Virtual Therapy · Serving Winnipeg & All of Manitoba
Online Therapy & Counselling in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Private counselling for Winnipeg residents by video — trauma therapy, couples counselling, grief support, and addictions recovery. Evening and weekend appointments, first sessions typically within days, and receipts you can submit to your insurance plan.
Free 15-minute consultation · No referral needed · Seven days a week
A therapist for Winnipeg — without the waitlist
TEO Counselling is a virtual practice working with clients across Manitoba, with a free consultation to check fit first.
Because every session happens by video, it makes no difference whether you’re in St. Boniface, Transcona, River Heights, or St. James — or well outside the Perimeter in Brandon, Steinbach, or Selkirk. No downtown parking, no rush-hour crossing, no waiting room.
And winter is a real factor here. When it’s −30 and dark by suppertime, getting across town for an appointment is a genuine barrier — and the isolation of the cold months is a familiar reason Manitobans seek support for low mood and depression. Online sessions remove the drive, and evening and weekend hours fit around work and family.
Counselling services for Winnipeg
Trauma & PTSD Therapy
EMDR (EMDRIA-trained), Internal Family Systems, and CBT for Trauma, delivered by video. Processing painful memories from your own home is something many trauma clients come to prefer.
Couples & Relationship Counselling
Gottman Method (Levels 1 & 2) couples work for Winnipeg partners dealing with conflict cycles, distance, or broken trust. Evening video sessions mean neither of you has to leave work early or find a sitter to attend together.
Grief & Loss
Support after bereavement, anticipatory grief, and losses that others don’t always recognize — including grief that surfaces long after the funeral, and grief nobody around you seems to name. Sessions move at the pace you set.
Addictions & Recovery
Non-judgmental addictions counselling grounded in concurrent-disorders and community mental-health experience — for substance use and gambling, at whatever stage of change you’re in.
Two counsellors serving Winnipeg & Manitoba
Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC
Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) — a national voluntary certification through the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association — and Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO — Ontario. Trauma and EMDR therapist (EMDRIA-trained) with training in IFS Levels 1–2, Gottman Method Levels 1–2, and CBT for Trauma, plus addictions counselling and community mental-health experience. Sessions in English and Arabic.
Counselling and psychotherapy are not a regulated profession in Manitoba, so Manitobans can book directly with no referral. Mohamad works with Manitoba clients under his CCC certification and its professional code of ethics, and holds a master’s degree in counselling psychology (MACP).
Book with MohamadRola Shbib, BSW (Hons)
Ontario Registered Social Worker (RSW, OCSWSSW), based in London, Ontario. Rola comes to counselling from the front lines — crisis response, suicide prevention, and community mental health and addiction services — and holds an honours degree in thanatology, the study of grief, dying and bereavement.
Counselling is not a regulated profession in Manitoba, so you can book directly with no referral. Reach out and we will match you with whichever of us fits what you need.
Book a Free ConsultationFrom the Exchange District to the Perimeter — and beyond
Video sessions reach every Winnipeg neighbourhood and every Manitoba community. Learn more about online therapy across Manitoba.
Winnipeg · St. Boniface · St. Vital · Transcona · St. James · Fort Garry · North & East Kildonan · Brandon · Steinbach · Winkler · Selkirk · Portage la Prairie · Thompson · and everywhere in between
Common questions about counselling in Winnipeg
How do I find a therapist in Winnipeg without a long wait?
Manitoba’s public mental-health services do important work, and demand is high — waits are common. As a private virtual practice, TEO Counselling has no waitlist: book a free 15-minute consultation online and a first session with your counsellor can follow within days.
Will my insurance cover counselling in Winnipeg?
You receive a receipt after every session. Many extended health plans cover services from a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) or a Registered Social Worker (RSW) — coverage varies by insurer, so check your plan’s details before booking, and ask whether your policy names the CCC designation.
How is private counselling different from free services like Klinic?
Winnipeg’s community services, including Klinic, provide valuable free crisis and counselling support, and we encourage anyone in crisis to use them. Private counselling offers something complementary: a consistent therapist you choose, ongoing weekly or biweekly sessions, evening and weekend scheduling, and receipts for your insurance plan. Many people use both.
How much does therapy cost in Winnipeg?
Individual sessions are $150 per 60-minute session and couples sessions are $175 per 60-minute session; a small number of reduced-fee spots are held — if cost is a barrier, mention it during the consultation. Your initial 15-minute consultation is always free.
Do you offer couples therapy or marriage counselling in Winnipeg?
Yes. Mohamad provides Gottman Method couples counselling (Levels 1 and 2 trained) by video for couples across Winnipeg and Manitoba. Couples sessions are $175 per 60-minute session, and appointments run seven days a week from 2pm to 11pm Winnipeg time, so both partners can actually attend.
Can counselling help with winter low mood and isolation?
Yes. Seasonal low mood and the isolation of the cold months are a familiar reason Manitobans reach out. Evidence-based approaches such as CBT can help you build the routines, connection, and thinking patterns that make winter easier to carry — without leaving the house for your appointment.
Do you offer counselling in Arabic?
Yes. Mohamad, the counsellor who works with Manitoba clients, offers sessions in Arabic as well as English — so you can do the work in whichever language feels most natural, and switch between them mid-session if that helps.
Couples therapy in Winnipeg — online, Gottman-informed
Couples therapy for Winnipeg is by video with Mohamad Shabib, who has completed the Gottman Method at Levels 1 and 2; the Gottman Institute’s separate therapist credential is not claimed here. Sessions are $175 per 60-minute session, and the first step is a free 15-minute consultation that one or both of you can attend.
The early sessions are an assessment: how the two of you get into the same argument, what each of you does when it starts, how — or whether — you repair afterwards, and what you have each stopped saying. From there the work is specific: the soft start-up to a hard conversation, catching a partner’s attempt at repair mid-fight instead of driving past it, or the four responses the method treats as corrosive — criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling. Nobody is assigned blame.
Winnipeg logistics are part of why couples start here. Appointments run from 2pm to 11pm Central, seven days a week, and because it is video, one of you can be at home in Transcona while the other is still at work or away on rotation — same call, two locations. You do not need to be married, or in crisis, to book. More on the couples counselling page.
Free supports in Manitoba, and where private counselling fits
If you are in crisis, use the free lines first — they are staffed around the clock and need no appointment. The Klinic Crisis Line is 204-786-8686 or toll-free 1-888-322-3019 (24/7); the Manitoba Suicide Prevention & Support Line is 1-877-435-7170 (24/7); anywhere in Canada you can call or text 9-8-8 (24/7); in an emergency call 911. On a farm or in a rural or Northern community, Manitoba Farm, Rural & Northern Support Services offers free, confidential telephone counselling at 1-866-367-3276, and 2-1-1 connects you to Manitoba community services in more than 150 languages. Our resources page lists these with links.
Private counselling is what comes next, when you want the same person each week. Manitoba Health does not pay for counselling in private practice, so sessions are paid privately — $150 per 60-minute individual session, $175 for couples — and reimbursement through an extended health plan depends on the designation your plan covers (CCC, RSW or Registered Psychotherapist). Direct billing is available with Mohamad for plans on the TELUS eClaims network (Canada Life and Manulife among them); Rola is not on the direct-bill line, and for any plan we cannot bill you pay at the time and claim with the receipt. Times are confirmed in Central time. Between sessions, our 24 free printable tools need no sign-up.
What does marriage counselling in Winnipeg cost?
Marriage counselling in Winnipeg costs $175 per 60-minute couples session at TEO Counselling, and it starts with a free 15-minute consultation so both of you can meet the counsellor before committing to anything.
Couples work here is with Mohamad Shabib, MACP, CCC, trained in the Gottman Method (Levels 1 and 2) — a structured approach built around how couples argue, repair, and reconnect. Sessions look at the conflict cycle you keep falling into, what each of you is actually asking for underneath it, trust repair after it has been dented or broken, and the slow drift into running a household instead of sharing a life. Whether you call it marriage counselling, couples therapy, or relationship counselling, it is the same work — and you do not need to be married, or in crisis, to book it.
Video removes the logistics that keep Winnipeg couples from starting. No arranging a sitter for a weekday afternoon, no office neither of you works near, no January drive across the city after dark. You can share one couch or join from two different places entirely — one of you at home in St. Vital, the other on a break downtown — and evening and weekend appointments mean neither of you has to leave work early to attend together.
If you are still weighing it up, the free consultation is the practical first step: bring your questions, describe what has been happening, and decide from there. You can also read more about how couples counselling works.
A free tool for this
The Couples Communication Kit is a free printable on the soft start-up, repair attempts mid-argument and the fight you have already had eleven times — useful on its own or between sessions.
What hours can Winnipeg clients book therapy?
Appointments run seven days a week from noon to 9pm Pacific time, which is 2pm to 11pm in Winnipeg. A 9pm session after the kids are down is an ordinary booking here, not a special request — and weekends count as regular days.
That window exists for people whose days are already spoken for: healthcare workers coming off a rotation, tradespeople on early starts, students stacking classes and part-time shifts, parents whose only quiet hour arrives late. Because there is no commute on either end, a session fits inside an evening instead of consuming it.
If you are specifically looking for an EMDR therapist in Winnipeg, that work is with Mohamad, who is EMDRIA-trained and delivers EMDR by video using visual or self-tapping bilateral stimulation. The free consultation is the right place to ask whether EMDR, IFS, or CBT-based work fits what you are carrying — Mohamad can walk you through how each approach handles trauma differently.
Sessions are confidential, within the limits every counsellor in Canada must explain up front: records can be released under a court order or subpoena, and a counsellor must act when there is a serious risk of harm to you or someone else, or a suspicion that a child needs protection. Those limits are walked through with you before your first session.
Winnipeg & Manitoba mental health resources
Winnipeg has strong free community supports available right now:
- · Klinic Crisis Line: (204) 786-8686 or 1-888-322-3019 (24/7)
- · Manitoba Suicide Prevention & Support Line: 1-877-435-7170 (24/7)
- · 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 9-8-8 (24/7)
- · Kids Help Phone (for young people): 1-800-668-6868, or text CONNECT to 686868
If you are in immediate danger, please call 911.
Start counselling in Winnipeg this week
A free 15-minute consultation is the easiest first step — meet a counsellor, ask your questions, and decide from there. No referral, no waitlist, no pressure.
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