Over Your Hurdles with Ilana

Meet Ilana Brown

Ilana enjoys working with individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds and ages. She specializes in helping Ilana enjoys working with individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds and ages. She specializes in helping clients navigate the dating process and identify and overcome roadblocks to healthy relationships.

Ilana truly believes that each person is whole and resilient and can find the answers they seek within. Her sessions are a safe space of acceptance and warmth where clients can focus on self-reflection and make sense of their life experiences and triggers in a mindful, non-judgemental and compassionate way. This empowers them take charge of their life choices and live a more satisfying, peaceful and authentic life.

Ilana began as a matchmaker and has been working as a relationship counselor and dating coach for over 18 years. Through her own life experiences and working with clients, she sees clearly how healthy, happy people attract similar-minded individuals and enjoy loving and secure long term relationships, and it’s a privilege for her to be a resource along that journey.


Ilana has a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy and uses a variety of techniques drawn from EFT, MSC, CBT, ACT and IFS. She is also trained as a S.H.A.L.O.M. Task Force Marriage Essentials presenter and offers premarital counselling.