Virtual Therapy · Serving Mississauga, Ontario
Online Therapist & Counselling for Mississauga
Finding a therapist in Mississauga shouldn't mean a waitlist, a drive across the 403, or settling for whoever has a daytime opening. TEO Counselling works by video — therapy for anxiety, trauma and grief, plus relationship and marriage counselling, with evening and weekend hours, in English or Arabic.
Free 15 minute consultation · No referral needed · Seven days a week
A therapist for Mississauga — without adding another commute
TEO Counselling is a fully virtual practice, so there is no office in Mississauga to reach through Hurontario traffic — no waiting room, no parking garage under Square One. Every appointment happens by video through the Jane platform, with Zoom or Google Meet as a backup. Your session starts wherever you are: home in Erin Mills, a quiet room at work in Heartland, or a parked car with the doors locked and twenty free minutes.
In Ontario, psychotherapy is a regulated profession, and the people you would work with hold Ontario registrations. Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC, is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO and a Canadian Certified Counsellor — he anchors the trauma, anxiety and couples work. Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons), RSW, is a Registered Social Worker with the OCSWSSW, based in London, Ontario, who offers counselling to clients across Ontario, including Mississauga, with a focus on crisis support, grief and loss, anxiety, and addictions.
Mississauga is home to a large Arabic-speaking community, and this is one of the few practices where that is not an afterthought: both clinicians work in Arabic as well as English, and faith-aware counselling is available for clients who want their beliefs in the room rather than checked at the door.
Counselling services for Mississauga
Relationship & Marriage Counselling — with Mohamad
Relationship therapy in Mississauga usually collides with two commutes and one clinic calendar. Evening and weekend video sessions remove that barrier, and each partner can join from a different location when work keeps you apart. Mohamad, trained in Gottman Method Levels 1 & 2, works on conflict cycles, trust repair after betrayal, and rebuilding closeness when a marriage has drifted into logistics.
Trauma & Anxiety Therapy — with Mohamad
For trauma, PTSD, panic, and anxious overthinking, Mohamad draws on EMDR (trained to the advanced level through EMDRIA), Internal Family Systems Levels 1 & 2, and CBT for Trauma — approaches chosen with you at the consultation, not applied by default.
Grief, Crisis & Addictions — with Rola
Rola came to counselling through crisis lines and suicide-prevention work, and holds an honours degree in thanatology — the study of death, dying, and bereavement. If you are carrying a loss, supporting someone through a crisis, or rethinking your relationship with alcohol or other substances, she works gently and at your pace, from a trauma-informed lens — in English or Arabic.
Serving every corner of Mississauga
Virtual sessions reach the whole city — and the neighbours on either side.
Port Credit · Streetsville · Erin Mills · Meadowvale · Cooksville · Clarkson · Lorne Park · Malton · Lakeview · City Centre · Heartland · Brampton · Oakville · Milton · Etobicoke — plus Toronto and everywhere else in the province through our Ontario therapy page
Common questions about therapy in Mississauga
How do I find a therapist in Mississauga without a long waitlist?
You can book directly with TEO Counselling — no referral needed. Start with a free 15 minute video consultation, and most new clients have their first full session within days rather than months.
How much does therapy in Mississauga cost?
Individual therapy is $150 per 60-minute session and couples therapy is $175 per 60-minute session, with a sliding scale available if cost is a barrier. The initial 15 minute consultation is always free, and you receive an insurance-ready receipt after every session.
Do you offer marriage counselling in Mississauga?
Yes. Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO trained in Gottman Method Levels 1 & 2, works with couples across Ontario by video. Couples sessions are $175 per 60-minute session, with evening and weekend times so both partners can attend.
Is there an Arabic-speaking therapist for Mississauga?
Yes. Both Mohamad Shabib and Rola Shbib offer counselling in Arabic as well as English, so sessions can run entirely in Arabic — no interpreter, and no translating a feeling before it can be said.
Does OHIP cover counselling in Mississauga?
No. OHIP does not pay for private psychotherapy or counselling. Many extended health plans cover services from a Registered Psychotherapist or a Registered Social Worker — check whether your plan wording includes the Qualifying category of Registered Psychotherapist before booking.
When can I book a session if I live in Mississauga?
Sessions run seven days a week from 3pm to midnight Eastern time — the practice works from noon to 9pm Pacific, which lands in Mississauga as afternoons and evenings. An after-work start is an ordinary booking here, not an exception.
How much does therapy in Mississauga cost?
Therapy for Mississauga clients is $150 per 60-minute individual session and $175 per 60-minute couples session. Before either, there is a free 15 minute video consultation — a short conversation about what is going on and whether this is a reasonable fit, with no charge and no obligation to continue.
A few reduced-fee spots are held for people for whom the full fee is a barrier. Ask about one during the consultation. It is a normal question and it changes nothing about how you are treated.
Cancellations need 24 hours' notice. Inside that window, and for a session nobody attends, the full fee is charged.
What does Arabic-language therapy actually change?
Working in Arabic means no interpreter, no third person listening in, and no translating a sentence before it can be understood. If the word you need only really exists in Arabic, use the Arabic one — and if your sentences naturally switch between languages mid-thought, that is fine too. Both Mohamad and Rola work that way.
It also changes what does not need explaining. Family obligation, what it costs to be the eldest, how a community talks — and does not talk — about mental health: these can be discussed without first teaching your therapist the context they live in.
Faith is welcome in the room on your terms. Some clients want their beliefs woven into the work; others want counselling that simply respects them without centring them. Both are available — see our Muslim-informed counselling in Ontario page for how that works in practice.
Evening appointments, on Mississauga time
Sessions run seven days a week, from noon to 9pm Pacific. In Mississauga that is 3pm to midnight. If your day ends with the 403, the 401, or a GO train into Port Credit, a 7pm or 9pm start is a real slot here rather than a favour someone squeezes in.
That window matters most for couples. Finding one evening hour two working people can both protect is usually the hardest part of starting marriage counselling — weekend and late-evening times exist precisely for that.
Registrations, and what they mean
Titles are easy to mix up, so here is the plain version for all three clinicians at the practice.
Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC, is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO — an Ontario registration — who works with clients in all six provinces the practice serves. His training: Advanced EMDR through EMDRIA, Internal Family Systems Levels 1 and 2, Gottman Method Levels 1 and 2, CBT for Trauma Levels 1 and 2, DBT, and Indigenous Focused Oriented Therapy. He also holds a graduate diploma in addiction treatment and prevention, and has done concurrent trauma and addictions work at Edgewood.
Rola Shbib is a Registered Social Worker (Ontario) with the OCSWSSW. Her background is crisis intervention and suicide prevention, addictions and mental health, and grief and loss, with an honours degree in thanatology.
Alison Shaji, RCC (BCACC), works with clients in British Columbia only. Her training: EMDR, Gottman Method Levels 1 and 2, CBT, DBT, EFFT, and psychoanalytic, inner-child and shadow work.
Those are levels of training completed, not certifications, and we do not describe them as anything more than that. If a particular approach matters to you, ask at the consultation which clinician holds the training for it. And because the practice serves British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador, a move does not mean starting over with someone new.
Does OHIP cover counselling in Mississauga?
No — OHIP does not pay for private psychotherapy or counselling, in Mississauga or anywhere else in Ontario. No provincial plan does. Every session here is paid for privately.
After each session you receive an insurance-ready receipt showing the clinician's name and registration. Where your plan is one TEO can bill directly — Pacific Blue Cross, CVAP and plans on the TELUS eClaims network among them — you pay only the part it does not cover. Otherwise the fee leaves your account first and your extended health plan reimburses you afterwards if it covers the service.
Read the wording of your plan before you rely on it. If it lists Registered Psychotherapist, ask specifically whether the Qualifying category of Registered Psychotherapist is included, because the plan's wording is what decides it. If it lists Registered Social Worker, ask which registrations the plan counts.
The limits, stated plainly
Because everything happens over video, some kinds of help sit outside what this practice can give. Nobody can sit beside you in a waiting room, drive you anywhere, or walk into Trillium Health Partners with you. If that is the support you need right now, say so at the consultation and you will be pointed toward Peel services that provide it.
Counsellors and psychotherapists do not diagnose, screen or assess. Nobody here will tell you that you have a condition, or that you do not have one. Medication is a separate matter: a prescription comes from a physician or a nurse practitioner.
What you say stays between you and your clinician, with four exceptions that are explained before the first session — a serious risk that you will harm yourself, a serious risk that you will harm another person, a suspicion that a child is being abused or neglected, and a subpoena or court order for the records.
Video also asks something practical of you: a private space and a connection that holds. If neither is easy to arrange at home, raise it at the consultation rather than after the first session.
Common questions
Is relationship therapy different from marriage counselling?
The names differ more than the work does. Whether you call it relationship therapy, couples counselling or marriage counselling, sessions here follow the same Gottman-informed structure with Mohamad, cost $175 per 60-minute session, and are open to any two partners — married or not.
Who provides EMDR, and what does a session involve?
For clients in Ontario, EMDR here is Mohamad's — his EMDR training is at the advanced level through EMDRIA. In session it means holding attention on a distressing memory while following a repeated cue. The working model behind EMDR is that doing so changes how the memory is stored; the mechanism itself is still contested, and how you will respond is not something anyone can tell you in advance.
What happens if I need to cancel?
With 24 hours' notice, nothing — you reschedule and there is no charge. Inside 24 hours, or if the session is missed, the full fee applies.
Can I get a diagnosis or medication through TEO?
No. Counsellors and psychotherapists do not diagnose, screen or assess for conditions. A diagnosis has to come from a professional whose scope includes it, and a prescription comes from a physician or a nurse practitioner. If you are already working with one, sessions here can run alongside that care.
Mississauga & Peel mental health resources
- · 24.7 Crisis Support Peel Dufferin (CMHA): 905-278-9036 or 1-888-811-2222
- · 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 9-8-8 (24/7)
- · ConnexOntario (mental health & addictions navigation): 1-866-531-2600
- · Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911.
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