“We began working with Sherry and Mark following a brief, painful separation after a long, twisty, lazy river of suffering. We knew almost immediately we had found the right coaches. We were there to work, and their gentle, yet straightforward support saved our marriage, helping us find our way back to each other with greater depth, compassion, and self-awareness. Their years of expertise bring more to the table than any other couples therapy we have participated in.” Ali & Shannon

Couples Coaching

We are both traditionally trained, and have our Master’s degrees — Mark in nursing and Sherry in counseling and psychology. We shifted our practice to coaching so we can reach a broader population of couples in need. We have had a busy private practice together for 29 years, helping couples and individuals transform their relationships into more deeply loving, wholehearted connections, with themselves and with each other.

When we work together with couples, our different styles compliment each other nicely. Mark has a more global perspective, seeing larger patterns and connections, perhaps from his days as an archaeologist? Sherry is more of a detail person, and likes to get into specifics. We like to impart these lessons to our couples, to work with differences, and have them complement one another, instead of letting them get in the way. That’s the richness of life, or relationships — we each have something valuable to add.

In working with couples, we both feel like we found our calling. Helping couples create a more respectful, trusting, deeply loving and cherishing connection gives us a satisfaction unlike anything else we have experienced in our professional lives. We bring into our work what we have learned from other professionals, like Terry Real, John Gottman, Ester Perel, Barry McCarthy, Brené Brown, Harville Hendrix, and Marty Klein, and what we have discovered, and continue to discover in our own loving, relationship.