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Your marriage is rocky

The love and connection you once had feel like distant memories, replaced by tension and distance.
You wonder if you have a flatmate or a spouse.

You’re Lost in Dating

Finding someone feels impossible when every date ends in confusion and disappointment. 
You’re stuck in a cycle of self-sabotage, repeating cycles you don’t even realize.

Intimacy Feels Broken

The closeness and passion you long for feel out of reach, leaving you frustrated and disconnected. 
You see your accountant more often that you have sex with the person you love.

Coaching: Championing A-players in Love and Life

1 : 1 coaching

Tailored, private sessions designed to help you overcome personal obstacles. Every coaching is customized to ensure permanent growth.

My individual coaching is designed for highly motivated individuals who are ready to take their personal and professional lives to the next level. Achieve clarity in just 10 weeks and transformation in 20 weeks.

Coaching: Championing A-players in Love and Life

Couples coaching

If both partners are fully committed, guided sessions for couples will strengthen communication and rebuild intimacy.

My couples’ coaching service is designed for busy, high-performing couples who face the challenges of balancing demanding careers with a fulfilling relationship.

Guest speaker

Kanica Saphan as a speaker

As a dynamic and captivating speaker, Kanica creates experiences that leave a lasting impression on both the mind and behavior. Her presentations go beyond theory: they are always concrete, applicable, and action-oriented. Each conference can be tailored to your organizational reality, and she also designs customized presentations for specific issues, even if they are not part of her usual topics. Her goal is simple: for participants to leave with clear, immediately usable tools and insights that truly transform their practices.

  • Pre-designed and customized conferences
  • Participation in panel discussions

Conference tailored to your needs

Diversity in the workplace - understanding differences

Today’s workplaces have undergone profound changes. They are less homogeneous, more representative of today’s society, and characterized by greater diversity in terms of gender, generation, culture, origin, orientation, and identity.

This diversity is a source of richness, but it can also become a source of misunderstanding, discomfort, tension, or conflict if it is not well understood and properly managed.

Using concrete examples from the field, the speaker addresses:

  • Gender diversity and the evolution of the male-female ratio
  • The coexistence of several generations within the same organization
  • The arrival of new cultures and varied migration backgrounds
  • The increased presence of LGBTQ+ and queer people in teams
  • Differences in perceptions, values, and relational codes

The goal is not to impose a single model, but to equip participants to better understand others, adjust their communication, clarify their boundaries, and adopt professional behaviors that promote a healthy, respectful, and productive work environment.

The conference also highlights the key role of each individual—employee, colleague, or manager—in creating an environment where diversity becomes a lever for collaboration rather than a factor of division.

When military discipline meets the corporate world

A former soldier who became a sexology expert and therapist, Kanica draws on her unique experience to demonstrate how military reflexes (mission clarity, discipline, energy management) can be flexibly applied in the workplace.

In a world saturated with distractions, artificial emergencies, and mental overload, productivity is often confused with hyperactivity. The result: we work hard… but not always on what has the most impact.

This conference focuses on discipline, leadership, and military principles applied to the workplace.

Bridging Differences: How We Approach One Another

The educational environment has changed profoundly over the past decade. Today’s institutions are far less homogeneous and more closely reflect the realities of our broader society: a diversity of genders, cultures, backgrounds, identities, and sexual orientations, as well as varied migration paths and multiple cultural reference points.

This diversity is an undeniable human richness. It fosters openness, learning, and relational creativity. However, when not well understood, it can also become a source of misunderstandings, discomfort, tension, or conflict — whether in friendships, romantic relationships, or professional interactions.

The goal is not to impose a single model of thinking or behavior, but rather to provide practical tools to:

  • better understand and interpret others

  • adjust communication effectively

  • recognize and respect one’s own boundaries as well as those of others

  • adopt attitudes that foster a healthy, respectful, and inclusive climate

Through concrete, real-life examples drawn from field experience and situations observed within educational settings, the speaker addresses topics such as:

  • Gender diversity and identity

  • Cultural diversity and the realities of newcomers

  • Cultural and relational gaps

  • Common misunderstandings arising from differences

This conference offers an accessible, human, and pragmatic reflection, enabling participants to leave with a deeper understanding of differences — and, most importantly, with concrete tools to build better relationships in their everyday lives.

Workshop : Intercultural Relationships

This interactive workshop is designed for individuals and/or professionals who wish to develop knowledge and skills related to intercultural friendships and romantic relationships. Without taboos, without censorship — simply in the pleasure of learning.

Through concrete examples drawn from field experience, lived situations, and realities observed within educational settings, the speaker addresses topics such as:

  • The importance of understanding Quebec’s social and cultural codes for newcomers

  • Identifying and understanding cultural and relational differences, including gaps related to gender equality, harassment, sexual diversity, and more

  • Learning how to discuss topics that may seem taboo with openness and confidence

This workshop is intended for newcomers, as well as for professionals — teachers or organizational leaders — who need practical tools to teach or work effectively with new immigrants.

Sexy Seniors

Sexuality does not end after menopause or andropause. Contrary to common misconceptions, sexuality does not disappear with age — it transforms. After menopause or andropause, the body changes and familiar reference points shift, but desire, intimacy, and pleasure can still be part of a rich and fulfilling life.

This conference is designed for individuals aged 50 and over who wish to better understand age-related sexual changes, normalize certain challenges, and above all rediscover a sexuality that is freer, more conscious, and often more authentic than before.

Without taboos, without censorship, without judgment — simply in the pleasure of learning.

Kanica Saphan, founder of Le Sofa Sexologique

Sexology expert and relationship counselor

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Kanica has solid expertise in sexology, mental health, and interpersonal relationships. The daughter of Cambodian refugees and a former Canadian soldier, she served in the Canadian Armed Forces from 2010 to 2015.

Born in Canada, Kanica lived in France and Italy before returning to Quebec in 2016, where she continued her studies. She holds a degree in sexology from the University of Quebec in Montreal and has also completed executive coaching training at Harvard. In 2019, she founded Le Sofa Sexologique, a private practice where several professionals help individuals and couples resolve various relationship & intimacy issues.

Her personal and professional journey has allowed her to build deep connections with people from all walks of life—left-leaning and right-leaning, privileged and underprivileged, academics, professionals, and working-class people, across a wide range of cultures and backgrounds. Kanica has only one mission: to inspire others to live freely, without shame or self-constraint.

In recent years, Kanica has developed several conferences and workshops aimed at businesses, chambers of commerce, organizations, and universities.

My book

Manuel de survie dans la jungle du dating

Exciting news! My book on love and dating (French only), published by the renowned French publisher Michel Lafon, blends personal storytelling with psychology. I use real stories from my own dating life to bring game-changing psychological concepts to life — making it far less dry and far more engaging than a conventional self-help book. Get ready for relatable insights, honest moments, and transformative guidance on love.

Sexology Deck

60 Ways to Spark Passion and Deepen Your Connection

This sumptuously illustrated deck takes a holistic approach to relationship wellness with 60 prompts that range from recreating your first date to discussing love languages, reading erotica together, sharing sexual fantasies, playing with power dynamics, writing each other love letters, and so much more.

FAQ

What won't be address

My work involves supporting, accompanying, educating, and helping clients navigate crises with empathy. I guide, advise, teach, explore, challenge, and foster awareness, but I do not provide psychological treatment or diagnosis. This is why I work with clients, not patients.

In coaching, we focus on personal growth, goal achievement, and performance enhancement. However, certain issues fall outside the scope of coaching. These include psychopathology, such as severe mental health problems, personality disorders like borderline personality or bipolar disorder; addiction; trauma; and PTSD, which requires specialized therapeutic intervention. If you are dealing with any of these concerns, I will refer you to a qualified mental health professional who is equipped to provide the appropriate care.

Coaching is most effective when used to complement, not replace, professional therapy for these conditions.

Why work with a therapist-turned-coach?

Working with a coach trained as a therapist is like working with a personal trainer who’s trained as a sports medical doctor.

I can identify nuances that typical coaches might overlook, including attachment styles issues, emotional regulation dysfunctions, and possible mental health warning signs. When appropriate, I guide clients toward specialized support.

Put simply, I will help you see your situation from a 3D perspective instead of 2D.

Harvard Business Review published an insightful (but lengthy) article on the advantages of working with a coach trained in interpersonal & intrapersonal psychology.

Is it confidential?

Everything is confidential, except if I believe someone’s life is in imminent danger or if a child’s safety or well-being is at risk.

Is it covered by insurance?

I provide receipts as an executive coach.

Coaching isn’t typically covered by insurance since it falls outside traditional healthcare services. However, it’s an investment in yourself—much like a gym membership or high-quality nutrition.

Let’s be real: What’s the value of saving your marriage, finding true love, and creating the sex life you deserve?

Put simply—working with me costs far less than a divorce!

Online versus in-person

If you happen to be located in the coolest Canadian city that is Montréal, I will gladly see you in person. Otherwise, we will meet virtually!

Waiting time

There is typically a two-month waiting period before you can begin your journey with me. However, due to occasional cancellations, you may be able to book your first introductory meeting sooner.

If there’s a good fit, you can continue the process and begin your 10 weekly sessions with me in approximately two months.

Session length

Sessions are 45 minutes, allowing the remaining 15 minutes for mandatory administrative tasks. During this time, I process payments, update your file with notes, and send any necessary homework or follow-ups.

Do you offer free introductory calls?

I don’t offer free introductory calls because my experience has shown that a brief conversation isn’t enough to truly assess whether we’re the right fit.

To respect both my time and yours, I prioritize full sessions, ensuring that every client receives meaningful support from the very start. After our first session, we can determine together if my approach aligns with your needs and goals.

Languages

Bonjour!

My first language is French, and I am bilingual in English.

Capisco bene l’italiano ma risponderò in francese o in inglese.

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