Gottman Method Therapists in Saint Louis, MO
You may feel like one mistake, one relationship, or one difficult chapter has come to define your life. Maybe you're carrying shame, struggling with anger, navigating the aftermath of trauma, facing legal or family stress, or feeling misunderstood by the people and systems around you. Whatever brought you here, you deserve a space where you can be honest without fear of judgment, so you can begin moving toward the life you want. I believe that even in the darkest hours, there can be resilience, and we all have the capacity for growth and change.
You may feel like one mistake, one relationship, or one difficult chapter has come to define your life. Maybe you're carrying shame, struggling with anger, navigating the aftermath of trauma, facing legal or family stress, or feeling misunderstood by the people and systems around you. Whatever brought you here, you deserve a space where you can be honest without fear of judgment, so you can begin moving toward the life you want. I believe that even in the darkest hours, there can be resilience, and we all have the capacity for growth and change.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your struggles, whether it’s an addiction or impulsive behavior that seems to control your life? You're not alone. I have a deep desire to see everyone live the life they dream of, for themselves, for their children and communities in which they live. I want to see my clients live a life of thriving, full of joy and opportunity.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by your struggles, whether it’s an addiction or impulsive behavior that seems to control your life? You're not alone. I have a deep desire to see everyone live the life they dream of, for themselves, for their children and communities in which they live. I want to see my clients live a life of thriving, full of joy and opportunity.
I founded Terrace House because I believe that each of us deserves the opportunity to design a life that we love; one in which we feel at home in our bodies, in our minds, in our relationships, and in our world. I enjoy working with couples, adults, and adolescents to define and change their relationship with the problems in their lives including: anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, identity exploration (including LGBTQ+), existential questions, spiritual concerns, career concerns, and relational wounds (including betrayal, divorce, and attachment.)
I founded Terrace House because I believe that each of us deserves the opportunity to design a life that we love; one in which we feel at home in our bodies, in our minds, in our relationships, and in our world. I enjoy working with couples, adults, and adolescents to define and change their relationship with the problems in their lives including: anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, identity exploration (including LGBTQ+), existential questions, spiritual concerns, career concerns, and relational wounds (including betrayal, divorce, and attachment.)
If you are reading this, there’s a good chance you feel unknown. Your family and friends think highly of you, but you’re afraid that might be because you’ve fooled them. Deep down you feel like there is something wrong with you, and no amount of “doing the right thing” can change that. You’ve spent much of your life between procrastination and perfection, but nothing really calms the racing thoughts and anxiety. A lifetime of trying to fix what feels broken in your family has taken its toll. It’s actually been pretty tough—and there’s a lot of pain.
If you are reading this, there’s a good chance you feel unknown. Your family and friends think highly of you, but you’re afraid that might be because you’ve fooled them. Deep down you feel like there is something wrong with you, and no amount of “doing the right thing” can change that. You’ve spent much of your life between procrastination and perfection, but nothing really calms the racing thoughts and anxiety. A lifetime of trying to fix what feels broken in your family has taken its toll. It’s actually been pretty tough—and there’s a lot of pain.
Raber Hamad, IFS and Couples Therapy, St. Louis
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
13 Endorsed
Saint Louis, MO 63141
Waitlist for new clients
Using the Gottman Method, we will work on strategies to improve communication and rebuild trust.
You’re tired of the same fights, the distance growing between you, and wondering if things can actually get better. Maybe you're feeling stuck in a cycle of hurt and miscommunication, unsure if your relationship can heal or if something needs to change. You’re here because you don’t want to give up just yet. I help couples work through tough conflicts, rebuild trust, and find clarity, whether that means moving forward together or figuring out how to continue with the relationship.
Using the Gottman Method, we will work on strategies to improve communication and rebuild trust.
You’re tired of the same fights, the distance growing between you, and wondering if things can actually get better. Maybe you're feeling stuck in a cycle of hurt and miscommunication, unsure if your relationship can heal or if something needs to change. You’re here because you don’t want to give up just yet. I help couples work through tough conflicts, rebuild trust, and find clarity, whether that means moving forward together or figuring out how to continue with the relationship.
Heather Barker
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
1 Endorsed
Saint Louis, MO 63105
Waitlist for new clients
As a licensed professional counselor, I bring over 20 years of clinical experience to my private practice and use a variety of treatment modalities to help clients navigate a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship problems. I believe that relationships are central to our well-being and am passionate about working with all of the individual pieces of a family – children, teens, parents, couples – and the family unit itself. On a personal level, I bring unconditional acceptance, an emphasis on grace for self and others, and genuine compassion to each one of my clients.
As a licensed professional counselor, I bring over 20 years of clinical experience to my private practice and use a variety of treatment modalities to help clients navigate a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship problems. I believe that relationships are central to our well-being and am passionate about working with all of the individual pieces of a family – children, teens, parents, couples – and the family unit itself. On a personal level, I bring unconditional acceptance, an emphasis on grace for self and others, and genuine compassion to each one of my clients.
I'm Michele and I am excited you are taking steps to feel better about yourself and are interested to learn more about me. I'm a licensed clinical social worker in Missouri, and a qualified mental health professional. I am a certified clinical tele-mental health provider, a certified clinical trauma professional, and a certified grief informed professional. I've been a therapist for more than 25 years and I absolutely love what I do. I help young people learn to live authentically in spite of experiencing trauma in their past and help them express their true inner self. I counsel adult children who care for their aging parents to co
I'm Michele and I am excited you are taking steps to feel better about yourself and are interested to learn more about me. I'm a licensed clinical social worker in Missouri, and a qualified mental health professional. I am a certified clinical tele-mental health provider, a certified clinical trauma professional, and a certified grief informed professional. I've been a therapist for more than 25 years and I absolutely love what I do. I help young people learn to live authentically in spite of experiencing trauma in their past and help them express their true inner self. I counsel adult children who care for their aging parents to co
My work is grounded in evidence-based approaches, including Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Are you feeling stuck in your relationship and unsure how to move forward? Are you exhausted from having the same arguments without real change? Or maybe things are going well, and you want to make a good relationship even stronger. If any of this sounds like you, you’re in the right place. I’m a clinical psychologist specializing in relationship therapy, working with individuals and all parties in distressed loving relationships to strengthen connections, navigate challenges, and make meaningful decisions. Outside of private practice, I work as a faculty member at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (see my website).
My work is grounded in evidence-based approaches, including Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Are you feeling stuck in your relationship and unsure how to move forward? Are you exhausted from having the same arguments without real change? Or maybe things are going well, and you want to make a good relationship even stronger. If any of this sounds like you, you’re in the right place. I’m a clinical psychologist specializing in relationship therapy, working with individuals and all parties in distressed loving relationships to strengthen connections, navigate challenges, and make meaningful decisions. Outside of private practice, I work as a faculty member at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (see my website).
Life can feel overwhelming at times—and you don’t have to face it alone. I work with teens and adults who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, or major life transitions. My clients often come to me feeling stuck, lost, or unsure how to cope, and together we work to find clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose.
I specialize in helping individuals and families move through challenges like teen‑parent conflict, religious or spiritual trauma, gender and sexual identity exploration, and the deep emotional weight of transitions such as divorce, aging, or financial hardship.
Life can feel overwhelming at times—and you don’t have to face it alone. I work with teens and adults who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, or major life transitions. My clients often come to me feeling stuck, lost, or unsure how to cope, and together we work to find clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of purpose.
I specialize in helping individuals and families move through challenges like teen‑parent conflict, religious or spiritual trauma, gender and sexual identity exploration, and the deep emotional weight of transitions such as divorce, aging, or financial hardship.
I have a person-centered and holistic approach, while also utilizing my training in Brainspotting, Gottman Method, Compassion Focused Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, DBT, and CBT.
Struggling with anxiety, irritability, depression, or navigating a life transition? Are your relationships feeling the impact? Living in a society that minimizes self-compassion, slowing down, and tuning into our bodies makes it hard to feel connected to ourselves and those around us. Add in traumatic life experiences and the world can easily become overwhelming leading our nervous systems to shift into states of survival. I work to create a non-judgmental space to explore these themes and strengthen the connection within yourself, your relationships, and the world around you.
I have a person-centered and holistic approach, while also utilizing my training in Brainspotting, Gottman Method, Compassion Focused Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, DBT, and CBT.
Struggling with anxiety, irritability, depression, or navigating a life transition? Are your relationships feeling the impact? Living in a society that minimizes self-compassion, slowing down, and tuning into our bodies makes it hard to feel connected to ourselves and those around us. Add in traumatic life experiences and the world can easily become overwhelming leading our nervous systems to shift into states of survival. I work to create a non-judgmental space to explore these themes and strengthen the connection within yourself, your relationships, and the world around you.
Have you ever found yourself in a state of in-between? Whether that's between jobs, identities, relationships, homes, and stages of life; life is full of transitions. As we move through them, we make connections between where we’ve been, where we currently are, and where we hope to go. This can be a deeply empowering and healing experience! This process of coming to know ourselves holistically can create beautiful new possibilities...
Have you ever found yourself in a state of in-between? Whether that's between jobs, identities, relationships, homes, and stages of life; life is full of transitions. As we move through them, we make connections between where we’ve been, where we currently are, and where we hope to go. This can be a deeply empowering and healing experience! This process of coming to know ourselves holistically can create beautiful new possibilities...
Katie Lorenz
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Saint Louis, MO 63123
Waitlist for new clients
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Weighed down by anxiety? Difficulties in relationships or tensions with your children? I can provide you with tools and teach you how to use them, which can help to provide a more satisfying life and to help you become a healthier individual. I am driven by a passion for improving the lives of others and work diligently to provide a custom approach to meet client’s needs. I want to help individuals discover their true identities and God-given gifts, potential, and purposes in life. My approach is to provide empathy and challenge and help clients move toward transformation to make necessary changes.
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Weighed down by anxiety? Difficulties in relationships or tensions with your children? I can provide you with tools and teach you how to use them, which can help to provide a more satisfying life and to help you become a healthier individual. I am driven by a passion for improving the lives of others and work diligently to provide a custom approach to meet client’s needs. I want to help individuals discover their true identities and God-given gifts, potential, and purposes in life. My approach is to provide empathy and challenge and help clients move toward transformation to make necessary changes.
Kathryn Stinson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
1 Endorsed
Saint Louis, MO 63143
Waitlist for new clients
You care deeply—about people, justice, beauty, truth. You might be an artist, activist, entrepreneur, gender non-conforming person, or deep thinker carrying invisible grief, burnout, or overwhelm. Maybe you have ADHD and feel like your big ideas outpace your capacity. Or maybe you’ve hit a wall—exhausted, scattered, unsure what's next. You're not looking for a quick fix. You want to feel whole again, to reconnect with meaning, and to move through the world without losing yourself. You want to talk to someone comfortable with unconventional terrain who can join with you in the difficult work of mapping out new territory.
You care deeply—about people, justice, beauty, truth. You might be an artist, activist, entrepreneur, gender non-conforming person, or deep thinker carrying invisible grief, burnout, or overwhelm. Maybe you have ADHD and feel like your big ideas outpace your capacity. Or maybe you’ve hit a wall—exhausted, scattered, unsure what's next. You're not looking for a quick fix. You want to feel whole again, to reconnect with meaning, and to move through the world without losing yourself. You want to talk to someone comfortable with unconventional terrain who can join with you in the difficult work of mapping out new territory.
Are you tired of answering the question "What's wrong?" One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't speak. Together, we can find your voice and explore whatever brings you to counseling in a collaborative, safe and supportive setting. Mental health is just as critical as your physical health and you don't need to suffer in silence. You deserve an emotional check-up.
Are you tired of answering the question "What's wrong?" One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't speak. Together, we can find your voice and explore whatever brings you to counseling in a collaborative, safe and supportive setting. Mental health is just as critical as your physical health and you don't need to suffer in silence. You deserve an emotional check-up.
Starting therapy is no small task. It is hard to come to terms with needing help but you deserve to feel better. I strive to make clients feel welcomed, heard and understood in their thoughts and feelings. I provide a safe and affirming space for self-exploration and commitment to providing the best possible resources and interventions to make positive change and help to meet personal goals.
Starting therapy is no small task. It is hard to come to terms with needing help but you deserve to feel better. I strive to make clients feel welcomed, heard and understood in their thoughts and feelings. I provide a safe and affirming space for self-exploration and commitment to providing the best possible resources and interventions to make positive change and help to meet personal goals.
Here are areas I help with most often: anxiety & stress, depression, couples counseling ( Gottman Method), trauma (Brainspotting), career & life design, substance use & addiction, men's issues, life transitions, anger, & grief.
I take an active, experiential approach. That means I’m a collaborator, offering a caring, external point of view to help in your process of figuring out what you think & feel, want & need. It also means we’re finding ways you can grow and make changes outside of session because talk can only get us so far - we also have to put what we learn into action.
Here are areas I help with most often: anxiety & stress, depression, couples counseling ( Gottman Method), trauma (Brainspotting), career & life design, substance use & addiction, men's issues, life transitions, anger, & grief.
I take an active, experiential approach. That means I’m a collaborator, offering a caring, external point of view to help in your process of figuring out what you think & feel, want & need. It also means we’re finding ways you can grow and make changes outside of session because talk can only get us so far - we also have to put what we learn into action.
Through out the journey of life we are faced with obstacles and challenges. We might find ourselves struggling with broken or dysfunctional relationships, childhood trauma, illness or the death of a loved one. There might be times in our life in which we feel anxious, depressed even hopeless and we don't know where to turn. I am passionate about helping people find the inner peace and fulfillment we all seek by assisting you in acquiring tools for self-growth, for reducing anxiety and depression and for improved relationships. The process can be extremely rewarding and life changing!
Through out the journey of life we are faced with obstacles and challenges. We might find ourselves struggling with broken or dysfunctional relationships, childhood trauma, illness or the death of a loved one. There might be times in our life in which we feel anxious, depressed even hopeless and we don't know where to turn. I am passionate about helping people find the inner peace and fulfillment we all seek by assisting you in acquiring tools for self-growth, for reducing anxiety and depression and for improved relationships. The process can be extremely rewarding and life changing!
With my nursing and social work background I offer you a unique understanding of healthcare. Using both my counseling, medical knowledge and expertise, I will teach you how to care for yourself mentally, emotionally and physically. I work with individuals ages 18 and older, couples and families who are struggling through a difficult time or who have been struggling their whole life. I will help you develop a plan and teach you the skills that can bring you out of that scary "stuckness" into a safe place where you can land and heal.
With my nursing and social work background I offer you a unique understanding of healthcare. Using both my counseling, medical knowledge and expertise, I will teach you how to care for yourself mentally, emotionally and physically. I work with individuals ages 18 and older, couples and families who are struggling through a difficult time or who have been struggling their whole life. I will help you develop a plan and teach you the skills that can bring you out of that scary "stuckness" into a safe place where you can land and heal.
Genevieve Friedmann
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, CST
4 Endorsed
Saint Louis, MO 63139
Waitlist for new clients
You and your partner are facing challenges that feel isolating, even when you’re together. Life pulls you both in a million directions, and it’s easy to lose sight of your own needs—and each other’s. Maybe making a real connection feels harder than it used to, leaving you feeling like you've lost a spark that was once there. You can’t seem to get on the same page when it comes to making decisions and finding the time and energy to nurture and change your relationship just isn’t happening. You want to enjoy your time together and you long for your relationship to be a source of support, understanding, and peace.
You and your partner are facing challenges that feel isolating, even when you’re together. Life pulls you both in a million directions, and it’s easy to lose sight of your own needs—and each other’s. Maybe making a real connection feels harder than it used to, leaving you feeling like you've lost a spark that was once there. You can’t seem to get on the same page when it comes to making decisions and finding the time and energy to nurture and change your relationship just isn’t happening. You want to enjoy your time together and you long for your relationship to be a source of support, understanding, and peace.
Some relational, sex therapy and sex addiction modalities include Gottman Method, Sensate Focus, Crucible Approach (David Schnarch) and Patrick Carnes Model.
Kathryn Manley is a seasoned licensed mental health practitioner and licensed AASECT sex therapist. For over 25 years, she has helped individuals and couples navigate difficult issues relating to communication skills, sexuality, autonomy, and attachment. Kathryn understands the importance of having a safe and trustworthy clinician. Sex therapy can include the many physiological and emotional aspects of intimacy encountered during seasons of life including but not limited to postpartum depression, differences in sexual desire, infidelity, betrayal trauma, erectile dysfunction, pain, sexless marriage and difficulty with orgasm.
Some relational, sex therapy and sex addiction modalities include Gottman Method, Sensate Focus, Crucible Approach (David Schnarch) and Patrick Carnes Model.
Kathryn Manley is a seasoned licensed mental health practitioner and licensed AASECT sex therapist. For over 25 years, she has helped individuals and couples navigate difficult issues relating to communication skills, sexuality, autonomy, and attachment. Kathryn understands the importance of having a safe and trustworthy clinician. Sex therapy can include the many physiological and emotional aspects of intimacy encountered during seasons of life including but not limited to postpartum depression, differences in sexual desire, infidelity, betrayal trauma, erectile dysfunction, pain, sexless marriage and difficulty with orgasm.
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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.