Co-Parenting Therapy in Ottawa
Focus on the parenting, not the past. Support for separated and divorced parents.
✓ Same-week ✓ Direct billing ✓ Sliding scale ✓ Licensed therapists
Book a free consultationFocus on the parenting, not the past. Support for separated and divorced parents.
✓ Same-week ✓ Direct billing ✓ Sliding scale ✓ Licensed therapists
Book a free consultationEvery clinician is registered with a regulatory college — the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), or the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO).
We want therapy to be financially accessible for everyone. Reduced rates are available case-by-case based on need and availability.
We submit directly to most major insurers, so you don't pay out of pocket upfront.
Our office is in Ottawa. All client records are stored in Canada and handled under PIPEDA and PHIPA.
Therapy is a space to slow down and look at what's underneath. These are some of the patterns parents bring into the room.
FOR WHEN SOMETHING FEELS OFF
A message about pickup times becomes a referendum on the whole relationship. The subject changes; the dynamic doesn't.
Children often start editing what they say about one house while in the other. It looks like coping, and it costs them something.
Bedtimes, screens, homework, discipline. Perfect consistency isn't the goal, but the gap has grown wide enough that it's causing real friction.
Co-parenting therapy is not couples therapy and it's not about reconciling. The goal is a working relationship, functional enough that your children are not carrying the tension between two households.
The work usually covers a few things: communication that stays on logistics rather than history, clearer boundaries about what each of you decides alone and what needs both, and handling the moments that reliably go badly — handovers, holidays, new partners, differing rules across homes.
We also look at what children are absorbing. Children rarely need to be told there is conflict; they infer it. Reducing what they carry is often the most immediate gain.
Sessions can include both parents together, or each of you separately where meeting jointly isn't workable or isn't safe. This is therapeutic support rather than a legal service. If you need court reports or recommendations, please speak with your clinician directly so they can talk you through what's possible.
Email, phone, or fill out our booking form. There's no script and no pressure. You can share as much or as little as you want.
A real person, not a bot, will reply as soon as we can with a few options for a free 15-minute consultation.
We listen. You ask questions. No paperwork, no obligation. If we're not the right match, we'll point you toward someone who might be.
Direct billing where possible. Evening and weekend availability. Virtual or in-person in Ottawa.
Sessions are 50 minutes in length. Rates vary by therapist and are confirmed during your free consultation. We accept e-transfer and credit cards, and direct-bill most insurers.
Sliding-scale spots are available based on need. Ask during your free consultation.
Same 50-minute format, structured for two participants and shared concerns.
Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Social Worker services are covered by most extended health plans in Canada. We recommend confirming your specific coverage before your first paid session. Sun Life, Manulife, Canada Life, Green Shield, and most major insurers include coverage.
We direct-bill where your insurer allows it. Otherwise, you pay at the time of session and submit the receipt for reimbursement.
Every session generates a receipt listing the provider's license number, suitable for insurance reimbursement.
In-person sessions are held at our Ottawa office. Virtual sessions use a secure, PIPEDA-compliant video platform. You can switch between the two.
We ask for 24 hours notice on cancellations. Late cancellations and no-shows are charged the full session fee.
After the free 15-minute consultation, your first paid session is intake-focused. Bring questions, anything you have already tried, and any goals you have in mind.
QUESTIONS
Co-parenting therapy is structured support for two separated or divorced parents who need to keep making decisions together. Sessions focus on communication, boundaries, and the practical flashpoints — handovers, holidays, differing rules across homes — rather than on the former relationship. The aim is a working parenting partnership, not reconciliation.
Couples therapy works on the relationship between two partners who intend to stay together. Co-parenting therapy assumes the relationship has ended and focuses only on how you parent alongside each other. Reconciliation is not a goal, and the conversation stays on the children and the logistics rather than the history between you.
Joint sessions are common, but they are not the only option. Where meeting together is not workable or not safe, each parent can be seen separately. Some people also start on their own to work on their side of the dynamic, which can still change how exchanges go.
You can attend on your own. Individual work can focus on how you respond during difficult exchanges, what you communicate in writing, and how to keep children out of the middle regardless of what the other household does. You cannot control the other parent, and there is still useful work available to you.
Sessions at Auren Wellness start at $175, depending on the therapist you see. Sliding-scale spots are available with select therapists, and we direct bill where your insurer allows it. Fees are confirmed at your free 15-minute consult before anything is booked.
Psychotherapy with a Registered Psychotherapist or Registered Social Worker is not covered by OHIP. Many extended health and workplace benefit plans do cover it, though plans differ on which credentials they reimburse. It is worth checking whether your plan covers RP, RSW, or both before you book.
Yes. Sessions are available by secure video anywhere in Ontario, and in person at our Centrepointe office in Ottawa. Virtual sessions can be particularly practical for co-parenting work, since each parent can join from their own location rather than sharing a waiting room.
Co-parenting therapy is therapeutic support rather than a legal service, and your therapist does not act as a custody assessor or provide recommendations for custody proceedings. Custody and access assessments are a separate, court-ordered process in Ontario carried out by an independent assessor. If you need documentation for court, speak with your clinician about what is and is not possible in your situation.
It varies with what you are working on. Some parents come for a focused stretch around a specific transition, such as a new schedule or a new partner entering the picture. Others continue longer where conflict has been entrenched. Your therapist will discuss a realistic shape for the work early on.
Children usually infer conflict rather than being told about it, so much of the work is practical: keeping adult disagreements in adult channels, avoiding using children as messengers, and being careful about what gets said about the other household. Reducing what children absorb is often the change parents notice first.
Therapy is a longer-term relationship. If you're in acute distress, please reach the services below first. They are free, confidential, and available right now.
