You deserve more than just coping strategies -

YOU DESERVE REAL CHANGE

For people who try really hard in their relationships and still feel stuck

Online therapy across Ontario for women and couples who want more than coping and are ready to understand what’s really going on and do things differently.

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A woman smiling with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing earrings and a green top, standing against a plain light-colored wall.

let’s be honest:

If your here you’re probably tired of trying so hard.

You may be:

  • Holding things together for everyone else

  • Repeating the same arguments or feeling distant in your relationship

  • Overthinking your emotions or shutting them down completely

  • Doing “all the right things” but still feeling stuck

If coping hasn’t been enough, you’re not doing anything wrong. Something underneath needs attention.

Helping over-functioning women and conflict-stuck couples move beyond perfectionism and burnout by building emotional fluency so real connection becomes possible

Burnout Therapy for Women across Ontario

When you’re holding everything together and running on empty

Burnout often affects high-functioning women who feel responsible for everyone else while ignoring their own needs. I offer online burnout therapy for women across Ontario, helping you understand what your exhaustion is protecting and create boundaries that actually reduce burnout.

Burnout therapy for women in Ontario

Therapy for Perfectionism & People-Pleasing

When always getting it right never feels like enough

Perfectionism and people-pleasing are common reasons women seek therapy, especially those who feel pressure to perform, manage, or keep the peace. I offer online therapy for perfectionism and people-pleasing to help women across Ontario understand these patterns emotionally so change feels possible, not forced.

Therapy for perfectionism and people-pleasing

Emotional Overwhelm & Shutdown Therapy

When emotions feel too intense - or hard to access

Emotional overwhelm, shutdown, or numbness can affect both individuals and couples. Online EFT gives you a space to practice making sense out of your emotional world, help you put words to your experience while focusing on emotional regulation and nervous-system safety, helping clients across Ontario build emotional fluency at a pace that feels manageable.

Emotional overwhelm & shutdown therapy

Couples Therapy for Ongoing Conflict Cycles

When the same arguments keep happening

Many couples seek therapy not because they don’t care, but because they’re stuck in painful interaction cycles. I offer online Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) for partners across Ontario, helping you identify the cycle, slow conflict down, and rebuild emotional safety and connection. I can help you turn shutdown, overwhelm and repeated conflict into repair and connection.

Couples therapy in Ontario

maybe you’re…

Struggling to feel like a team in your current relationship.

You want love to feel easy and mutual, but instead you keep ending up feeling unseen, unsure, or disappointed. Together, we’ll explore what keep getting in the way so you can create a relationship that feels safe, genuine, and fulfilling.

Wondering if you’ll ever get a handle on your emotions.

You’ve spent so long managing, avoiding, or second-guessing your feelings that it’s hard to know what they’re really trying to tell you. Emotions can feel overwhelming or unpredictable, especially when you’ve learned to push them aside to keep things under control. Therapy offers space to reconnect with your inner world, understand your emotional patterns, and build a calmer, more trusting relationship with yourself.

Feeling burnt out from always trying to get it right.

When you’re always the one holding it all together, it’s easy to lose touch with your own needs. Whether it shows up as burnout, tension, or disconnection, therapy can help you slow down, make sense of what’s happening beneath the surface, and feel more grounded in yourself and your relationships.

Are you ready for lasting change that feels real and sustainable?

Learning the Language of Emotion

Words are important. They shape how we experience ourselves and our relationships.
Life JOY Therapy helps people find language for what they’re feeling - especially when emotions feel confusing, overwhelming, or stuck in the same patterns.

Why Words Matter in Therapy

When you can name your emotional experience clearly, you gain choice:

  • how you respond

  • how you set boundaries

  • how you reach for connection

This work isn’t about saying things better or having to find the right things to say. It’s about learning the language of emotion so real, lasting connection becomes possible - within yourself and with others.

I’M Jennifer.

I believe you don’t have to keep settling in your relationships.

Settling often looks like staying quiet, over-functioning, or losing touch with your own needs to keep the peace, take care of others or a combination of both. Together, we’ll uncover the dynamics that lead to disconnection and learn new ways of relating that bring more openness, understanding, and closeness. Let’s work together to move past making do to finding more inner peace and JOY.

Many of the people I work with are high-responsibility professionals - leaders, caregivers, and partners who are used to holding things together, staying capable under pressure, and putting others first.

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For those who feel stuck in relationship conflict and want deeper connection, emotional clarity, and lasting change.

THERAPY FOR PERFECTIONISM, PEOPLE-PLEASING, RELATIONSHIP CONFLICT AND EMOTIONAL BURNOUT

  • Online EFCT or couples counselling helps couples understand what’s really happening beneath the surface when they get stuck in conflict, distance, or silence. Together, we’ll rebuild trust, strengthen communication, and create a relationship that feels safe, supportive, and connected again.

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  • Online EFIT or relationship counselling helps women who are tired of holding it all together but still feel unseen, disconnected, or exhausted inside. Together, we’ll explore the patterns of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and burnout that keep you stuck, and help you feel calmer, clearer, and more confident in who you are - not just what you do.

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  • Online EFT helps you understand and make space for your emotions instead of feeling controlled or overwhelmed by them. Together, we’ll explore what your feelings are trying to tell you so you can respond with clarity and compassion - and build more peace and confidence within yourself and your relationships.

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Here’s how I can help:

Let’s make therapy simple.

1

Reach out

It starts with a simple step. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to share what’s been feeling heavy and explore how therapy can support you.

2

Get to work

Together, we’ll slow things down and make sense of what’s really happening beneath the surface. Each session is collaborative, compassionate, and paced with care.

3

See change

As you practice new ways of understanding and responding, you’ll begin to notice more calm, clarity, and connection in your daily life and relationships. Real change grows from gentle, consistent steps.

I’m here to help with all of life’s relationships.

  • Romantic partners

  • Yourself

  • Parents & siblings

  • Extended family

  • Coworkers & bosses

  • Pets

  • Friends

  • Children

Ready to get started?

You’re worth it.

BOOK A FREE 15-MIN CONSULT

BOOK A FREE 15-MIN CONSULT

Book a Free 15-min Consult

At a Glance:

Secure Online EFT therapy across Ontario

Mon-Thurs: 9-6 pm & Fri: 9-4:30 pm

Fees & Coverage: Couples (EFCT) - $225 | 60 minute session Women (EFIT) - $175 | 60 minute session

Payments: e-transfer to jennifer@lifejoytherapy.com or credit card | MSW/RSW Receipts