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Marley Coté
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Feel stuck in a loop you can't escape?
You're driven and moving ahead in life, yet you keep hitting the same walls in your inner world or relationship. You feel a constant push and pull between a part of you that wants to connect deeply, and another part that fears being unseen or misunderstood. The impact of this leaves you feeling lost, lonely, or never quite resolved.
It's time to mend this conflict and welcome all parts of you home. Using methods that go beyond words, we gently work with that internal push and pull so you can feel safe, present, and wholly connected.
Ready to move forward together?
Areas of Focus
Complex Trauma
Dissociation
Relational Issues
Complex trauma refers to when traumatizing and frightening events are the rule, not the exception. Such events include growing up in a chronically unsafe or unpredictable environment, institutional abuse, domestic abuse, ritual abuse, and human trafficking.
This type of trauma often happens within important relationships that were supposed to be safe. It can shape your core beliefs about yourself, others, and the world. This impact can consequently lead to a constant feeling of being on edge, worthless, or deeply alone.
Healing from what happened involves gently unwinding these patterns, discovering internal safety, and building a new sense of self-worth.
Ongoing trauma often leads to dissociation, which is a mental disconnect from your body, surroundings, feelings, or memories. For some survivors, this protective strategy leads to the development of distinct parts or selves (known as systems in DID/OSDD, or plurality), each holding different memories, emotions, or roles needed to survive.
These parts aren't signs of being broken. Instead, they are evidence of your incredible and creative capacity to survive.
The goal of therapy is not to eliminate these parts, but to help them communicate, cooperate, and heal so you can feel more whole and present.
We are wired for connection, but sometimes our earliest relationships teach us that connection is unsafe or uncertain. These old blueprints can shape how we act in our adult relationships, often without us even realizing it.
You might find yourself stuck in the same tedious argument with your partner, where you may be pursuing connection and reassurance while your partner withdraws for safety, leaving you both feeling lonely, misunderstood, and frustrated.
I work with couples to help them step out of this cycle, communicate their deeper emotions, and build a secure bond where both partners feel seen, safe, and cherished.
Want to learn how my approach may differ from your previous therapy?
Comprehensive Resource Model
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
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