Our Team
A remarkable group of couples therapists devoted to helping relationships heal and thrive.
This Isn’t a Directory.
It’s the inner circle of couples therapists I trust with my name—and your marriage.
Every clinician on this team brings advanced clinical training and experience leading marriage intensive retreats and evidence-based couples therapy.
Dr. McMahon built Couples Therapy Inc. with one purpose: to bring the highest level of science-based couples therapy to people who refuse to give up on each other.
She leads an international team that shares her mission—restoring connection, rebuilding trust, and reigniting hope in relationships that matter most.
These are clinicians who are called to this work–
each with a story worth hearing.
Every one of them holds licenses, advanced certifications, and deep training in research-based approaches such as the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and the Developmental Model. All have at least advanced training in both the Gottman Method and Discernment Counseling.
Use the drop-down for a short overview, or click the name or photo to read their full “Personally Speaking” story.
Dr. Scott Wolfe
Henderson, NV: Dr. Scott Wolfe brings over three decades of experience in marriage and family psychology to his work with couples.
Known for his clarity and compassion, he offers private couples therapy intensives that blend structure with deep emotional insight. Drawing on emotionally focused therapy and decades of teaching and supervision, Scott helps partners learn how to stay connected even when conflict feels overwhelming.
Whether you’re rebuilding after rupture or strengthening an already solid relationship, his work is steady, attuned, and deeply respectful of both partners’ perspectives.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Maryland #03123 | Nevada #PY0747 | PSYPACT Authorized (Teletherapy across 30+ states)
Gottman Certified Therapist
Master Trainer — Gottman Institute
Adv/Core Skills — EFT
Angela Voegele
Rockville, MD · McLean/Tysons Corner, VA · Charlottesville, VA · Freiburg & Lake Constance region, Germany: Angela Voelge is a German-born sex and relationship therapist who has conducted more intensive retreats than nearly anyone in the practice. She brings both warmth and precision to her work—helping couples rediscover emotional intimacy, safety, and erotic connection.
Her approach combines Gottman Method interventions with mindfulness and experiential depth work, creating a space where partners can communicate honestly and reconnect authentically. With a background that spans continents and cultures, Angela’s retreats invite couples into clarity, courage, and renewal.
Fluent in: German and English, Conversational in: French
Licensed Clinical Social Worker — Maryland #16394 | Virginia #0904010288 | Hawaii #LCSW-3971 | District of Columbia
Gottman Certified Therapist
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Certified Sex Therapist — AASECT.org
Certified in Imago Relationship Therapy
Jenny Fang
Vancouver, BC: A gifted bilingual clinician fluent in English and Mandarin, Jenny Fang brings a rare combination of cross-cultural sensitivity and clinical mastery to her couples therapy intensives. She’s been with CTI from the beginning.
Drawing from Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, and trauma-informed practice, she helps partners rebuild emotional safety, rekindle closeness, and strengthen communication. Known for her composure and deep empathy, Jenny creates a calm yet energizing space for change—especially for couples navigating multicultural or multilingual relationships.
Fluent in: English, Mandarin
Proficient in: Japanese
Conversational in: Taiwanese
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist — British Columbia | California #93959
The Developmental Model Level 1
Dr. Scott Wolfe
Henderson, NV: Dr. Scott Wolfe brings over three decades of experience in marriage and family psychology to his work with couples. Known for his clarity and compassion, he offers private couples therapy intensives that blend structure with deep emotional insight. Drawing on emotionally focused therapy and decades of teaching and supervision, Scott helps partners learn how to stay connected even when conflict feels overwhelming.
Whether you’re rebuilding after rupture or strengthening an already solid relationship, his work is steady, attuned, and deeply respectful of both partners’ perspectives.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Maryland #03123 | Nevada #PY0747 | PSYPACT Authorized (Teletherapy across 30+ states)
Gottman Certified Therapist
Master Trainer — Gottman Institute
Angela Voegele
Rockville, MD · McLean/Tysons Corner, VA · Charlottesville, VA · Freiburg & Lake Constance region, Germany:
Angela Voelge is a German-born sex and relationship therapist who has conducted more intensive retreats than nearly anyone in the practice. She brings both warmth and precision to her work—helping couples rediscover emotional intimacy, safety, and erotic connection.
Her approach combines Gottman Method interventions with mindfulness and experiential depth work, creating a space where partners can communicate honestly and reconnect authentically. With a background that spans continents and cultures, Angela’s retreats invite couples into clarity, courage, and renewal.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker — Maryland #16394 | Virginia #0904010288 | Hawaii #LCSW-3971 | District of Columbia
Gottman Certified Therapist
Certified Sex Therapist — AASECT.org
Certified Sex Therapist — AASECT.org
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Certified in Imago Relationship Therapy
Rebecca Lanier
Naples, FL: Rebecca is widely regarded for her intuitive balance of empathy and accountability. A Gottman-certified couples therapist and advanced RLT practitioner, she helps partners uncover emotional patterns that block intimacy—and teaches them how to repair trust in real time.
Clients describe her work as practical, transformative, and refreshingly direct. Whether guiding high-conflict partners or deepening emotional bonds, Rebecca’s intensives create an atmosphere of safety, insight, and sustainable change.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist | Florida License: #MT3086 | New York: #002101 | Vermont: #100.0134398TELE
Gottman Certified Therapist
Certified in Discernment Counseling
The Developmental Model Level 1
RLT-Trained (Relational Life Therapy)
Marisa Mundey
Houston, Texas: Marisa has been part of Couples Therapy Inc. almost since its founding. With a background in film and narrative structure, she helps partners re-story their relationships—transforming conflict into clarity and distance into dialogue.
Her style blends clinical precision with creative warmth, and her intensives focus on meaning-making as much as skill-building. Trained in the Gottman Method and narrative therapy, she invites couples to become active authors of their shared future.
Licensure: Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Texas : LMFT #2013753
Dr. Doug Burford
Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO): Dr. Doug Burford integrates his theological scholarship (Yale) and social work expertise to offer faith-informed marriage counseling that honors both spiritual and psychological dimensions of love. Though politically conservative, his practice is rooted in egalitarian values and respect for diverse perspectives.
He works with couples seeking to rebuild trust, restore communication, and anchor their partnership in shared meaning. Doug’s intensives combine intellectual rigor with pastoral care, offering a rare balance of faith, reason, and relational science.
Licensure: Kansas (#03316) | Missouri (#2024002057)
Havi Kligfeld
Los Angeles, CA & Ellington, CT: Havi combines clinical rigor with human warmth. Trained at the Ackerman Institute (NYC) and certified in the Gottman Method, she’s known for helping couples rediscover connection without losing individuality.
Her private couples therapy intensives balance humor and honesty, science and soul. Havi’s clients describe her as “deeply prepared, compassionately challenging, and profoundly safe.” Whether you’re healing from conflict or rediscovering closeness, she offers a hopeful and practical path forward.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker — CA #27171 | CT #10617 | NY #071205 | PA #CW020463 | NC #C012438
Gottman Certified Therapist
Dr. E. Nathaniel Chapman
San Diego, CA: Dr. Nate Chapman brings a university-level depth of knowledge to intensive couples therapy grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the Gottman Method. His work helps couples reconnect through emotional flexibility, mindfulness, and values-based action.
Known for his thoughtful presence and clarity, Nate specializes in helping partners navigate major life transitions, cultural complexity, and communication breakdowns. His approach is both evidence-based and profoundly human.
Licensure: Clinical Psychologist | California #33301 | District of Columbia (DC)# PSY20001362 | Virginia # 0810007910 | West Virginia # 1248 | Out of State Telehealth Provider, FL TPPY1661ansas (#03316) |Missouri (#2024002057)
Dr. Carolyn Cole
Cleveland, OH: With more than 35 years in practice, Dr. Carolyn Cole brings extraordinary depth and steadiness to her work with couples. Her relationship intensives help partners slow down, listen differently, and begin to rebuild trust through evidence-based methods like the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Carolyn’s therapeutic style is equal parts clarity and compassion. She believes that healing happens when couples feel truly seen—and she offers that rare balance of clinical expertise and heartfelt humanity that helps partners rediscover each other.
Licensure: Clinical Psychologist | Florida: PY4850 | Ohio: P.07646 | Authorized for teletherapy across 30+ states through Psypact
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Rebecca Lanier
Naples, FL: Rebecca is widely regarded for her intuitive balance of empathy and accountability. A Gottman-certified couples therapist and advanced RLT practitioner, she helps partners uncover emotional patterns that block intimacy—and teaches them how to repair trust in real time.
Clients describe her work as practical, transformative, and refreshingly direct. Whether guiding high-conflict partners or deepening emotional bonds, Rebecca’s intensives create an atmosphere of safety, insight, and sustainable change.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist | Florida License: #MT3086 | New York: #002101 | Vermont: #100.0134398TELE
Gottman Certified | RLT-Trained (Relational Life Therapy)
Gottman Certified Therapist
Certified in Discernment Counseling
The Developmental Model Level 1
RLT-Trained (Relational Life Therapy)
Marisa Mundey
Houston, Texas: Marisa has been part of Couples Therapy Inc. almost since its founding. With a background in film and narrative structure, she helps partners re-story their relationships—transforming conflict into clarity and distance into dialogue.
Her style blends clinical precision with creative warmth, and her intensives focus on meaning-making as much as skill-building. Trained in the Gottman Method and narrative therapy, she invites couples to become active authors of their shared future.
Licensure: Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist | Texas : LMFT #2013753
Dr. Doug Burford
Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO): Dr. Doug Burford integrates his theological scholarship (Yale) and social work expertise to offer faith-informed marriage counseling that honors both spiritual and psychological dimensions of love. Though politically conservative, his practice is rooted in egalitarian values and respect for diverse perspectives.
He works with couples seeking to rebuild trust, restore communication, and anchor their partnership in shared meaning. Doug’s intensives combine intellectual rigor with pastoral care, offering a rare balance of faith, reason, and relational science.
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, & Ordained Minister (Doctor of Ministry) | Kansas: #03316 | Missouri: #2024002057
Havi Kligfeld
Los Angeles, CA & Ellington, CT: Havi combines clinical rigor with human warmth. Trained at the Ackerman Institute and certified in the Gottman Method, she’s known for helping couples rediscover connection without losing individuality.
Her private couples therapy intensives balance humor and honesty, science and soul. Havi’s clients describe her as “deeply prepared, compassionately challenging, and profoundly safe.” Whether you’re healing from conflict or rediscovering closeness, she offers a hopeful and practical path forward.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker — CA #27171 | CT #10617 | NY #071205 | PA #CW020463 | NC #C012438
Gottman Certified Therapist
Dr. E. Nathaniel Chapman
San Diego, CA: Dr. Nate Chapman brings a university-level depth of knowledge to intensive couples therapy grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the Gottman Method. His work helps couples reconnect through emotional flexibility, mindfulness, and values-based action.
Known for his thoughtful presence and clarity, Nate specializes in helping partners navigate major life transitions, cultural complexity, and communication breakdowns. His approach is both evidence-based and profoundly human.
Licensure: Clinical Psychologist —
California #33301
District of Columbia (DC)# PSY20001362 | Virginia # 0810007910 | West Virginia # 1248 |
Out of State Telehealth Provider, FL TPPY1661ansas (#03316) |Missouri (#2024002057)
Dr. Carolyn Cole
Cleveland, OH: With more than 35 years in practice, Dr. Carolyn Cole brings extraordinary depth and steadiness to her work with couples. Her relationship intensives help partners slow down, listen differently, and begin to rebuild trust through evidence-based methods like the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Carolyn’s therapeutic style is equal parts clarity and compassion. She believes that healing happens when couples feel truly seen—and she offers that rare balance of clinical expertise and heartfelt humanity that helps partners rediscover each other.
Licensure: Clinical Psychologist—Florida: PY4850 | Ohio: P.07646 | Authorized for teletherapy across 30+ states through Psypact
Certified in Discernment Counseling
“Couples therapists need a heart big enough to hold two truths,
and a spine strong enough to name them both.” –Dr. K
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Catherine Pfuntner
Wilton, NH: Catherine is one of only three Fellows in Discernment Counseling nationwide—a recognition of her exceptional expertise with couples at the crossroads of stay-or-go decisions. She brings advanced training in both the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy, helping partners move from volatility or detachment toward understanding and hope.
Her relationship intensives in Wilton, New Hampshire are structured yet deeply human, inviting even the most reactive or ambivalent couples to rediscover clarity, steadiness, and choice. Catherine’s style blends quiet strength, clinical precision, and deep empathy for the work of repair.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist — NH #282 | HI #333 | MA #1748 | VT (Telehealth) #100.0134143TELE | Internationally Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor — HI #1709-12
Substance Abuse Counselor
Fellow — Certified Fellow in Discernment Counseling
Dr. Nancy Garcia-Ruffin
Bethesda, MD: Dr. Nancy Garcia-Ruffin brings over two decades of experience in marriage and sex therapy to her work with couples. Trained in both the Developmental Model and the Gottman Method, she helps partners rebuild connection, intimacy, and communication through evidence-based, compassionate care.
Nancy’s work reflects both clinical mastery and lived wisdom. She understands the courage it takes to face what’s broken and offers couples a safe space to rediscover what’s still possible. Grounded, insightful, and culturally attuned, she helps partners find strength not only in their relationship—but in themselves.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — New York #016625 | Maryland #07176 | PSYPACT Authorized (Teletherapy across 30+ states)
Offering couples therapy intensives in English & Spanish
Certified Sex Therapist — AASECT.org
The Developmental Model Level 1
Dr. Paulette Sherman
Media, PA (15 minutes outside of outside Philadelphia): A bestselling author and podcast host, Dr. Paulette Sherman brings her creative and spiritual sensibilities into her work as a couples therapist and relationship psychologist. Her intensives help couples rediscover warmth, meaning, and emotional connection in a space designed for renewal.
Rooted in Gottman-informed practice and narrative exploration, Paulette’s style is both structured and heartfelt. She meets clients where they are—with humor, courage, and curiosity—and helps them write a new chapter in their relationship story.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Pennsylvania #PS009138L | New York #015314 | PSYPACT Authorized (Teletherapy across 30+ states)
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Dr. Heide Rodriguez
San Juan, PR: Dr. Heide Rodriguez is a bilingual psychologist offering couples therapy retreats in San Juan that combine scientific rigor with Caribbean warmth. With over 25 years of clinical experience and advanced Gottman Method training, she helps couples rebuild trust, strengthen communication, and rediscover joy in partnership.
Her deep experience with military and multicultural couples makes her an especially skilled guide for those navigating trauma, transition, or cross-cultural stressors. Sessions with Heide are compassionate, focused, and transformative—anchored in the belief that love can grow stronger through understanding.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Puerto Rico #3154 | Florida #11046
Sierra Kehoe
Asheville & Tuckasegee, NC: Sierra specializes in intensive couples therapy for partners recovering from betrayal, trauma, and emotional disconnection. A Certified Gottman Therapist with additional training in Emotionally Focused Therapy and EMDR, she helps couples find stability, safety, and renewed closeness.
Clients describe her as insightful, unflappable, and deeply attuned. Her intensives balance emotional depth with practical structure—helping couples move through crisis and into healing with honesty, empathy, and hope.
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor — North Carolina #S8798
Gottman Certified Therapist
Dr. Kayla Ennett
Colorado Springs, CO: Dr. Kayla Ennett specializes in intensive couples therapy for partners navigating trauma, betrayal, and personality-driven conflict. She’s especially skilled in working with couples where one or both partners experience traits of Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder—relationships that require both structure and compassion.
Kayla’s work is courageous, nuanced, and unflinchingly real. She meets intensity with calm focus and teaches couples how to rebuild trust without losing individuality. For partners who’ve tried therapy before without lasting results, her approach often marks a turning point.
Licensed Psychologist — Colorado #PSY.0006748 | Licensed Professional Counselor — Colorado #LPC0013751
Licensed Mental Health Counselor — Hawaii #MHC-93
Certified as a Sex Addiction Counselor
Dr. Patricia Gorman
Amherst, MA: Dr. Patricia Gorman brings more than 35 years of experience—and the grace of a tango dancer—to her relationship therapy intensives in Amherst. Drawing from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and a lifetime of teaching family systems, she helps couples rediscover balance, rhythm, and emotional attunement.
Her sessions are calm, intelligent, and alive with metaphor. Patricia blends clinical precision with the kind of presence that allows couples to slow down and find each other again—one small, deliberate step at a time.
Licensed Psychologist — #6304 & Marriage & Family Therapist — Massachusetts #76
Adv/Core Skills — EFT
Dr. Jessica Jones
Arlington, VA: A psychoanalytically trained psychologist with advanced certification in the Gottman and Developmental Models, Dr. Jessica Jones offers relationship retreats in Northern Virginia that combine deep reflection with actionable change.
Jessica is particularly gifted at working with introspective, thoughtful couples who value emotional depth. Her approach helps partners understand the roots of disconnection and rebuild communication grounded in curiosity and compassion. Calm, deliberate, and incisive, she makes the complex inner life of relationships feel both comprehensible and workable.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Virginia #0810005512
Psychoanalyst — Center for Psychoanalysis, Washington DC
The Developmental Model Level 1
Debbie Woodall-Carroll
Cincinnati, OH: Debbie Carroll offers marriage intensives that blend warmth, structure, and clear-eyed guidance. Known for her ability to create calm even in high-conflict situations, she helps couples address infidelity, resentment, and communication breakdowns with honesty and hope.
Her work is practical, heart-centered, and focused on long-term repair. Clients describe her sessions as both challenging and deeply reassuring—safe spaces where real change takes root.
Gottman Method Couples Therapist
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor — Ohio #E.05001243
Gottman Certified Therapist
Dr. Nancy Garcia-Ruffin
Bethesda, MD: Dr. Nancy Garcia-Ruffin brings over two decades of experience in marriage and sex therapy to her work with couples. Trained in both the Developmental Model and the Gottman Method, she helps partners rebuild connection, intimacy, and communication through evidence-based, compassionate care.
Nancy’s work reflects both clinical mastery and lived wisdom. She understands the courage it takes to face what’s broken and offers couples a safe space to rediscover what’s still possible. Grounded, insightful, and culturally attuned, she helps partners find strength not only in their relationship—but in themselves.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — New York #016625 | Maryland #07176 | PSYPACT Authorized (Teletherapy across 30+ states)
Offering couples therapy intensives in English & Spanish
Certified Sex Therapist — AASECT.org
Dr. Kayla Ennett
Colorado Springs, CO: Dr. Kayla Ennett specializes in intensive couples therapy for partners navigating trauma, betrayal, and personality-driven conflict. She’s especially skilled in working with couples where one or both partners experience traits of Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder—relationships that require both structure and compassion.
Kayla’s work is courageous, nuanced, and unflinchingly real. She meets intensity with calm focus and teaches couples how to rebuild trust without losing individuality. For partners who’ve tried therapy before without lasting results, her approach often marks a turning point.
Licensed Psychologist — Colorado #PSY.0006748 | Licensed Professional Counselor — Colorado #LPC0013751 | Licensed Mental Health Counselor — Hawaii #MHC-93
Certified as a Sex Addiction Counselor
Catherine Pfuntner
Wilton, NH: Catherine is one of only three Fellows in Discernment Counseling nationwide—a recognition of her exceptional expertise with couples at the crossroads of stay-or-go decisions. She brings advanced training in both the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy, helping partners move from volatility or detachment toward understanding and hope.
Her relationship intensives in Wilton, New Hampshire are structured yet deeply human, inviting even the most reactive or ambivalent couples to rediscover clarity, steadiness, and choice. Catherine’s style blends quiet strength, clinical precision, and deep empathy for the work of repair.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist — NH #282 | HI #333 | MA #1748 | VT (Telehealth) #100.0134143TELE | Internationally Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor — HI #1709-12
Substance Abuse Counselor
Fellow — Certified Fellow in Discernment Counseling
Beatriz Alaniz
San Antonio, TX: Beatriz “Betty” Alaniz is a bilingual couples therapist known for her gentle but incisive work with partners rebuilding after betrayal or trauma. Drawing from the Gottman Method, Gestalt therapy, and emotion-focused techniques, she helps couples confront difficult truths while staying connected and safe.
Warm, culturally attuned, and unafraid of complexity, Betty specializes in guiding Latino and multicultural couples through healing conversations that restore trust and closeness. Her intensives are deeply compassionate—and refreshingly real.
English & Spanish
Licensed Clinical Social Worker — Texas #54925
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Dr. Eliane Herdani
Frankfurt, Germany: A trilingual therapist with extensive military and trauma experience, Dr. Eliane Herdani offers couples therapy intensives for American and international couples living abroad. Her work blends clinical discipline with global perspective, helping partners rebuild communication and intimacy across cultures and continents.
Calm, intelligent, and deeply empathetic, Eliane specializes in guiding couples through loss, relocation stress, and emotional disconnection. She integrates Gottman principles, trauma-informed care, and decades of cross-cultural insight to help love thrive wherever life has taken you.
Fluent in German and Portuguese and conversational in Spanish,
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor — Maryland #LCPC 2164 | Texas #LPC 71840
Licensed Mental Health Counselor — Florida #LMHC 18261
Telehealth provider — South Carolina
Certified in Imago Relationship Therapy
Fiona Herbert
Liphook, UK: Fiona Herbert offers intensive marriage counseling in East Hampshire for couples seeking reconnection across communication barriers, cultural differences, or emotional distance. Her international background—from Kenya to Hong Kong—gives her a rare ability to navigate complexity with humor, skill, and grace.
Clients describe Fiona’s sessions as energizing and deeply human. She brings curiosity, courage, and warmth to the therapy room—creating a safe space where even reluctant partners feel seen and supported.
Languages: English, French (basic), Swahili (basic)
Social Work England — SW49998
Association of Family Therapy — 70228104
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy — 00991722
Dr. Evelyn De Villiers
Gallatin, TN (outside Nashville and Bowling Green).: Dr. Evelyn DeVilliers offers intensive couples therapy that integrate Christian values with advanced Gottman Method training. Known for her straightforward, compassionate approach, she helps couples rebuild trust, restore communication, and find renewed hope after betrayal or distance.
Her own journey—from single mother to clinical psychologist—infuses her work with authenticity, grit, and grace. Evelyn’s retreats are as practical as they are profound, offering partners a space to reconnect emotionally and spiritually.
Clinical Psychologist
Tennessee #4147 | New York #020699-1 | California #Psy18687 | Psypact authorized across 30+ states
Dr. Alexis Johnson-Nelson
Fayetteville, GA: Dr. Alexis Johnson Nelson offers couples therapy intensives in metro Atlanta for partners ready to rebuild connection through understanding and humor. Skilled in helping introverted or hesitant partners engage safely, she creates sessions where both voices matter and communication begins to flow again.
Her style is structured, balanced, and full of heart. Clients describe Alexis as a therapist who “sees both sides” and restores hope even when things feel fragile. She blends Gottman-based interventions with deep emotional intelligence, guiding couples toward mutual respect and renewed partnership.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Georgia: MFT #001257
Dr. Paulette Sherman
Media, Pennsylvania: Dr. Paulette Sherman is a clinical psychologist offering private couples therapy intensives in Media, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. With over 17 years of experience, she helps partners transform conflict into connection through warmth, creativity, and clinically grounded insight.
Clients describe her as intuitive, energetic, and deeply human—a therapist who meets them with heart and humor while holding steady space for real change.
Outside the therapy room, Paulette is an author of 26 books, a podcast host, and a breast cancer survivor whose resilience infuses her work with compassion and hope. She believes every couple can learn a new way forward—and that healing relationships strengthens not just marriages, but families and communities.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Pennsylvania #PS009138L | New York #015314 | PSYPACT Authorized (Teletherapy across 30+ states)
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Dr. Heide Rodriguez
San Juan, PR: Dr. Heide Rodriguez is a bilingual psychologist offering couples therapy retreats in San Juan that combine scientific rigor with Caribbean warmth. With over 25 years of clinical experience and advanced Gottman Method training, she helps couples rebuild trust, strengthen communication, and rediscover joy in partnership.
Her deep experience with military and multicultural couples makes her an especially skilled guide for those navigating trauma, transition, or cross-cultural stressors. Sessions with Heide are compassionate, focused, and transformative—anchored in the belief that love can grow stronger through understanding.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Puerto Rico #3154 | Florida #11046
Sierra Kehoe
Asheville & Tuckasegee, NC: Sierra specializes in intensive couples therapy for partners recovering from betrayal, trauma, and emotional disconnection. A Certified Gottman Therapist with additional training in Emotionally Focused Therapy and EMDR, she helps couples find stability, safety, and renewed closeness.
Clients describe her as insightful, unflappable, and deeply attuned. Her intensives balance emotional depth with practical structure—helping couples move through crisis and into healing with honesty, empathy, and hope.
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor — North Carolina #S8798
Gottman Certified Therapist
Diane Foy
Wayzata, MN (15 minutes outside Minneapolis) : Diane Foy offers marriage retreats in Wayzata, Minnesota that emphasize healing, structure, and hope. A lifelong Minnesotan with a background in child and family systems, she helps couples repair emotional disconnection, strengthen communication, and rediscover friendship.
Her approach is science-based yet personal, combining Gottman tools with a deep understanding of family dynamics. Grounded, practical, and steady, Diane brings equal parts compassion and courage to the work of love and repair.
Licensed Psychologist — Minnesota: LP3144
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Jillyn Kaufman
Davenport, IA: A seasoned clinician with a decade of experience, Jillyn Kaufman offers relationship intensives in Iowa’s Quad Cities for couples seeking meaningful change. Her work combines evidence-based structure with heartfelt empathy, helping partners move from disconnection to clarity and care.
Jillyn’s sessions are calm, curious, and collaborative. She believes that healing happens through understanding—and that every couple deserves a chance to rediscover their strengths together.
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker — Iowa #007861 | Illinois #149.014677 | Wisconsin #12172-123
Dr. Patricia Gorman
Amherst, MA: Dr. Patricia Gorman brings more than 35 years of experience—and the grace of a tango dancer—to her relationship therapy intensives in Amherst. Drawing from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and a lifetime of teaching family systems, she helps couples rediscover balance, rhythm, and emotional attunement.
Her sessions are calm, intelligent, and alive with metaphor. Patricia blends clinical precision with the kind of presence that allows couples to slow down and find each other again—one small, deliberate step at a time.
Licensed Psychologist — #6304 & Marriage & Family Therapist — Massachusetts #76
Adv/Core Skills — EFT
Debbie Woodall-Carroll
Cincinnati, OH: Debbie Carroll offers marriage intensives that blend warmth, structure, and clear-eyed guidance. Known for her ability to create calm even in high-conflict situations, she helps couples address infidelity, resentment, and communication breakdowns with honesty and hope.
Her work is practical, heart-centered, and focused on long-term repair. Clients describe her sessions as both challenging and deeply reassuring—safe spaces where real change takes root.
Gottman Method Couples Therapist
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor — Ohio #E.05001243
Gottman Certified Therapist
Dr. Jessica Jones
Arlington, VA: A psychoanalytically trained psychologist with advanced certification in the Gottman and Developmental Models, Dr. Jessica Jones offers relationship retreats in Northern Virginia that combine deep reflection with actionable change.
Jessica is particularly gifted at working with introspective, thoughtful couples who value emotional depth. Her approach helps partners understand the roots of disconnection and rebuild communication grounded in curiosity and compassion. Calm, deliberate, and incisive, she makes the complex inner life of relationships feel both comprehensible and workable.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist — Virginia #0810005512
Psychoanalyst — Center for Psychoanalysis, Washington DC
The Developmental Model Level 1
Dr. Alexis Johnson-Nelson
Fayetteville, GA: Dr. Alexis Johnson Nelson offers couples therapy intensives in metro Atlanta for partners ready to rebuild connection through understanding and humor. Skilled in helping introverted or hesitant partners engage safely, she creates sessions where both voices matter and communication begins to flow again.
Her style is structured, balanced, and full of heart. Clients describe Alexis as a therapist who “sees both sides” and restores hope even when things feel fragile. She blends Gottman-based interventions with deep emotional intelligence, guiding couples toward mutual respect and renewed partnership.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Georgia: MFT #001257
Diane Foy
Wayzata, MN (15 minutes outside Minneapolis) : Dr. Diane Foy offers marriage retreats in Wayzata, Minnesota that emphasize healing, structure, and hope. A lifelong Minnesotan with a background in child and family systems, she helps couples repair emotional disconnection, strengthen communication, and rediscover friendship.
Her approach is science-based yet personal, combining Gottman tools with a deep understanding of family dynamics. Grounded, practical, and steady, Diane brings equal parts compassion and courage to the work of love and repair.
Licensed Psychologist
Minnesota: LP3144
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Jillyn Kaufman
Davenport, IA: A seasoned clinician with a decade of experience, Jillyn Kaufman offers relationship intensives in Iowa’s Quad Cities for couples seeking meaningful change. Her work combines evidence-based structure with heartfelt empathy, helping partners move from disconnection to clarity and care.
Jillyn’s sessions are calm, curious, and collaborative. She believes that healing happens through understanding—and that every couple deserves a chance to rediscover their strengths together.
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker — Iowa #007861 | Illinois #149.014677 | Wisconsin #12172-123
Beatriz Alaniz
San Antonio, TX: Beatriz “Betty” Alaniz is a bilingual couples therapist known for her gentle but incisive work with partners rebuilding after betrayal or trauma. Drawing from the Gottman Method, Gestalt therapy, and emotion-focused techniques, she helps couples confront difficult truths while staying connected and safe.
Warm, culturally attuned, and unafraid of complexity, Betty specializes in guiding Latino and multicultural couples through healing conversations that restore trust and closeness. Her intensives are deeply compassionate—and refreshingly real.
English & Spanish
Licensed Clinical Social Worker — Texas #54925
Advanced training in the Gottman Method
Certified in Discernment Counseling
Dr. Eliane Herdani
Frankfurt, Germany: A trilingual therapist with extensive military and trauma experience, Dr. Eliane Herdani offers couples therapy intensives for American and international couples living abroad. Her work blends clinical discipline with global perspective, helping partners rebuild communication and intimacy across cultures and continents.
Calm, intelligent, and deeply empathetic, Eliane specializes in guiding couples through loss, relocation stress, and emotional disconnection. She integrates Gottman principles, trauma-informed care, and decades of cross-cultural insight to help love thrive wherever life has taken you.
Fluent in German and Portuguese and conversational in Spanish.
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor — Maryland #LCPC 2164 | Texas #LPC 71840
Licensed Mental Health Counselor — Florida #LMHC 18261
Telehealth provider — South Carolina
Certified in Imago Relationship Therapy
Dr. Evelyn De Villiers
Gallatin, TN (outside Nashville and Bowling Green).: Dr. Evelyn DeVilliers offers intensive couples therapy that integrate Christian values with advanced Gottman Method training. Known for her straightforward, compassionate approach, she helps couples rebuild trust, restore communication, and find renewed hope after betrayal or distance.
Her own journey—from single mother to clinical psychologist—infuses her work with authenticity, grit, and grace. Evelyn’s retreats are as practical as they are profound, offering partners a space to reconnect emotionally and spiritually.
Clinical Psychologist
Tennessee #4147 | New York #020699-1 | California #Psy18687 | Psypact authorized across 30+ states
Jenny Fang
Vancouver, BC: A gifted bilingual clinician fluent in English and Mandarin, Jenny Fang brings a rare combination of cross-cultural sensitivity and clinical mastery to her couples therapy intensives. She’s been with CTI from the beginning.
Drawing from Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, and trauma-informed practice, she helps partners rebuild emotional safety, rekindle closeness, and strengthen communication. Known for her composure and deep empathy, Jenny creates a calm yet energizing space for change—especially for couples navigating multicultural or multilingual relationships.
Fluent in: English, Mandarin Proficient in: Japanese Conversational in: Taiwanese
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist — British Columbia | California #93959
The Developmental Model Level 1
Fiona Herbert
Liphook, UK: Fiona Herbert offers intensive marriage counseling in East Hampshire for couples seeking reconnection across communication barriers, cultural differences, or emotional distance. Her international background—from Kenya to Hong Kong—gives her a rare ability to navigate complexity with humor, skill, and grace.
Clients describe Fiona’s sessions as energizing and deeply human. She brings curiosity, courage, and warmth to the therapy room—creating a safe space where even reluctant partners feel seen and supported.
Languages: English, French (basic), Swahili (basic)
Social Work England — SW49998
Association of Family Therapy — 70228104
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy — 00991722
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