Couples Counselling
Couples therapy helps partners in different phases of their relationship - whether that be dating, married, separated, or co-parenting. Working together with a qualified therapist supports the couple to learn new ways to communicate, heal, and grow. Relationships are important parts of our lives, and it's natural for them to face challenges over time and for couples to seek support.
Layla can match you and your partner with a licensed therapist suited to your goals, with sessions available on weekdays, evenings, and weekends, and covered by most benefits providers in Canada.
Content on this page has been clinically reviewed by Taylor McAllister, Registered Social Worker, Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
Layla helps guide your journey to couples counselling & marriage therapy
Pricing for couples therapy at Layla
- Registered Psychotherapist (RP)
- Registered Counselling Therapist (RCT)
- Registered Social Worker (RSW)
- Registered Psychologist
Navigating couples counselling with support for many areas
We'll help you and your partner find a couples therapist who's the right fit for the both of you.
Learn new ways to communicate, listen, and grow together in ways that support connection and reduce recurring conflict. Communication breakdowns can happen within the relationship, which can lead to recurring arguments, or feeling unheard or misunderstood. Our therapists can help you in building understanding for one another and build the skills and insight to have more constructive conversations.
It's natural for relationships to go through different phases, but feeling distant from your partner or struggling with intimacy issues is challenging. This may show up as reduced physical closeness, emotional distance, or difficulty being vulnerable with each other. Our couples therapists can help you explore how to rebuild closeness and reconnect, both emotionally and physically.
Broken trust that occurs following infidelity, can be very difficult to move through as a couple. Healing often requires support through open communication, accountability and consistency over time. Our therapists can help you to facilitate conversations needed for healing, and guide the couple through working to rebuild honesty and safety in the relationship, together.
Whether you're having disagreements about parenting styles, navigating in law or extended family conflict, or transitioning to empty nesters, relationships go through many phases where new challenges or dynamics come up. Our therapists can help you to explore how different dynamics or relational shifts may be impacting the relationship, and guide you to build the skills and understanding to move through these difficulties towards connection and understanding.
Transitions are a natural part of life and relationships. Whether you're moving in together, getting married, have experienced loss, or considering having children, getting support can help you move forward in your relationship with more clarity, and understanding to move through transitions together as a couple. Our therapists can also support couples coping with loss as they navigate complex feelings and dynamics.
There are times in life when things feel more shaky and uncertain, such as during career transitions, financial stress being exacerbated, or cultural differences start to surface more than they once did. Our therapists can help you navigate this time by supporting couples to find connection through shared understanding, working together to building a stronger foundation.
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Frequently asked questions
Our therapists operate out of their own location, provide sessions in-person, online, or by phone.
Today, our therapists are located in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia
We are across many cities, including: Toronto, Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ajax, Barrie, Beamsville, Brampton, Burlington, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, North York, Oakville, Orangeville, Oshawa, Ottawa, Petawawa, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, St. Catherines, Thornhill, Vaughan, Whitby, and Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Sherwood Park, Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria, Halifax and many more.
We are continuously building out our community.
At Layla we do not offer direct billing yet. If you are planning to use health benefits, our network of therapists includes Registered Social Workers (RSW), Registered Psychotherapists (RP) and Registered Psychologists (C.Psych), Psychological Associates (C.Psych.Assoc.), Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC), and Registered Counselling Therapists (RCT) in select regions. When looking at your benefits package, we advise that you check to see if you are covered for any of those providers.
View our guide to finding a therapist covered by your health benefits.
Learn more in our Guide to Canadian Mental Health Care Providers.
View our detailed breakdown of student mental health coverage by universities and colleges across Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Please reach out to info@layla.care for help figuring out your benefits coverage.
We require a minimum of 24-hour notice for any appointment cancellation or rescheduling in order to avoid a full cancellation fee. If you cancel or reschedule your appointment less than 24 hours before it is scheduled to take place, you will be subjected to a full cancellation fee equal to 100% of the session fee (the full cost of the session).
To cancel or reschedule, please contact your therapist directly by phone or email. You can find their contact information within your appointment confirmation email.
Please note the cancellation window is different for psychological assessments, please refer to the FAQ here for further details.
Layla Care connects adults, couples, and teenagers with qualified therapists. We also have a limited number of therapists who support children under 12, depending on availability, location and client preferences. Therapy is available on weekdays, evenings and weekends. Please let your care coordinator know what your preference is for appointment timing.
For details on services like Psychological Assessments or Lower–Cost Therapy, we recommend visiting those service pages for the latest information.
At this time, we do not offer family therapy. We’re happy to recommend providers who do offer this service and can support your needs. Please reach out to our team at contact@layla.care, and we’ll be glad to share whatever information we have about referral options for family therapists in your area.
Ultimately, you decide which therapist you want to proceed with based on your care coordinator's recommendations that are informed by the details you provide in your intake form and in your matching call. If you don't feel like the options suggested match what you are looking for, your care coordinator will be happy to discuss other options.
Several of our therapists offer sessions on weekends, and you can let us know of that preference when you sign up and we will do our best to accommodate.
Layla takes your privacy and the security of your information seriously. Electronic personal information shared with Layla is stored in a secure and encrypted way. Video sessions are not recorded. You can learn more about our privacy practices here.
Layla's support for therapist matching extends to re-matching when needed. Simply let us know what wasn’t quite working and we will match you with a therapist who better aligns with what you're looking for. We are also very interested in client feedback after instances such as these. Feedback will help us improve our matching process for future clients.
Our services are not covered by OHIP/AHCIP/MSP/MSI, but most extended health plans cover some of the professional designations registered to conduct therapy. Each plan is unique. If you’re planning on using your extended health benefits, we highly recommend you check your coverage in advance of the call so that we can connect you to the right provider.
Here’s what to look for: In your benefits booklet, insurance portal, or when you speak to an insurance representative specifically look for coverage for Psychologists.
If you need our help in checking benefits, please let us know on the phone and we’ll gladly do what we can.