Marriage Crisis Management
Training for Therapists

Dear MFT and Marriage Therapist Friends,

I’ve been networking with other marriage therapists at conferences and presented at the recent TAMFT conference in Austin about marriage crisis. I learned one thing: most of you are hungry to learn more about marriage crisis—this was very gratifying, as I have felt this way for over twenty years.

For those who don’t know, I have developed a way of helping couples in crisis navigate through the difficult and frightening time with a therapist trained to support and coach them, overseeing the crisis from start to finish and beyond. I did this because of my marriage crisis back in 1993, when I couldn’t find anyone who knew anything about it, and our therapist sent us home to manage things on our own. That ended in a disaster that affects our family to this day.

About 12 years later I went to graduate school, learned that it wasn’t taught in our program, and that other marriage therapists knew little or nothing about it. I spent my research time looking into the subject, and wrote my dissertation about it. What I found was profoundly helpful to couples in crisis, but somehow this information wasn’t making it into the therapists on the front lines helping couples. This had to change, in my mind. We could save marriages and families that otherwise might prematurely and unwisely end their marriages. They needed information, coaching, and support through their marriage crisis and we weren’t providing it. You know the old saying that if nobody else is going to do something about this, I guess I’ll have to, and that’s how I felt. It was such a blaring omission in our training that I couldn’t just let it slide.

In 2006 I began creating a niche in marriage crisis and marriage crisis management based on the research and information I had found. I have worked with thousands of individuals and couples in crisis, and clients appreciate that someone knows about this, and can help them avoid mistakes and regrets. The problem is, right now the only person they can find to help, is me. We desperately need a referral base for couples in crisis.

I don’t have the time or energy to see all the clients who need assistance. I am 67 years old and can’t do this forever. I need help, therapists to carry on the work, and clients need you. There is a high demand for marriage crisis management, and I am anxious to teach you everything I know about it so you can start helping clients, too.

I am working on developing the training, and if any of you would like to be a part of that, perhaps as a member of an advisory board, let me know. In the meantime, I am opening up a private Facebook group to exchange information, ask questions, and stay informed about what’s happening. If the invitation to the group doesn’t work, please let me know. When you get there, I want to know what you want to see in marriage crisis manager training. I want to know how you have handled it in the past and if you have any input. Please message me below if you are interested. We are looking not only for therapists, but any person who works professionally with families during marriage crisis and divorce.