Couples Center of the Pioneer Valley

Jac Goldstein 

on Google

9 months ago

My (then) partner and I worked with Pioneer Valley about a year ago. At first, I was excited by the research backed conversational approach, but retrospectively I wish they had helped us identify and care for the underlying emotions triggered during our conversations. Our particular therapist canceled on us multiple times, sometimes multiple weeks in a row, often the evening before or the morning of. This was particularly challenging during an already challenging time in our relationship. Retrospectively, I wish that therapi... read more

m 

on Google

a year ago

this place was horrible. we worked with katherine, who is the co-founder. she is completely uncommunicative and was from day one. she would speak and communicate with my partner (the man) while being neglectful and inattentive to me. even in establishing how we would work with her, it went through my partner and then they reported back and told me what we were doing without my input. i struggle with anxious attachment and know this and named it and her ideas for practices moving forward were consistently to make things ambig... read more

Anonymous 

on Google

a year ago

this place was horrible. we worked with katherine, who is the co-founder. she is completely uncommunicative and was from day one. she would speak and communicate with my partner (the man) while being neglectful and inattentive to me. even in establishing how we would work with her, it went through my partner and then they reported back and told me what we were doing without my input. i struggle with anxious attachment and know this and named it and her ideas for practices moving forward were consistently to make things ambig... read more

John Wanner 

on Google

a year ago

CJ is a great couples therapist! She pushed us hard to re-examine the ways we show up in our relationship and helped us understand the forces that shape us as partners and individuals. She can be tough and ask really hard questions and asks her clients to sit with discomfort, which can be difficult in the moment, but I have learned is preferable to a therapist who doesn't challenge you.