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Meet Our Team

Azalea Ramos, Registered Social Worker 

Evenings/Weekends       Virtual      Accepting Clients      $150 per hour (for evenings/weekends)


Specializations: 

  • Gottman Method (Levels 1 and 2)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (Externship)
  • Couples Counselling
  • Betrayals
  • Depression, Anxiety
  • Life Transitions
  • Conflict, Communication
  • Identity
  • Attachment
  • Stress
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Trauma, Loss
  • Experience with Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ populations

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Susan Netterfield, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) 

Days/Evenings/Weekends      Virtual/In-Person       Accepting Clients
$110-$130 per hour (for day-evening, respectively)


Specializations: 

  • Gottman Method (Levels 1 and 2)
  • Prep-Enrich
  • Premarital Counselling
  • Marriage Counselling
  • Christian Counselling
  • Stress
  • Life Transitions
  • Relational Wellness 
  • Parenting Issues

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Mathilde Beauvais, MSW Intern

Days/Evenings/Weekends      Virtual/In-Person      Accepting Clients      $90-$110/hour (for day-evening, respectively)      Sliding Scale and Pro-Bono Available


Specializations in: 

  • Gottman Method (Level 1)
  • Couples Therapy
  • Individual Therapy
  • Stress
  • Life Transitions
  • Communication
  • Conflict Management
  • Young Adults
  • Families
  • Children 

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Melissa Johari Founder and Clinic Director

Days      Virtual/In-Person      Waitlist      $160/hour (for daytime)


Specializations in: 

  • Certified Gottman Therapist (Levels 1, 2, 3, Affairs, Trauma, Substances)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (Externship)
  • Prep-Enrich, SYMBIS
  • Premarital Counselling
  • Couples Therapy
  • Speaking and Workshop Facilitation
  • Couples Retreats
  • Supervision/Consulting Services (Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy) 

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Mission, Vision, and Values

The mission of The Couple Wellness Experts is to improve personal wellness one couple at a time by leading the client on a journey of healing, growth and/or learning.

The vision of The Couple Wellness Experts is to see a greater awareness in the community, the city, and the province of the need to foster healthy relationships from the start. This means parents modeling positive relational skills at home, children learning these skills in school, premarital couples taking workshops and/or doing premarital counselling, and couples reaching out proactively. Preventative action forms a solid foundation for a lifetime of friendship and closeness in relationships.

The values of The Couple Wellness Experts include respect, empowerment, compassion, honesty and integrity. As much as we may be trained "experts" in therapy, our clients are the experts in their lives and we are here to walk alongside you and help you achieve your goals. 

Areas of Specialty

Our main focus is on couples, although our practice also involves work with individuals, families, children and youth. Sometimes there is a combination thereof.  For example, if through the therapeutic process, it is discovered that part of the source of conflict for a couple is the relationship between the wife and her parents, some family work may take place. Likewise, if it comes out in our work that the teen son of the couple is causing distress for the couple, then there may be some individual work with the son and family work with all three family members.

That being said, these are the areas of work that we specialize in:

  • Marital distress
  • Premarital counselling  
  • Couple enrichment and couple retreats  
  • Adult children of divorce  
  • Parenting problems  
  • Issues of intimacy  
  • Lack of self esteem or couple esteem  
  • Stress management  
  • Emotional abuse  
  • Depression and anxiety  
  • Holistic health and well-being

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