Communication
Speak more clearly, listen with greater curiosity, and make difficult conversations feel more manageable.
Online couples counselling in Ontario
Virtual couples therapy across Ontario with Shannon Gagnon or Jessica Maronski. A free phone consultation is a chance to discuss what brings you here and ask about working together.
Conflict is often a cycle—not a sign that care has disappeared.
Couples can become caught in familiar patterns: one person reaches while the other pulls away, small disagreements quickly escalate, or important conversations are avoided because neither partner knows how to begin.
These cycles can take shape around communication, trust, intimacy, parenting, cultural expectations, family pressures, or major changes. Over time, partners may feel lonely, guarded, or misunderstood even when the relationship still matters deeply.
Couples therapy creates room to slow the pattern down. With care for each partner’s experience, the work can help you understand what happens between you, communicate more openly, and make intentional choices about the relationship you want to build.
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Support for the patterns between you.
Couples therapy can help partners move from reacting to one another toward greater understanding, steadiness, and choice.
Recurring Conflict
Recognize the cycle beneath familiar arguments and practise responding in a different way.
Trust & Repair
Make space for hurt, accountability, and the gradual work of rebuilding emotional safety.
Connection & Change
Navigate transitions, shifting roles, closeness, and the future of your relationship with intention.
Our couples therapists
Both Shannon and Jessica offer couples therapy at Stoneglass. You can choose either therapist's Jane page to explore appointment options.
Shannon Gagnon
Registered Social Worker · Psychotherapist · Co-founder
Accepting new clientsShannon works with couples on communication, repeated conflict, parenting differences, disconnection, and trust. She considers the patterns that develop within a relationship and the experiences each person brings.
- Communication & conflict
- Parenting differences
- Connection & trust
Jessica Maronski
Registered Psychotherapist · Co-founder
Accepting new clientsJessica offers couples therapy alongside her individual and family work. Her background includes trauma, anxiety, and life transitions; a consultation can help you explore how her approach fits your relationship concerns.
- Couples therapy
- Relationships & boundaries
- Life transitions
When the same conflict keeps returning.
- Conversations quickly turn into criticism or defensiveness
- One partner reaches while the other withdraws
- Distance grows around trust, intimacy, or everyday stress
Your first online couples appointment
The first session gives each partner an opportunity to describe their concerns and what they hope to work on. Together with your therapist, you can explore the relationship's context, strengths, and recurring patterns.
Couples appointments are 50 minutes and $280, with virtual and phone options. Before booking, discuss how both partners will join and what privacy each person will need. Our fees page lists appointment options, and cancellation terms are available in Jane.
Questions about couples therapy
Questions partners often have when considering support together.
Do we need to be in crisis to begin couples therapy?
No. Couples seek therapy for many reasons, including recurring tension, communication difficulties, changing roles, a desire for more closeness, or support through a transition. You can begin before concerns feel urgent.
What if one of us is unsure about participating?
You can use the consultation to discuss each partner’s questions and willingness to attend. If you are looking for support on your own, relationship support in individual therapy offers a different starting point. Couples therapy involves partners attending together.
Will the therapist take sides?
The focus is on understanding the relationship pattern while respecting each partner’s perspective. Couples therapy is not about deciding who is right; it is about creating enough safety and clarity to look honestly at what is happening between you.
What happens in the first couples therapy session?
The first session is an opportunity to hear what brings each partner in, understand some of the relationship’s context and strengths, and begin identifying the patterns you would like support with. You do not need to arrive with a shared explanation.
Can couples therapy work virtually?
Stoneglass offers couples therapy online across Ontario. Before booking, discuss how each partner will join, whether each person has enough privacy to speak, and whether the virtual format suits your circumstances. The free phone consultation is an opportunity to ask these questions before arranging a couples session.
A first conversation about finding a way forward, together.
Ask about couples therapy, share what you are hoping for, and explore whether this approach fits your relationship before deciding on the next step.
What you can expect:
- A free 15–20 minute phone consultation
- Virtual appointments from anywhere in Ontario
- Care from regulated mental health professionals
- We aim to respond to new inquiries within 24 hours
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Choose a therapist and view appointment options in Jane. Cancellation terms are available when you book.