Isabel Melo, founder and director of Couple and Family Therapy Montreal, has been practising as a psychotherapist, couple and family therapist, and parent educator in the Montreal area for over 20 years. She specializes in couple therapy, parenting consulting and play therapy with children aged 3 to 9. With couples, Isabel uses Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which has the highest success rate of any couple therapy approach. In her work with parents and children, her lens is attachment-based and developmentally friendly. Isabel also works with individual adults on issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma and relationship distress, and she runs popular parenting education groups. Isabel was featured as a guest expert on parenting on CBC Radio’s Radio Noon. She provides services in English and French.

Isabel’s Professional Credentials and Memberships

  • Licensed Couple and Family Therapist (CFT) with the Quebec Order of Social Workers and Couple and Family Therapists (OTSTCFQ)
  • Licensed Psychotherapist with the Quebec Order of Psychologists (OPQ)
  • Authorized Facilitator of Neufeld Parenting Courses, Neufeld Institute
  • Certified Child-Centered Play Therapist, the Center for Play Therapy, University of North Texas
  • Professional Member and Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
  • Couple and Family Therapy Supervisor Candidate with the AAMFT
  • Member of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)
  • Member of the Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute
  • Graduate Certificate in Play Therapy, Concordia University
  • 2-year Advanced Studies Diploma, Neufeld Parenting Course Facilitation, Neufeld Institute
  • 3-year Post-Master’s Diploma, Marital and Family Therapy, Argyle Institute of Human Relations
  • Pursuing 3-year Somatic Experiencing® (SE) training program
  • M.Ed., Educational Psychology, McGill University
  • B.A. with distinction, French Language and Linguistics, Concordia University
  • Honours B.A., Liberal Arts, University of Toronto

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