Attention is like sunlight and water for a plant. What we pay attention to will grow.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Couples Coaching

My passion and gift for supporting couples in all relational stages is grounded in three truths:

1. We are wired for deep connection.
2. Intimate partnership is a sacred vessel for growth.
3. Cultivating the healthy masculine and feminine within each of us is vital for personal, relational and global healing, well-being, and creativity.

In addition to Stan Tatkin (Wired for Love), Dr. Harville Hendrix, and David Deida, my work is informed by Terry Real and Esther Perel, whose collaborative course, Anatomy of Couples Therapy, I designed, using their extensive source materials. Through this experience, I assimilated their collective wisdom from their combined decades of couples therapy. As work with couples has grown, I’ve deepened my resources, such as Terry’s and Thomas Hübl’s Evolutionary Relationships training for healers, coaches and therapists. Subtitled, “Creating Mystical Partnerships for Healing and Waking Up,” its focus on the intersection of the spiritual and the pragmatic in relationships is intrinsic to my approach. Like Terry’s Relational Life Therapy, I quickly identify the relational patterns, and move as swiftly as possible to give couples new behaviors to shift to healthy relationships. I also work with each partner individually as needed and desired, to empower both to tend and meet the needs of self, partner, and relationship.

Appreciation

“Today’s session was monumental to say the least: The healing power of truly listening to learn. I was able to honor all of her efforts and truly feel her pain but also forgive her for anything I am holding on to. I truly freed myself from a self-defeating pattern.”

“I just wanted to thank you for our last session. It was profoundly healing. I came out of it feeling more heard and understood than ever and also able to understand him without feeling unsafe or confused. There was this palpable peace. I felt like my nervous system was able to connect to the rest of my body in a way that I have never felt before. I’m grateful for this process and all the growth we are lucky to experience with you. You really have a gift!”

“I feel like you not only ‘get it,’ but that you also feel me. I feel seen and felt by you in a way that I don’t think I’ve ever felt by anyone. In my life.”

“Mind-blowing. Amazing. You are a gift to womanhood! And any relationship. Every session is a gift. So much love for you.”

“I felt heard and validated in a way that I haven’t ever felt before and I was able to deeply feel what I have been holding in for a long time to be explored in a safe space.”

“I have hope where there was none.”

Schedule

To schedule an initial, complimentary 30-minute discovery call with Marni, click here.

Whoever enters the Way without a guide, will take a hundred years to travel a two-day journey.

~Rumi