Amanda Dluzak,LMfT 118464

Phone:  510-788-0424

E-Mail:  amanda@pregnancylosstherapy.com

I graduated from JFK University with a Master’s in Somatic Counseling Psychology and have gone on to train in Gottman Method Couples Counseling, Gottman’s Bringing Baby Home education, perinatal mood disorders, Healing Shame, Brainspotting, Psycho-Physical Therapy, grief therapy, and sex therapy among others, and am currently pursuing certification in Bader-Pearson Couples Counseling and HeartMath. I worked as a massage therapist for over 10 years and honor the place the body has in emotional healing.

I came to this work when I saw the impact therapy made in my own life. After I miscarried my second child in the second trimester, I really struggled with grief, shame, and traumatic memories. Therapy helped me heal– in fact, it helped so much, I knew I wanted to pass forward however I could vital compassion, practical tools, and emotional support to others.

I am a mother, a partner, a lover of horses and reading. I am currently learning how to play the ukulele and guitar.

Gottman Method Network

If you and your partner feel that your arguments turn toxic, that you don’t know how to fight well (yes, even happy couples fight!), or that you have lost hope of ever understanding your partner, couples counseling may be for you. Couples benefit from concrete skill-building in improving communication, re-establishing a solid friendship foundation, and creating a shared vision for their life together. Couples often crave a counselor who is not afraid to interrupt the cycles that brought you to counseling in the first place. If this sounds like you, then you and your partner may be interested in pursuing Gottman Method Couples Counseling, an evidence-based way to build a love that lasts.