Scott Wolfe Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist/ Nevada Relationship Center (He/Him)
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist, Certified Gottman Couples Therapist, Senior Gottman Trainer and Consultant.
In-Person in Henderson, NV 89052
Online in
PSYPACT states
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, CNMI, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Private Gottman Weekend Couples Therapy Intensives include Gottman electronic assessments with feedback and treatment planning including couple and individual goal setting, relationship history interview, and the use of a number of Gottman interventions to improve your friendship, to help manage your conflict and improve your emotional and physical connection. To keep your intensive experience going after you conclude your weekend we cover more tools to foster continued connection and friendship in the Gottman intervention:"Six hours (per week) to a better relationship." All scheduling of my couples therapy intensive weekends are now totally handled through my private practice. If you are interested in a weekend intensive, a complimentary 15 min. phone call with Dr. Wolfe can be scheduled. Please reach out for more information, availability and pricing about my weekend intensives.
Client Focus
Session Format: Couple sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult, Senior, Young Adult
Languages: English
Treatment Approach
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Focuses on strengthening emotional bonds in couples or families. It helps people identify negative cycles and create more secure connections.
- Family Systems Therapy Looks at problems within the context of the family as a whole. It aims to improve communication and balance in family relationships.
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy Based on decades of research, this method gives couples tools to improve communication, manage conflict, and strengthen intimacy.
Approach Description: Dr. Wolfe has specialized in couples counseling for over thirty-five years and has helped hundreds of couples struggle through their darkest times to find their full potential as a couple.
In addition to being personally trained in couple therapy by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, Dr. Wolfe has trained with leading family therapists at his predoctoral internship with The University of California, San Francisco and at the California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno (CSPP-F) (APA Fully Approved) where he completed his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology. His dissertation research focused on predicting relationship satisfaction and how well engaged couples would transition into their first year of marriage and beyond. It was at this time in the early 1980's that he first began reading Dr. Gottman's cutting edge research on relationships. Later Dr. Wolfe was on the Adjunct Faculty of the California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno and taught Marital and Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on the graduate level.
Dr. Wolfe has also completed Advanced Training and an Advanced Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) with Dr. Susan Johnson and senior EFT trainers at the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Dr. Wolfe integrates EFT and Attachment Theory into his work with both individuals and couples. He also has been a clinical supervisor for Loyola College in Baltimore and has supervised Clinical Psychology doctoral students in internships and externships for over 16 years. Finally he was a research and clinical consultant for The Johns Hopkins University research program "Keeping Families Strong."
In addition to his expertise in individual cognitive behavioral therapy with adults Dr. Wolfe's specialized areas of expertise in couple therapy include marital enrichment, premarital assessment and counseling, parenting, couple communication and intimacy, affair recovery, infertility distress, sexual issues including frequency and desire, same sex couples, and step-family parenting.
Dr. Wolfe provides intensive private Gottman weekend couples intensives for couples in crisis, couples on the brink, or for couples coming from out of town where there is no Certified Gottman Couples Therapist available.
Professional Associations:
Nevada Psychological Association- member
Maryland Psychological Association- member
American Psychological Association- member
Fees & Insurance
Fees
- Average Session Fee 80 min. couples therapy $325. Email me or call for more information about my Intensives, pricing, availability and scheduling. If your are interested in my Weekend Couples Therapyy Intensive please contact me to set up a 15 min. complimentary phone call with me.
- Out of Network
- N/A
Education & Credentials
Scott Wolfe Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist/ Nevada Relationship Center Licensed Psychologist, Certified Gottman Couples Therapist, Senior Gottman Trainer and Consultant.
- Male
- License # Nevada Psychologist # PY 0747 since2015
- Licensed in Maryland Psychologist # PSY 03123 since 1994
- PSYPACT Mobility # Authorized by PsyPact (Mobility Number 5161) to conduct telepsychology in all PsyPact states.
- Practicing Since 1986
Education: Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, The California School of Professional Psychology- Fresno (APA accredited)
University of California San Francisco - Fresno Medical Education Program- Internship--
MA Psychology, The Catholic University of America--
BA Psychology, The Ohio State Universiy
Scott Wolfe Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist/ Nevada Relationship Center Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available In-Person in Henderson, NV 89052
- Available Online for residents of PSYPACT states Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, CNMI, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Online Therapy Details: Two days before your appointment I will send you a reminder, a PayPal invoice and a Zoom link.
Dr. Scott Wolfe is a Clinical Psychologist and Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist, Trainer, Consultant and Workshop Leader who relocated his practice to Henderson, Nevada from Columbia, Maryland in 2016. He has maintained his Maryland Psychology license and so he continues to see couples in therapy who reside in Maryland via HIPAA compliant video phone sessions. He also is authorized by PsyPact to offer video telepsychology in all PsyPact states.
Dr. Wolfe has specialized in couples counseling for over thirty-five years and has helped hundreds of couples and individuals struggle through their darkest times to find their full potential.
In addition to being personally trained in couple therapy by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, Dr. Wolfe has trained with leading family therapists at his predoctoral internship with The University of California, San Francisco and at the California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno (CSPP-F) (APA Fully Approved) where he completed his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology. His dissertation research focused on predicting relationship satisfaction and how well engaged couples would transition into their first year of marriage and beyond. It was at this time in the early 1980's that he first began reading Dr. Gottman's cutting edge research on relationships. Later Dr. Wolfe was on the Adjunct Faculty of the California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno and taught Marital and Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on the graduate level.
Dr. Wolfe has also completed Advanced Training and an Advanced Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) with Dr. Susan Johnson and senior EFT trainers at the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Dr. Wolfe integrates EFT and Attachment Theory into his work with both individuals and couples. He also has been a clinical supervisor for Loyola College in Baltimore and has supervised Clinical Psychology doctoral students in internships and externships for over 16 years. Finally he was a research and clinical consultant for The Johns Hopkins University research program "Keeping Families Strong."
In addition to his expertise in individual cognitive behavioral therapy with adults Dr. Wolfe's specialized areas of expertise in couple therapy include marital enrichment, premarital assessment and counseling, parenting, couple communication and intimacy, affair recovery, infertility distress, sexual issues including frequency and desire, same sex couples, and step-family parenting.
Dr. Wolfe provides intensive private Gottman weekend couples retreats and also offers marathon couples coaching sessions (intensive sessions of two or more hours) for couples in crisis, couples on the brink, or for couples coming from out of town where there is no Certified Gottman Couples Therapist available.
Professional Associations:
Nevada Psychological Association- member
Maryland Psychological Association- member
American Psychological Association- member