Couples Coaching

Move beyond conflict. Rekindle your relationship connection.

Welcome! My name is Carrie Sackett. In my couples coaching programs we build a caring, non-judgmental environment where we can let go of the shoulds and the blaming. We embrace the hurts, vulnerabilities and strong emotions and create custom-made tools for moving your relationship towards more intimacy, understanding and joy.

ZPD Coaching founder Carrie Sackett, MS, PCC

I help couples:

  • experience honest communication, become better listeners and rebuild trust in the relationship

  • grow their relationship during challenging, sudden life changes

  • go through a process—in a caring way—of deciding whether to stay together or not

  • explore new dynamics in non-traditional relationships

How? By helping you identify what the relationship needs and then supporting you and us to create that together. By including me into your relationship, we open up the possibility of performing it in new ways—performing as in breaking out of the tired scripts that you’ve been repeating with each other that create tension and don’t get you what you want.

TESTIMONIAL

In our 10 years of marriage, we had never discussed the hard stuff. Carrie helped us have uncomfortable and honest conversations. I got better at saying what I want and need in the relationship. My husband started to ‘unbottle’ and be emotionally honest and vulnerable. It was messy work that we did together. And, it transformed each of us and our relationship.

 — Nicole

What makes social therapeutic couples coaching different?

How to Enhance Your Life with Relational Awareness: Tips for Building Stronger Connections. Read it here.

What’s needed from you?

First, decide if you are both open to getting help and growing—both yourselves and the relationship. Next, reach me for a free 20-conversation. If we decide to work together, I ask couples for a commitment of 6 weekly sessions. After that we decide together what’s needed. With most couples, we reach a point where bi-weekly meetings suffice, then monthly, then an as-needed touch up session.

TESTIMONIALS

We brought Carrie in at the beginning of our relationship. We really loved each other, but we would have terrible blow ups and I would totally shut down. In our sessions, we literally tried out new ways of talking with each other in the moment. It’s so much better to experience doing something new together rather than discussing how one person should behave or why the other person does what they do. Carrie bounced us into this other world where we gained the tools to create the relationship as we go. That gives us grace and space for more intimacy and joy.

 — Antonio

We decided to open up our marriage and sought out a professional who would support us on the journey. Carrie helped us embrace the uncertainty that comes with doing something new and socially non-traditional. There were bumps in the road, and, we worked through them together. The whole experience has been completely transformative. We have grown as both individuals and a couple. Thank you Carrie!

— Michelle and Tyrell