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Kristal DeSantis

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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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STRONG: A Relationship Field Guide for the Modern Man

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His & Hers

by Alice Feeney (Goodreads Author)

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Reinvent Yourself At Any Age: A Guide to Positioning Yourself for Success in a Changing Economy

by Patricia del Valle

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If You'd Only Listen: A Medical Memoir of Gaslighting, Grit & Grace

by Rosie Sorenson

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“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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