special occasions, or not seeming to show care or empathy in response to hurt feelings.

These patterns can wear down intimacy. So how do we speak up without tearing down? How do we ask for what we need without pointing out what is missing?

What are some of other common relationship criticisms that you are aware of?
Is there a time and place for criticizing your partner? What is acceptable or not acceptable?
What are the alternatives, other than just shutting up and boiling with resentment on the inside?
We would love for you to share your wisdom (or your confusion/questions).

10/01/2025

What if the socks have little pugs knitted on them. Emotional support dog? Not really the same effect but we respect the effort.
What if they're seasonally themed? Halloween ghosts to haunt your already delicate psyche.
What if they have batman on them? Is this a hero complex?
What if they have holes in them? The heel is one thing, but if the big toe is sticking out that it completely illegal and we will have to call the police.
What if they don't match? Less offensive than the hole, and maybe it's a little charming. Somehow it softens the blow. Like ok, they're actually just an oddball but we're having fun.

So what do you do? Take a picture and send it to your friends to freak out about collectively? Show up next time with the gift of slippers you found in the sale aisle of Winners? Come completely barefoot next time to try and match their freak?

Let us know in the comments, for science.

09/30/2025

Secure bonds give us courage to step outside of our comfort zones and to be more vulnerable, yet ironically, it is within these bonds that we often fear taking one of the most important risks for our relationships: creating space within the relationship itself.

Space, even that which is healthy and growth-oriented, can feel like a threat. Creating space can feel like we are detaching ourselves from our partner, like we are lessening the closeness we have worked so hard to nurture with them. However, space isn't about disconnection - it's about trust.

As Perel argues, space within a relationship helps to preserve the mystery and sense of "otherness" that fuels desire. It is what allows each person to exist outside of the relationship as a whole, complex individual, not just half of a merged identity. This might mean nurturing your own routines and habits, exploring separate interests and hobbies, or preserving aspects of your own inner worlds that aren't always shared (i.e. journaling).

Honoring your autonomy and individuality is important, because when you maintain a strong sense of self, you are both empowering yourself as well as bringing more depth to your relationship. You aren't relying on the relationship to define you - you enrich it by showing up as your most authentic self. When each partner feels the freedom of both being themselves and being deeply connected, love becomes a space of freedom rather than confinement or stagnation.

09/25/2025

Couple Therapy Toronto is looking at cutting edge ways of standing out in the crowded market of psychotherapy and starting to wonder if unlimited tissue and compassion are just not cutting it anymore. Do we need to spice things up?

Share your unlimited garlic bread opinions in the comments as well as all other equally brilliant ideas with our marketing and taste/scent innovation department. What about cinnamon rolls? A fondue fountain?
& Tag someone who would cry harder for bread 🍞👀

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www.coupletherapytoronto.com Couple Therapy Toronto offers therapy and counselling for adults, kids, couples & families in Toronto. We are passionate about supporting meaningful and sustainable changes in your life and your important relationships through individual counselling and therapy with the ones you love. In addition to our services, We built our website to serve as a resource for anyone interested in learning about therapy and counselling, relationships, mindfulness & meditation, and the common challenges that lead people to seek professional support.