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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.

12/08/2025

When someone you love starts to noticeably change their behaviour, it can stir up a lot of anxiety. In situations like this, where your partner starts drinking more than usual, it may not yet feel like a crisis. Maybe it's just enough to make you uneasy, or enough that you've started to pull back emotionally. You might be afraid to come off as controlling, overreacting, or nagging if you say something. But staying silent won't bring any clarity - conversation will.

Here are a few scripts you can use to approach the conversation with care and without judgement:
"I've noticed you've been drinking more lately, and I just wanted to check in. How are you doing, really?"
"I love you, and I'm bringing this up because I care about how you're feeling, not just what you're doing."
"I know that we all cope in different ways, but I've been feeling a bit distant now that your drinking has increased. Could we talk about ways to deal with stress together?"
"When you drink this much, I start feeling unsafe/alone/shut out, and that's hard for me to sit with."

And if you need to set boundaries:
"I'm not comfortable being around this level of drinking. I feel like it's changing how we connect, and I want to feel close to you."
"This isn't an ultimatum, it's just an invitation to figure things out together."

These conversations may not lead to instant change, but they can open the door to reflection and accountability. You are allowed to express your discomfort, and name what is hurting you, and you're allowed to ask for a relationship that feels emotionally safe.

Once the door is open to conversation, if your partner's drinking feels out of their control, you may want to offer to help them to connect with resources that can support them in making changes, like AA or addictions counselling. Will power and good intentions are often just not sufficient when facing alcohol dependency. Neither of you have to, nor should you, carry this on your own. Support is available, and small steps toward it can make a meaningful difference for both you, your partner, and your relationship.

👇 Have you ever had to bring up something like this with a partner? What helped - or what would you have done differently?

12/03/2025

The full version of this quote goes over how we minimize our natural longing to be emotionally close by masking it with more limited expressions of our needs - most commonly through s*x. Substitutes like s*x feel more safe to us than saying "I feel distant from you and I want to feel close again," especially when we don't feel secure in our relationships. This all isn't to say that s*x isn't meaningful, but when it becomes the primary way that we try to reconnect, it could be a sign that we are bypassing the emotional conversations we truly need.

💬 Have you ever noticed yourself reaching for connection through actions rather than words? Why do you think you do this? When are physical acts better than words for reconnecting? When are they insufficient?

11/26/2025

Here's how gaming addiction can impact relationships:

📌 Emotional distance: Those on the outside feel like they are competing with a screen, and losing. This isn't always about "not caring" - it's often about emotional overwhelm or avoidance that is going unaddressed.
📌 Loneliness: Gaming is often social, but it can create deep isolation for everyone involved in the addiction. Those on the outside feel abandoned, while the gamer feels shame or defensiveness and withdraws even further. Gaming becomes the safer space, while the relationship suffers.
📌 Avoidance: The habit becomes a shield. "If I'm gaming, I don't have to think about what's wrong."
📌 Intimacy loss (physically and emotionally): Healing the connection and closeness in this case will mean understanding the why behind the behaviour, not just trying to cut screen time.

If you have a loved one struggling with gaming addiction, or you believe they are developing a gaming addiction, it is important to remember that the addiction is often hiding a deeper internal struggle. Showing that you care by communicating your concerns with compassion and empathy are an important first step.

And if you are the one struggling, know that you are not broken, lazy, or selfish. Gaming may be your way of coping, managing pain, or searching for control in a world that feels overwhelming - but you deserve more than just escaping. You deserve connection, understanding, and support.

11/25/2025

We don't want to act like online therapy /isn't/ different from in-person. It is, and that brings with it unique drawbacks and opportunities that aren't available in an office setting. Let's lay out some of those opportunities that we haven't yet touched on in this post.

The first thing that comes to mind from a couples/relational therapy point of view, is that when couples meet us from home, they are inviting us into their lived environment where their dynamics naturally play out. From this, we can get some pretty valuable context: how you share your space with each other, how interruptions or distractions are managed, even the space itself can provide some insight. Through this, online therapy can in some ways deepen the connection we have with clients and enhance our understanding by bridging the gap between the "therapy room" and everyday life. In addition to that, online can give our clients more agency to shape their environment in a way that suits their needs. We do everything we can to make our offices as comfortable and inviting as possible, but there is only so much we can do to suit everyone's needs. With online therapy, you get to choose whether you have a blanket or pillows nearby, if you want a cup of tea or coffee, how and where you'll sit, etc. These small adjustments can contribute to lowering our defenses, making it easier to be vulnerable.

So although we understand why some might be more inclined to in-person therapy or have tried online therapy and just didn't think it was for them, we think it is worth it to try if you are unsure - it might surprise you!

11/19/2025

What do you do if your partner doesn't like your friends? How do you deal with your best friend hating your partner? Sometimes it may just be clashing personalities, while other times the cause may be deeper, like boundaries, values, or emotional safety. It might feel like you are being forced to pick a side, and it may cause a rift between you and your partner or friends. I can feel as though they are criticizing a core part of your identity. Before jumping to conclusions, it can be helpful to look at what is underneath the tension so you can address it together.

Ask yourself:
💬 Has my partner/friend identified a specific behaviour, or just vague discomfort?
💬 Is there jealousy, protectiveness, or another red flag I'm not seeing?
💬 What role am I playing in this - mediating or escalating?

When you understand why they feel the way they do, you can talk about what matters. You might become aware of important issues that need to be addressed. Maybe your friend or partner engaged in some hurtful or untrustworthy behaviour. Maybe there are some misunderstandings or assumptions that need to be clarified. At the minimum, you might able to offer some validation for some of their feelings and concerns, even if you don't see things the way they do, and request the same from them.

In the end, it is important to remember that you can honour other people's feelings without shrinking your world to fit their comfort zone. And if the discomfort is rooted in genuine red flags, this reflection can help give you insight to take the next steps from a more grounded place.

Have you ever been caught in the middle like this? What helped you navigate it, or what do you wish you'd done differently?

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?

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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.