Muslim Counselling · Ontario
Muslim Therapist in Ontario — Online Counselling, in English or Arabic with Mohamad
Finding a therapist who understands both the clinical work and the cultural context shouldn’t take months. TEO Counselling offers online therapy for Muslim individuals and couples across Ontario — Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Ottawa, London, and everywhere in between. Sessions are in English with either Ontario clinician, or in Arabic with Mohamad Shabib; faith is welcome in the room to exactly the degree you want it there, and every appointment is virtual and confidential, within limits explained before you begin. This is the Ontario page of our national Muslim therapist in Canada guide.
Free 15-minute consultation · Seven days a week · No referral needed
Muslim therapist in Ontario, at a glance. TEO Counselling provides online therapy by video for Muslim clients across Ontario with two Ontario-registered clinicians: Mohamad Shabib, a Muslim therapist and Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO (#14298), in English or Arabic, and Rola Shbib, a Registered Social Worker with the OCSWSSW (#866715), for individual therapy. Faith is welcome to the degree the client wants; TEO offers psychotherapy, not religious rulings. Appointments run 3:00 pm to midnight Eastern, seven days a week. Individual sessions are $150 and couples sessions $175, each 60 minutes, with no intake or assessment fee; OHIP does not cover psychotherapy in private practice, every session comes with an insurance-ready receipt, and direct billing is available with Mohamad for Pacific Blue Cross and TELUS eClaims plans (Canada Life, Manulife). The first step is a free 15-minute consultation by video or a scheduled phone call, booked online, no referral needed.
Ontario-registered care, without the Ontario commute
Your care is regulated in the province where you live. Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC, is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and a Canadian Certified Counsellor. Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons), RSW, is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), based in London, Ontario.
TEO is a fully virtual practice — there is no office in Toronto, Mississauga, or Ottawa, and for some clients that’s precisely the point. No fighting the 401 after work, no downtown parking, and no waiting room where a neighbour or someone from the masjid might see you. You meet your therapist by video from wherever in Ontario you are.
Appointments run seven days a week, 3 pm to midnight Eastern (noon to 9 pm Pacific), built around work schedules, school pickups, and everything else that makes daytime therapy impossible.
Two Ontario clinicians — Arabic with Mohamad, English with either
Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with CRPO and Canadian Certified Counsellor. Mohamad works in Arabic and English with trauma and PTSD — including war, displacement, and the long shadow both cast — using EMDR (EMDRIA-trained), Internal Family Systems (Levels 1–2), CBT for Trauma, and Gottman Method couples therapy (Levels 1–2), with hands-on addictions experience.
Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons), RSW (Ontario)
Registered Social Worker with the OCSWSSW, based in London, Ontario. Rola’s background spans crisis intervention and suicide prevention, grief and loss — she holds an honours degree in thanatology — and addictions and mental health, all practised through a trauma-informed lens. If you’d feel more at ease with a female clinician, you can book with Rola directly.
Muslim marriage counselling
Marriage difficulties may not stay between two people. In-law expectations, family reputation, decisions about children — couples counselling that ignores this context can produce advice that doesn’t survive contact with real life. Our couples work uses the Gottman Method, a structured, research-based approach to conflict, communication, and trust repair, applied by a clinician who doesn’t need the family dynamics explained first.
Couples sessions are $175 per 60-minute session and held virtually — partners can join from the same couch or from different cities, and evening slots mean neither of you has to leave work early. To be clear about the boundary: this is clinical couples therapy delivered with cultural understanding. We don’t arbitrate religious questions, and we don’t take sides. You can read more about how we work with couples on our relationship counselling page.
Nobody has to know you’re in therapy
In tight-knit communities, the barrier isn’t always therapy itself — it’s being seen going. So here is exactly how your privacy works: sessions are protected by Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and by the professional standards of CRPO and OCSWSSW. Nothing reaches your spouse, your parents, or anyone in your community without your written consent, and the narrow legal exceptions — serious risk of harm, a child who needs protection, a court order, or abuse by a regulated health professional — are laid out plainly before your first session.
Because everything is virtual, there’s no clinic door to walk through and no parked car to explain. From the outside, a session looks like any other video call.
Faith-integrated if you want it — never imposed
Some clients want faith woven through the work — meaning, religiously framed guilt, identity, belonging. Others want straightforward evidence-based therapy from someone who won’t need Ramadan explained. Both are welcome here, and you can change your mind at any point. Mohamad Shabib is a Muslim therapist, so the cultural and religious context doesn’t need a preamble. If you’ve been searching for Islamic counselling, the honest distinction is this: what we provide is spiritually integrated therapy — clinical care with room for your faith — not religious instruction, and nobody is assessed on their level of practice.
If waswas about wudu or salah, fear of sin, or distressing intrusive thoughts about faith have become constant and hard to switch off, our article on scrupulosity and waswas (religious OCD) explains what that can be, how it differs from sincere faith, and what the evidence says about treatment.
Related pages: therapy with an Arabic-speaking therapist, and our national page for Muslim clients across Canada, which also covers British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland & Labrador.
Serving Muslim communities across Ontario
Virtual sessions reach every city, suburb, and small town in the province.
Toronto · Mississauga · Brampton · Scarborough · Ottawa · London · Hamilton · Kitchener–Waterloo · Windsor · Markham · Milton · Oakville · and everywhere else in Ontario
Common questions about faith-informed counselling
Is there a Muslim therapist in Ontario who offers sessions in Arabic?
Yes. Mohamad Shabib, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with CRPO, offers sessions in Arabic or English, and you can move between the two languages whenever it feels natural. Rola Shbib, Registered Social Worker with OCSWSSW, also sees clients across Ontario, in English.
Can I request a female clinician?
Yes. Rola Shbib, BSW (Hons), RSW (Ontario), is a female Registered Social Worker based in London, Ontario who sees clients across the province. You can book with her directly — you never need to justify the preference.
Do you offer Muslim marriage counselling in Ontario?
Yes. Couples sessions use the Gottman Method, applied with a working understanding of how marriage sits inside extended-family and community expectations. Sessions are $175 per 60-minute session, held virtually, and partners can join from the same room or from different cities.
Do you have an office in Toronto, Mississauga, or Ottawa?
No — TEO Counselling is a virtual practice, so there is no Ontario office to travel to. You meet your therapist by video from home, which also means nobody from your community sees you walking into a clinic.
Will anything be shared with my family or community?
No. Sessions are confidential under Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and the professional standards of CRPO and OCSWSSW. Nothing is released without your written consent, apart from narrow legal exceptions explained before you begin.
Will my insurance cover sessions?
You’ll receive a receipt after every session. Reimbursement depends on the designation your plan covers — Registered Psychotherapist for Mohamad, Registered Social Worker for Rola — so check your specific plan before booking, and ask us if you’re unsure what to look for. Direct billing is available with Mohamad for Pacific Blue Cross and plans on the TELUS eClaims network (Canada Life and Manulife among them); Rola is not on the direct-bill line.
If you need someone now
Therapy is not a crisis service. These are free and staffed around the clock:
- · 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 9-8-8 (Canada, 24/7); 911 in an emergency
- · Kids Help Phone (for young people): 1-800-668-6868, or text CONNECT to 686868
- · Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 (24/7)
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911.
Start with a free 15-minute conversation
A low-pressure chat about what’s going on and which clinician fits — in English, or in Arabic with Mohamad. No referral needed, no commitment, and no one has to know.
Or text: (519) 760-5211
Where we work in Ontario
Every session is by video, so where you live in Ontario changes nothing about access. Muslim clients can book from Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Mississauga, Burlington, Oakville, Guelph, London and Windsor. In Ottawa, sessions run into the late evening Eastern time, which is what can make them workable around work and family.
The province-wide picture is on the Ontario therapy page, the national page is Muslim therapist in Canada, and which plans can be billed on your behalf is set out on direct billing.