Provide practical information, accessible research, and easy-to-use tools designed to alleviate relationship challenges, and significantly improve relationship satisfaction and effectiveness.
RELATIONSHIPS
Reconnect, repair and renew
Rhona has been helping relationships thrive for a decade. She works with a variety of Relationship Systems—any grouping of two or more people—with a focus on couples, as well as co-parents, business partners, and teams.
Rhona’s approach is strengths-based and founded on an empowering growth mindset. She helps you discover and, then, use your values—both those you want to honor individually and those to inform your collaboration with others—to decrease unproductive conflict, increase mutual understanding, and enhance fulfillment. Drawing on the fields of organizational development, personal and professional coaching, psychology and neuroscience, you will learn skills with Rhona that are as applicable to your personal as professional relationships. Her job is more relationship guide than consultant, more facilitator than expert.
Much as you yearn for a coach (or therapist* or consultant) to “fix” your relationship–or, better yet, to fix whomever you’re in relationship with, Rhona will:
Tailor coaching to your unique personal or professional relationship and priorities that are most meaningful to you.
Share insights and skills applicable to all relationships, not just the one that brought you to coaching.
Rhona is a graduate of the Center for Right Relationship’s Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching program and is certified by the Coaches Training Institute. She is also a Gottman Workshop Leader for The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Rhona completed BeAbove Leadership’s Seven Levels of Human Relationship training and Sue Johnson’s Hold Me Tight workshop, as well as Level 1 of the Couples Institute’s Developmental Model training. Rhona is a provider for the Enhanced Gottman Relationship Check-Up, an online assessment of couples’ strengths and challenges, and is credentialed as a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation.
* While seasoned Relationship Coaches can capably assist many relationships, Rhona refers out to—or collaborates with—qualified therapists/counselors/psychologists when clients grapple with active addiction(s), mental illness, childhood trauma and/or abuse.
I refer couples to Rhona Berens with great confidence in her understanding of relationship dynamics and ability to provide effective perspectives and tools. She is both warmly compassionate and really smart, a winning combination!
Tina Stanley L.C.S.W.Sebastopol, CA
We have been very fortunate to have Rhona as our relationship coach. She is very insightful, intelligent and passionate. She was able to help us recognize relationship toxins that were sabotaging our relationship. Most importantly, Rhona creates a comfortable and safe environment for couples. She was there for both of us, never taking sides or making judgments; helping us understand the other person’s point of view. It is very hard to say in a few words the positive impact her coaching has brought to our lives. Thanks, Rhona!
Monica & WillVancouver, Washington
I began working with Rhona six years ago after meeting her at a workshop where I said: “I need help improving my marriage. There is just one caveat, my husband is not comfortable with therapy or coaching. Can you help me?” Thankfully, Rhona said yes and, last spring, my husband and I celebrated our tenth anniversary in Rome.
ValorieSan Antonio, Texas
Rhona has a very strong ability to listen to the concerns at hand and quickly formulate a customized game plan for success. Also, her strong listening skills make us feel heard and understood. She started us back on the road of unconditional love.
JuliaLos Angeles, California
When my clients ask for a referral for couples support, I always think of Rhona. Her insight, compassion and ability to attune to others are at the heart of her work. The care and understanding she provides are extremely helpful and her clients are the better for it.
Gabrielle Kaufman, MA,LPCC,BC-DMT,NCC,PMH-CLos Angeles, CA
Before working with Rhona, my husband and I had locked horns and couldn’t see our way out of gridlock. Rhona’s coaching helped us turn our conflict into opportunities to practice new ways to communicate and essentially turn toward each other, not away. I was impressed by how skillfully Rhona held onto and guided what seemed to be complicated conversations, and then responded with tact, wisdom, and neutrality. I can easily say that working with Rhona not only saved our marriage, but it added to my toolbox invaluable skills that I’ll draw on for the rest of my life.
MarionKodiak, Alaska
Rhona offers a dynamic Relationship Workshop on positive communication and productive conflict for personal relationships. See Leaders/Orgs for workshops on professional relationships. There are no upcoming scheduled workshops, however, if you or a small group of your choosing, would like Rhona to customize a workshop for you, please complete the form below, check the box, and Rhona will be in touch.
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