Breakup & Relationship Loss Therapy · Online in Six Provinces
A breakup is a real loss. You’re allowed to grieve it.
The end of a relationship can unsettle your sleep, your confidence, and your sense of who you are. Working with a therapist for breakup recovery gives you room to grieve what ended, understand what happened, and rebuild at your own pace.
If you need immediate support
If you or someone you know is in crisis or having thoughts of self-harm, please reach out right away — you don't have to wait for a therapy appointment.
- 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline — call or text 9-8-8 (Canada, 24/7)
- Emergency — call 911 if there is immediate danger
Breakup therapy, at a glance. TEO Counselling provides counselling after a breakup by video in British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador. Sessions are with Mohamad Shabib, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO in Ontario (#14298) and Canadian Certified Counsellor with the CCPA (#11249205); Rola Shbib, a Registered Social Worker (Ontario) with the OCSWSSW (#866715); or, for clients in British Columbia, Alison Shaji, a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BCACC (RCC #22608). Individual sessions are $150 and couples sessions $175, each 60 minutes, with no intake or assessment fee. No provincial health plan covers counselling in private practice; every session comes with an insurance-ready receipt, and direct billing is available with Mohamad and Alison for Pacific Blue Cross and TELUS eClaims plans (Canada Life, Manulife). The first step is a free 15-minute consultation, by video or scheduled phone call, booked online with no referral.
Why a breakup can hurt like a death
Waves of sadness set off by songs, places, or dates that used to mean something
Replaying conversations on a loop — what you said, what you should have said
Losing more than a partner: a routine, a friend group, a home, a future you’d planned
Relief tangled with guilt, especially if you were the one who left
If any of these resonate, you’re not imagining it — breakup grief is real grief, and it deserves support.
In therapy after a breakup, you can work to:
Grieve the relationship properly — including the future you had planned
Understand the attachment patterns beneath how you loved and how you’re hurting
Rebuild trust in other people and in your own judgment
When it’s time to reach out
Some people get through a breakup with friends, time, and distance. Consider support when the loss isn’t loosening its grip: you’re months out and still can’t sleep or focus, you’re cycling between no-contact and checking their profile at 2 a.m., the breakup has reopened older wounds, or the same pattern keeps repeating across relationships. You don’t need to be in crisis — ‘this is taking more out of me than I expected’ is reason enough.
What we work on together
Depending on what you need, we may focus on:
Grieving the relationship
Naming and mourning the loss properly instead of minimizing it because ‘nobody died’.
Attachment patterns
How early bonds shaped who you chose and how you loved — with IFS or EMDR when older wounds sit underneath.
Trust after betrayal
Working through infidelity or deception without letting it define your future relationships — or your judgment of yourself.
Identity rebuilding
Rediscovering the person outside the couple: preferences, friendships, routines, and plans that got absorbed into ‘us’.
Rumination & anxiety
CBT-informed tools for mental loops, the urge to check up on your ex, and anxiety that spikes at night.
What comes next
Getting clear on what you want — and what you’ll do differently — before your next relationship.
Who you’ll work with
Book with whoever fits best, or ask in your free consultation.
Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons), RSW (OCSWSSW)
Rola’s honours degree in thanatology — the study of grief, dying, and loss — shapes how she approaches breakups: as real grief that deserves real mourning. Her background spans crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and addictions & mental health. Based in London, Ontario, she sees clients in all six provinces.
Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC — Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO — Ontario
Mohamad works with the attachment and trauma patterns beneath painful breakups, drawing on EMDR (EMDRIA-trained), IFS (Levels 1–2), Gottman Method (Levels 1–2), and CBT for Trauma. English & Arabic.
Alison Shaji, MA Clinical Psychology, RCC (BCACC)
Alison supports BC clients using DBT, EMDR, CBT, psychoanalytic, and inner-child approaches — a strong fit when a breakup touches self-worth or old family patterns. Malayalam, Hindi & English.
Session details
Receipts are provided after every session. Whether an extended health plan reimburses depends on the designation it covers — Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC, a CCPA designation), Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Clinical Counsellor or Registered Social Worker — so check your plan before booking.
If you need immediate support
If you or someone you know is in crisis or having thoughts of self-harm, please reach out right away — you don't have to wait for a therapy appointment.
- 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline — call or text 9-8-8 (Canada, 24/7)
- Emergency — call 911 if there is immediate danger
Frequently asked questions
Is therapy worth it for a breakup?
It can be. Attachment research treats the loss of a partner as genuine grief — not something you should be able to shrug off. If a breakup is disrupting your sleep, work, or self-worth, or has stirred up older wounds, therapy offers a place to process the loss instead of waiting it out.
How much does breakup therapy cost?
Individual sessions are $150 per 60-minute session; if you and a partner or ex-partner attend together, couples sessions are $175 per 60-minute session. The first 15-minute consultation is free, and a small number of reduced-fee spots are held — if cost is a barrier, mention it during the consultation. Receipts are provided after every session — check your plan for coverage.
Can therapy help with trust issues after infidelity?
Yes — trust can be a central thread in breakup work. Betrayal doesn’t just end a relationship; it can make you doubt your own judgment. Therapy for trust issues focuses on separating what happened to you from what it says about you, and rebuilding the discernment that lets you trust — carefully — again.
How long does it take to feel better after a breakup?
There’s no fixed timeline, and we won’t promise one — it depends on the length of the relationship, how it ended, and what else it stirred up. What therapy offers is support through that time, and room to work on clarity and on looping rumination.
Which provinces do you serve — and is it all online?
All sessions are virtual, on Jane’s video with Zoom or Google Meet as a backup — there’s no office to travel to. Mohamad and Rola see clients in British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador; Alison sees clients in British Columbia.
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