Separation & divorce · North York & online across Ontario
The end of a relationship is a loss, whoever decided. Therapy for the grief and the anger, the practical chaos, the co-parenting, and the quieter question of who you are on the other side of it.
Even a separation you chose brings grief. One you did not choose can feel like the ground giving way. Either way, it usually arrives with far more than sadness.
Mourning a future you had planned, and a person who is still very much alive, is a loss other people often do not know how to recognise.
Feelings that seem to contradict each other, sometimes in the same hour. All of them make sense. None of them mean you are doing it wrong.
Who you are outside the relationship, and what you actually want, can be hard to find after years of deciding together.
Staying steady for the children while managing your own feelings about the other parent is one of the hardest things separation asks.
Some people come before anything is decided, to think honestly about staying or leaving, without pressure in either direction.
Dating, loneliness, money, a smaller home, the empty weekends. The practical life after divorce has an emotional weight of its own.
Adults at any point in a separation, from "I am not sure I can stay" to years after the papers were signed. Children and teens whose parents are separating are welcome too.
A confidential place to think it through honestly, without being pushed toward either answer.
When the logistics, the lawyers, and the feelings are all happening at once and there is nowhere to put any of it down.
Support for you as a parent, and separately for children and teens adjusting to two homes. Family sessions are with Melissa ($220), Katherine or Sepideh ($200).
When the divorce is old news to everyone else but something in you has not moved on. Often that is grief that never got its turn.
Melissa sees clients in person in North York and online.
Works with grief and life transitions, relationship concerns, and the self-criticism that often follows a separation. Read Melissa's bio · Book with Melissa
You do not have to hold this together alone
That is what the free 15-minute consultation is for.
Practical and honest. We will not tell you whether to stay or go, or take sides about your former partner. We help you feel what needs feeling, decide what needs deciding, and rebuild at a pace you can actually manage.
Making room for the loss, including the parts other people minimise, so it has less hold on you from underneath.
Understanding the patterns that played out in the relationship, so they are less likely to travel with you into the next one. About EFT
Realistic tools for the hard conversations, the handovers, the sleepless nights, and the moments you want to send the message you know you should not.
When you are ready to talk, we are here
Free 15-minute consultation · In person in North York or online across Ontario · Direct billing to many insurers
Mindful Connections Therapy
Whether you are still deciding, in the thick of it, or years past it, you do not have to carry it alone. Book a free 15-minute consultation and we will see if we are a good fit.