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Relationship Coaching
Coaching offers a proactive space for couples who aren’t seeking clinical mental health care but want guidance, structure, and tools to support their relationship. It’s not therapy—it’s a time-bound, skills-based experience designed to help you and your partner grow together with intention.
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Because coaching isn’t considered medically necessary, it isn’t covered by insurance. These programs are an out-of-pocket investment and include a set number of sessions, so you’ll know exactly what to expect from the start.
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Think of it as a private workshop—just you, your partner, and a clinician guiding you through practical tools, meaningful conversations, and real-time practice. It’s psychoeducation with heart, tailored to your relationship goals.
Reveal
Start your marriage with clarity,
not just chemistry
premarital counseling for intentional couples
Before you say “I do,” take time to say “we do”—to growth, clarity, and connection.
REVEAL is a structured, heart-centered coaching package designed for engaged couples who want to deepen their understanding of each other and build a strong foundation for marriage. Using the Prepare/Enrich Couple Program, you’ll explore your relationship’s unique strengths and growth areas, and learn practical skills to navigate life together with confidence.
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This isn’t therapy—it’s a private workshop tailored just for you and your partner. Over a set number of sessions, you’ll gain insight, practice communication tools, and prepare for the journey ahead with intention. Because coaching isn’t based on medical necessity, it’s not covered by insurance and is offered as an out-of-pocket investment.
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REVEAL is for couples who want to start their marriage with clarity, not just chemistry. Let’s make space for the conversations that matter—before the vows.
for love that's built to go the distance
Think of it like getting an oil change—not because something’s wrong, but because you care about the road ahead.
REFINE is a coaching experience for couples who already practice connection with care. You show up. You listen. You repair. You’ve built something strong—and now, you’re ready to fine-tune it.
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Grounded in Gottman’s Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, this package is designed for the Masters—couples who want to deepen what’s already working. It’s not therapy. It’s a focused, time-bound workshop that helps you recalibrate with intention, so your relationship feels not just steady, but alive.
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Through guided sessions, you’ll revisit foundational skills with a fresh perspective and practical nuance. You’ll walk away with tools to:
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Spot micro-moments of disconnection before they take root.
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Sharpen emotional attunement, especially during stress or transition.
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Refresh rituals of connection so they feel meaningful, not mechanical.
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Refine your conflict style to reduce reactivity and increase repair.
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Strengthen shared meaning, aligning values, dreams, and direction.
Because coaching isn’t based on medical necessity, it’s not covered by insurance and is offered as an out-of-pocket investment.
REFINE is for couples who already know how to love well—and want to keep growing, together.
Refine
The best love stories are co-authored—
revised, not just remembered
Repair
Turning hurt into heard is how we make space
for truth, tenderness, and transformation
for couples who are ready to face conflict with care
Conflict doesn’t mean your relationship is broken—it means you’re human.
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REPAIR is a coaching experience for couples who want to navigate conflict more constructively, using evidence-based tools from the Gottman Method Conflict Blueprint. Through guided sessions, you’ll learn how to manage present-day tensions, heal past hurts, and move through gridlock with a deeper understanding.
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You’ll also learn how to communicate when you’re hurting—how to speak with clarity, listen with compassion, and stay connected even when emotions run high. Because hurt is inevitable in relationships. What matters is how we respond.
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This isn’t therapy—it’s a focused, time-bound workshop designed to help you turn rupture into repair. You’ll explore three core blueprints:
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Managing current conflict
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Healing attachment injuries
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Overcoming gridlock through dialogue
Because coaching isn’t based on medical necessity, it’s not covered by insurance and is offered as an out-of-pocket investment.
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REPAIR is for couples who want to face hard conversations with courage, care, and a shared commitment to healing.
for those navigating relationships in sobriety
Some storms leave behind broken branches. Others leave roots exposed.
RECOVER is for couples who’ve weathered substance use and are ready to tend to the soil of their relationship—gently, intentionally, and together.
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This coaching experience uses the Gottman Method Couples and Addiction Recovery Module to help partners co-create a couple recovery plan. It’s an evidence-based approach that supports three overlapping healing journeys:
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The person with the addictive disorder
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The partner
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The relationship itself
Together, you’ll learn how to rebuild trust, restore safety, and reconnect with shared meaning. You’ll explore how to communicate openly about pain, navigate triggers with compassion, and honor each other’s recovery without losing sight of your bond.
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RECOVER is especially helpful for couples healing from ruptures like:
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Broken trust from secrecy or relapse
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Emotional distancing or resentment
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Role strain from caregiving or hypervigilance
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Loss of intimacy or shared rituals
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Feeling like recovery is happening in parallel, not together
This isn’t therapy—it’s a time-bound, skills-based coaching package for couples no longer in active addiction who want to move forward with clarity, care, and hope.
Because coaching isn’t based on medical necessity, it’s not covered by insurance and is offered as an out-of-pocket investment.
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RECOVER is for couples in the aftermath of substance abuse who want to replant, re-root, and rebuild—together.
Recover
Sobriety may begin alone—but it’s sustained in connection
Rebuild
Restoring trust doesn’t mean forgetting—
it means choosing what comes next
for relationships overcoming betrayal
When trust is broken, it’s not just the bond that shatters—it’s the sense of reality, safety, and shared meaning that held it together.
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The moment betrayal is revealed—whether through confession or discovery—can unravel everything. What once felt solid now feels unstable. You question what was real, what’s left, and whether anything can be rebuilt. It’s not just the act itself—it’s the secrecy that corrodes the foundation. Relationships don’t thrive in the dark. They need truth, transparency, and shared ground.
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REBUILD is a coaching experience for couples navigating the aftermath of betrayal—often through affairs, but always through secrecy. It’s designed for those standing in the wreckage, unsure where to begin, but willing to try.
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Using the Gottman Trust Revival Method, this package guides couples through three evidence-based phases:
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Atone: Creating space for accountability, transparency, and emotional repair
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Attune: Relearning how to listen, respond, and reconnect
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Attach: Rebuilding intimacy and shared meaning with new foundations
This isn’t therapy—it’s a time-bound, skills-based coaching package for couples who want to move forward with clarity, courage, and care. Because coaching isn’t based on medical necessity, it’s not covered by insurance and is offered as an out-of-pocket investment.
REBUILD is for couples who feel lost in the fog of betrayal—where one moment you’re angry, the next you’re numb, and nothing feels certain. It’s for those who know they can’t patch what secrecy has eroded—and are ready to lay new ground, together.
when you share the same space and feel miles apart
You trust each other. You get along.
You aren't unhappy, and yet feel there's something amiss.
You share a calendar, a mortgage, a rhythm.
But somewhere along the way, you stopped sharing yourself.
REKINDLE is a coaching experience for couples who feel emotionally distant—not in crisis, but quietly disconnected. You’re not fighting. You’re functional. But the relationship feels uninspired.
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It’s like living in a well-designed house with everything in its place, but nothing that moves you. Like dancing in perfect rhythm, yet never meeting each other’s eyes. The steps are memorized, the timing precise, but the intimacy is missing. You pass each other in the hallway, but not in the heart. Conversations become coordination. Touch becomes routine. “I love you” is said out of habit, not hunger. You know what they’ll say before they say it—and you no longer lean in to listen. It’s not loud. It’s not cruel. It’s just… quiet. A kind of loneliness that wears matching rings.
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Using elements from Gottman’s Sound Relationship House—love mapping, turning toward, and shared meaning—you’ll rebuild emotional intimacy from the inside out. And with Esther Perel’s insights from Mating in Captivity, you’ll explore how desire and mystery can coexist with safety and routine.
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Together, you’ll learn how to:
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Reignite curiosity about each other’s inner worlds
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Recognize and respond to bids for connection
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Rebuild rituals of closeness, appreciation, and shared purpose
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Create space for novelty, play, and erotic possibility
This isn’t therapy—it’s a time-bound, skills-based coaching package for couples who want to feel close again. Because coaching isn’t based on medical necessity, it’s not covered by insurance and is offered as an out-of-pocket investment.
REKINDLE is for couples who still care deeply—but feel like something vital has gone quiet. It’s for those who want to move from “meh” to meaningful.
Rekindle
Closeness is not a destination—it’s the ongoing rediscovery of each other, with curiosity as the compass