Gottman Method Therapists in Johnson County, IA
I specialize in Gottman Method Couples therapy, Discernment Counseling, IFS, Family Systems, and Grief Therapy.
COUPLES: I love helping partners who feel stuck in patterns that aren't working, have drifted apart, experienced betrayal, or no longer feel they are on the same team (but want to be). For couples on the brink of divorce, I offer Discernment Counseling to help them gain clarity and confidence about their best path forward.
ADULTS: I use IFS and Family Systems therapies to treat anxiety, depression, inner conflict, and emotional wounds (trauma).
GRIEF & LOSS: I am a compassionate witness and guide to those healing from the passing of a loved one, a beloved pet, the end of a relationship, empty nest, family estrangement, etc.
I specialize in Gottman Method Couples therapy, Discernment Counseling, IFS, Family Systems, and Grief Therapy.
COUPLES: I love helping partners who feel stuck in patterns that aren't working, have drifted apart, experienced betrayal, or no longer feel they are on the same team (but want to be). For couples on the brink of divorce, I offer Discernment Counseling to help them gain clarity and confidence about their best path forward.
ADULTS: I use IFS and Family Systems therapies to treat anxiety, depression, inner conflict, and emotional wounds (trauma).
GRIEF & LOSS: I am a compassionate witness and guide to those healing from the passing of a loved one, a beloved pet, the end of a relationship, empty nest, family estrangement, etc.
I take special interest in working with couples and am Level 1 trained in The Gottman Method.
Life is full of hard things and you're not alone! Everyone has a story and yours is important, too. No matter your circumstance I will meet you where you are and provide a safe, judgement-free, compassionate space to sort through it all. I have a broad scope of knowledge and experience working among issues like relationships, parenting, depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, addiction, grief/loss, life transition, and stress. I tailor treatment to individual needs and have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. I find deep meaning in this profession and would be honored to accompany you towards healing.
I take special interest in working with couples and am Level 1 trained in The Gottman Method.
Life is full of hard things and you're not alone! Everyone has a story and yours is important, too. No matter your circumstance I will meet you where you are and provide a safe, judgement-free, compassionate space to sort through it all. I have a broad scope of knowledge and experience working among issues like relationships, parenting, depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, addiction, grief/loss, life transition, and stress. I tailor treatment to individual needs and have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. I find deep meaning in this profession and would be honored to accompany you towards healing.
Farrah is accepting new patients and has worked in mental health for over 25 years. Her clinical expertise includes working with teens, adults, couples, and families with a wide range of emotional, relationship, and professional challenges. Farrah has extensive experience helping clients work through trauma, perfectionism, grief, divorce, life transitions, work stress, anxiety and depression. Farrah creates a safe space for her clients to be open, learn new skills and work through difficult issues while supported.
Farrah is accepting new patients and has worked in mental health for over 25 years. Her clinical expertise includes working with teens, adults, couples, and families with a wide range of emotional, relationship, and professional challenges. Farrah has extensive experience helping clients work through trauma, perfectionism, grief, divorce, life transitions, work stress, anxiety and depression. Farrah creates a safe space for her clients to be open, learn new skills and work through difficult issues while supported.
Matt Cohen, Ph.D, LISW, Counseling And Coaching
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LISW
Verified Verified
Iowa City, IA 52240
Waitlist for new clients
Matt Cohen, Ph.D. is an LISW (Licensed independent Social Worker, The University of Kansas '94) and is the EAP onsite counselor for Raytheon Technology's (RTX) Rockwell-Collins site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He also counsels couples and individuals 18 years and older in his private counseling practice in Iowa City. He has given national seminars about working with difficult people in the workplace, and is a licensed workplace mediator and trains others in mediation. He has traveled nationally and internationally to present and conduct workshops using movement, storytelling, and play as a technique to build community and spontaneity.
Matt Cohen, Ph.D. is an LISW (Licensed independent Social Worker, The University of Kansas '94) and is the EAP onsite counselor for Raytheon Technology's (RTX) Rockwell-Collins site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He also counsels couples and individuals 18 years and older in his private counseling practice in Iowa City. He has given national seminars about working with difficult people in the workplace, and is a licensed workplace mediator and trains others in mediation. He has traveled nationally and internationally to present and conduct workshops using movement, storytelling, and play as a technique to build community and spontaneity.
Janel Harrington
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Iowa City, IA 52240
My accepting approach is secured in the notion that we all deserve to be welcomed just as we are, including the problems and struggles we bear. Even if our problems have no straightforward answers, we can learn to live with and through them when we are better connected to ourselves and others. As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I aspire to enable this connection. My training is rooted in Systems Theory, which views individuals, couples, and families through their relationship network. I take care to recognize how family of origin, cultural, and contextual factors inform our habits, perceptions, and sense of well-being.
My accepting approach is secured in the notion that we all deserve to be welcomed just as we are, including the problems and struggles we bear. Even if our problems have no straightforward answers, we can learn to live with and through them when we are better connected to ourselves and others. As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I aspire to enable this connection. My training is rooted in Systems Theory, which views individuals, couples, and families through their relationship network. I take care to recognize how family of origin, cultural, and contextual factors inform our habits, perceptions, and sense of well-being.
As a generalist, I work from an integrative lens, naturally leaning towards a client-centered, strengths-based, and multicultural perspectives. Often, I like to integrate aspects of Interpersonal Therapy, Family Systems, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive-Behavioral theories with the Bio-Psycho-Social framework. With extensive college counseling center experience (20+ years), I enjoy working with this population and understands the difficulties that often emerge during this transitional process (identities, relationships, self-awareness, etc.). I believe no concern is too big or too small to seek support.
As a generalist, I work from an integrative lens, naturally leaning towards a client-centered, strengths-based, and multicultural perspectives. Often, I like to integrate aspects of Interpersonal Therapy, Family Systems, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive-Behavioral theories with the Bio-Psycho-Social framework. With extensive college counseling center experience (20+ years), I enjoy working with this population and understands the difficulties that often emerge during this transitional process (identities, relationships, self-awareness, etc.). I believe no concern is too big or too small to seek support.
I am a licensed psychologist with over two decades of experience in the treatment of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress management, chronic pain, insomnia, low self-esteem, trauma, abuse, addiction, anger management, relationship issue, marital conflict and stress related illness. I work from a holistic perspective that integrates in-depth psychological theory with complimentary medicine and mind-body wellness. If you are looking for release from old stuck patterns and wanting to feel whole and fully alive, call me.
I am a licensed psychologist with over two decades of experience in the treatment of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress management, chronic pain, insomnia, low self-esteem, trauma, abuse, addiction, anger management, relationship issue, marital conflict and stress related illness. I work from a holistic perspective that integrates in-depth psychological theory with complimentary medicine and mind-body wellness. If you are looking for release from old stuck patterns and wanting to feel whole and fully alive, call me.
I enjoy using practical approaches to assist individuals and couples improve their communication, activate their strengths, learn new skills, and better ways of coping with emotions and relationships. From 1999 to 2012 I taught a class on relationships at the University of Iowa. When it's useful, I help my clients by sharing information from the class with them.
I enjoy using practical approaches to assist individuals and couples improve their communication, activate their strengths, learn new skills, and better ways of coping with emotions and relationships. From 1999 to 2012 I taught a class on relationships at the University of Iowa. When it's useful, I help my clients by sharing information from the class with them.
Sojourner Psychotherapy PLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LISW, RPT, CADC
Verified Verified
Iowa City, IA 52240
I consider it my privilege to join with others as they share their stories of who they are, the challenges and joys of where they have been and assisting them as they discover what lies ahead in their life's journey. Anyone who has a curiosity about who they are, how life events and circumstances affect them, have a willingness to change with a hope of where they want to be in life... is welcome.
I consider it my privilege to join with others as they share their stories of who they are, the challenges and joys of where they have been and assisting them as they discover what lies ahead in their life's journey. Anyone who has a curiosity about who they are, how life events and circumstances affect them, have a willingness to change with a hope of where they want to be in life... is welcome.
As your partner in the counseling journey, I provide a compassionate and supportive healing environment to assist you in facing your life challenges. I work primarily with adults, specializing in personal and career transitions, relationship distress, anxiety, and recovery from traumatic events. I draw from 18 years of evidence-based practice to personalize an approach that meets your unique needs. Working from a wholistic perspective incorporating biological, relational, emotional, and spiritual elements, my goal is to empower you to create greater satisfaction and happiness in your life and relationships.
As your partner in the counseling journey, I provide a compassionate and supportive healing environment to assist you in facing your life challenges. I work primarily with adults, specializing in personal and career transitions, relationship distress, anxiety, and recovery from traumatic events. I draw from 18 years of evidence-based practice to personalize an approach that meets your unique needs. Working from a wholistic perspective incorporating biological, relational, emotional, and spiritual elements, my goal is to empower you to create greater satisfaction and happiness in your life and relationships.
Some of the most hardest parts of the human experience involve pain, loneliness, and purposelessness. I am dedicated to standing with clients as they identify their strengths and growth areas. Many of us are dealt situations we struggle to navigate on our own. Together, I believe awareness, healing, and growth can start today.
Some of the most hardest parts of the human experience involve pain, loneliness, and purposelessness. I am dedicated to standing with clients as they identify their strengths and growth areas. Many of us are dealt situations we struggle to navigate on our own. Together, I believe awareness, healing, and growth can start today.
Meet Our Gottman Method Therapists
Are your mental health symptoms interfering with your life? Are you having difficulty dealing with life-transition or stage-of-life issues? Are you hoping to change unhelpful thoughts, feelings or behaviors, but don't know where to start? Start here.
Are your mental health symptoms interfering with your life? Are you having difficulty dealing with life-transition or stage-of-life issues? Are you hoping to change unhelpful thoughts, feelings or behaviors, but don't know where to start? Start here.
Julie Peterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LISW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
North Liberty, IA 52317
“Before you assist others, put your oxygen mask on first." Prioritizing your wellness is essential. Perhaps you feel pulled in a million directions or you have suffered a loss. Perhaps you are stuck in an unhealthy relationship or you constantly compare yourself to others. Breaking unhealthy cycles of thought can be life-changing.
“Before you assist others, put your oxygen mask on first." Prioritizing your wellness is essential. Perhaps you feel pulled in a million directions or you have suffered a loss. Perhaps you are stuck in an unhealthy relationship or you constantly compare yourself to others. Breaking unhealthy cycles of thought can be life-changing.
Bobby Jo Salm, LISW, RPT
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LISW, RPT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Coralville, IA 52241
Waitlist for new clients
Not accepting new clients, but our clinic has immediate openings with other amazing therapists! Regardless of why you're seeking therapy, I'm here to help you. I work to help you understand the root of the issue, develop tools necessary to meet these challenges, and take steps toward a healthier and more integrated life.
Not accepting new clients, but our clinic has immediate openings with other amazing therapists! Regardless of why you're seeking therapy, I'm here to help you. I work to help you understand the root of the issue, develop tools necessary to meet these challenges, and take steps toward a healthier and more integrated life.
I received my BA in Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1980 and returned to receive my MA in Counseling and Human Development in 1992. I have been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Iowa since 1998. I have over 30 years of experience in the counseling field and utilize a variety of cognitive/behavioral approaches in working with adults, adolescents, couples and families. Areas of experience include depression, anxiety and other mood disorders, ADD/ADHD, relationship, couple and divorce issues, stress and anger management, domestic violence, and substance abuse issues.
I received my BA in Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1980 and returned to receive my MA in Counseling and Human Development in 1992. I have been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Iowa since 1998. I have over 30 years of experience in the counseling field and utilize a variety of cognitive/behavioral approaches in working with adults, adolescents, couples and families. Areas of experience include depression, anxiety and other mood disorders, ADD/ADHD, relationship, couple and divorce issues, stress and anger management, domestic violence, and substance abuse issues.
David received his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Iowa and has been a practicing psychotherapist for the past 30 years. He is a Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Counseling Center of Iowa City. He has received advanced training in the areas of Ericksonian Hypnosis, Brief Therapy treatments for Depression and Anxiety, and Biofeedback and Stress management. His research and writing on the impact of chronic illness and chronic pain on individual, couple, and family functioning have received national recognition.
David received his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Iowa and has been a practicing psychotherapist for the past 30 years. He is a Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Counseling Center of Iowa City. He has received advanced training in the areas of Ericksonian Hypnosis, Brief Therapy treatments for Depression and Anxiety, and Biofeedback and Stress management. His research and writing on the impact of chronic illness and chronic pain on individual, couple, and family functioning have received national recognition.
Natalia Cherjovsky
Marriage & Family Therapist, T-LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Coralville, IA 52241
Longing for a meaningful life is inherent to being human. Yet, no one hands us a manual, so we often feel stuck. This is where therapists can provide relief. My practice is dedicated to motivated clients ready to embrace transformation by confronting limiting beliefs and behaviors. Therapy requires courage to examine and disrupt harmful patterns and narratives to achieve clarity, resilience, and fulfillment. As your therapist, I can help you harness your innate capacity to grow in ways that align with your values. I use an integrative lens and draw on a wide array of theories and strategies to tailor sessions to your unique needs.
Longing for a meaningful life is inherent to being human. Yet, no one hands us a manual, so we often feel stuck. This is where therapists can provide relief. My practice is dedicated to motivated clients ready to embrace transformation by confronting limiting beliefs and behaviors. Therapy requires courage to examine and disrupt harmful patterns and narratives to achieve clarity, resilience, and fulfillment. As your therapist, I can help you harness your innate capacity to grow in ways that align with your values. I use an integrative lens and draw on a wide array of theories and strategies to tailor sessions to your unique needs.
Katie Amos
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, RPT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Coralville, IA 52241
Waitlist for new clients
As a marriage and family therapist, I am passionate about helping clients achieve emotional and physical wellness. I have several years of experience working with families and children; this has included community work, in-home work and clinical practice. I typically apply a solution focused, strength-based family systems model individualized to each unique client.
As a marriage and family therapist, I am passionate about helping clients achieve emotional and physical wellness. I have several years of experience working with families and children; this has included community work, in-home work and clinical practice. I typically apply a solution focused, strength-based family systems model individualized to each unique client.
Leah Marie Gehlsen Morlan
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Iowa City, IA 52240
Waitlist for new clients
While my specialties are ADHD, ASD, anxiety and panic disorders, and parental support, I mainly just enjoy connecting with folks who have identified that therapy might be helpful for them. I like building relationships and getting to know people through the therapeutic lens. While I primarily use CBT, ACT, and DBT, I believe that a safe space wherein someone can be vulnerable and authentic is the strongest foundation for healing. My therapeutic demeanor is casual and warm, and I love nothing more than helping someone feel seen, heard, and like there's a path forward.
While my specialties are ADHD, ASD, anxiety and panic disorders, and parental support, I mainly just enjoy connecting with folks who have identified that therapy might be helpful for them. I like building relationships and getting to know people through the therapeutic lens. While I primarily use CBT, ACT, and DBT, I believe that a safe space wherein someone can be vulnerable and authentic is the strongest foundation for healing. My therapeutic demeanor is casual and warm, and I love nothing more than helping someone feel seen, heard, and like there's a path forward.
Sometimes life can feel overwhelming and finding solutions can be a challenge. I believe in helping you get through these tough times. I enjoy seeing the growth that people develop and want to help you unlock your full potential in life.
Sometimes life can feel overwhelming and finding solutions can be a challenge. I believe in helping you get through these tough times. I enjoy seeing the growth that people develop and want to help you unlock your full potential in life.
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Gottman Method Therapists
How does the Gottman method work?
One of the core doctrines of the Gottman method is that negative emotions hurt relationships about five times more than positive emotions help them. Thus, couples require five times more positive interactions than negative interactions with each other. The therapist will guide clients on how to improve communication and understanding of each other to manage conflict and have their emotional needs met. The therapist will also advise couples on how to repair relations with each other when conflict arises, and therefore avoid lasting damage.
Is the Gottman method evidence-based?
Yes, this method is an evidence-based approach to couples therapy. The method is based on more than 40 years of research by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, the psychologists who developed the method. The Gottmans analyzed decades of data to draw conclusions about what types of interactions are likely to lead to specific results, and which interventions are most likely to lead to success. Studies have found that this approach leads to improvements in relationship satisfaction, intimacy, communication skills, and a lower rate of divorce.
How long does the Gottman method take?
The duration of treatment depends on the specific challenges clients face. Sessions are typically 60 to 90 minutes long, and an average course of treatment is around 10 sessions. In some cases, such as for couples dealing with a critical problem, the therapist will suggest an intensive course of treatment, with daily sessions over the first two to four days. Treatment is complete when the couple is satisfied and has met the goals they’ve set, and when the therapist believes they have the skills to continue on their own.
Is the Gottman method effective?
Through the Gottman method, couples can achieve changes that are real and sustainable. This treatment has been used for more than 40 years; the method is supported by empirical research, including randomized controlled trials that have demonstrated effectiveness in improving relationship outcomes for couples. Like any talk therapy, success or failure depends in large part on how committed the clients are to making positive changes and working toward results.