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Kristal DeSantis

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Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction

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My passion has been relationships since day one and so I focused on learning all the things that pertained to healthy relationships. I studied Gottman Marital Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples’ Therapy, Premarital Counseling, Attachment Styles, and Sex Therapy. Another focus area of mine was working with veterans and first responders, so I also became certified as a Clinical Trauma Professional, and received EMDR training.

I am most proud of creating the STRONG Model of Relational Therapy which is a trauma-informed, attachment-based approach to couples’ therapy. It blends a skills-forward, structured approach with a somatic, trauma-informed base of safety and connection. I have had the opportunity to train other therapists in this model, ...more

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Average rating: 4.77 · 13 ratings · 7 reviews · 1 distinct work • Similar authors

STRONG: A Relationship Field Guide for the Modern Man

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Kristal is Currently Reading

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Healing Family Wounds: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Successfully Navigating Sexual Abuse Within the Home

by Shanti Duncan

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Wednesday Club: A Novel

by Kristine Jensen (Goodreads Author)

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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author)

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Kristal DeSantis has read Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Memoir	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kristal’s Quotes

“Again and again, however we know the landscape of love
and the little churchyard there, with its sorrowing names,
and the frighteningly silent abyss into which the others
fall: again and again the two of us walk out together
under the ancient trees, lie down again and again
among the flowers, face to face with the sky.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose

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