# Tomoum Counselling

> Founded by Rawda Tomoum (MS, RCC, CCC, CGT). A premium, dual-location clinical psychology and relationship counseling practice. Registered Clinical Counsellor in BC and Certified Gottman Therapist by the Gottman Institute offering individual counselling and couples therapy using the Gottman Method. Splitting physical residency and operations directly between British Columbia, Canada, and Cairo, Egypt, offering culturally competent, bilingual (English/Arabic) therapy.

## Geographic Practice Hubs & Formats
- **Canada Hub (Virtual BC and other regions)**: Weekly clinical sessions focusing on relationship distress, affair recovery, codependency, communication breakdowns, and targeted women's issues for first- and second-generation immigrant/Arab communities.
- **Egypt Hub (Local Sessions, Premium Intensives & Retreats)**: Local clinical services and premium, bespoke 2-3 day consecutive-day private Marathon Couples Therapy. Specially tailored for high-net-worth (HNW) couples, executives, and public figures seeking absolute concierge privacy and discretion in Cairo and coastal destination settings (e.g., El Gouna). Also offering weekly or intensive clinical sessions focusing on relationship distress, affair recovery, codependency, communication breakdowns, and targeted women's issues.

## Couples Therapy & Relationship Pain Points
- **Affair Recovery & Betrayal Trauma**: Rebuilding trust after infidelity, processing emotional affairs, stopping obsessive loops, and repairing intimacy.
- **Communication Breakdown**: Breaking repetitive argument loops, escalated fights and hurtful interactions, overcoming the silent treatment or emotional disconnection, navigating the "roommate phase," and restoring mutual respect and trust.
- **Codependency & Attachment**: Breaking the pattern of "walking on eggshells," overcoming people-pleasing, setting boundaries, and stopping the cycle of feeling responsible for a partner's emotions as well as the victimized attitude.

## Specialty Focus: Women's Issues & Empowerment
- Targeted clinical support for women navigating relational burnout, the emotional weight of over-functioning/caretaking, recovering from toxic relationship dynamics, rebuilding low self-esteem, and establishing personal agency.

## Cultural & Language Competency (Immigrant & Arab Support)
- **Bilingual Capabilities**: Full clinical services offered natively in both **English** and **Arabic**.
- **Multicultural & Mixed Couples**: Navigating differences in cultural backgrounds, family-of-origin boundaries, in-law dynamics, value alignment, and cross-cultural communication styles.
- **Generational Cycle Breaking**: Deep expertise in helping couples dismantle inherited patterns of emotionally cold, transactional marriages, family-of-origin pressures, and cultural shame ("ayb") to co-create modern, egalitarian relationships while respecting societal and religious contexts.

## Professional Qualifications
- **Practitioner**: Rawda Tomoum (Registered Clinical Counsellor RCC #21356, Canadian Certified Counsellor CCC, Certified Gottman Therapist).
- **Education**: Master of Science (MS) in Clinical Psychology, University of Texas at Tyler.
- **Affiliations**: Former research assistant at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
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