I love helping partners navigate life’s speed bumps

Hi, I'm Ekaterina Kapoustina. I'm a Registered Psychotherapist and a human who is endlessly curious about relationships. Post-graduate school, as I started working with clients, it was undeniably clear that relationships were at the root of why most people came in to therapy. Feeling disconnected happens to everyone - even those in happy and fulfilled relationships.

My life experiences and my own growth through interpersonal disconnect is what helps me relate so deeply with clients and what lead me to become the therapist I am today. I know how frustrating and lonely it is to want to strive for connection while feeling scared that others will judge me or worse, not be able to show up for me to be there with my pain.

When I took the Emotionally Focused Therapy externship, everything shifted into place for me. I finally had a roadmap to follow to help partners get out of the quicksand that they found themselves in. Attachment science finally explained to me why some of us get loud and critical as we protest for someone to hear us, while others withdraw and get quite as we try to avoid losing the person who matters to us most.

Yet, there was still something missing for me - how to help partners who want to deeply connect with more than one person. Since then, I have take Martha Kauppi’s CNM Level 1 course and engaged in a multitude of in-depth reading to help me gain the tools and understanding for how to support partners in alternative relationship structure.

Being a therapist is an honour that I do not take lightly. It takes courage to reach out and speak about something so private. I am committed to helping you experience healing and transformation in yourself and your relationships, regardless their structure. 

Outside of the office, I love snapping pictures of nature and wildlife, staying active by hitting the gym (or better yet traveling the world), and cozying up with a good Michael Crichton book! Currently reading - Eruption.