Relationship and Marriage Counseling in Des Moines, Iowa IA
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Annie Harton Kassell
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Most couples do not come to me in a crisis. They come in tired. The same argument on a loop, the roommate feeling, the distance that crept in so slowly neither of you can name when it started. I use the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy to help you get underneath the fight to what you are each actually asking for. The goal is not to win. The goal is to feel like a team again.
The best time to build a strong marriage is before you are standing in the hard part. Premarital work with me is not a box to check before the wedding. It is real conversation about money, family, faith, intimacy, and the expectations you each brought without knowing it. You will leave with a shared language for the seasons you cannot see yet.
11 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA Iowa
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San Francisco Counseling Collective
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, LMFT, LCSW
At San Francisco Counseling Collective ("SFCC"), we assist couples in enhancing communication, resolving conflict, and deepening connection. Therapy focuses on understanding interaction patterns, rebuilding trust, and aligning relationship goals with values.
9 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA Iowa
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Forest Williams
Life Coach, ICF
Grow together, not apart. Unlike traditional talk therapy, Couple's Coaching emphasizes forward momentum and tangible change. This isn't a space to endlessly process in circles. This structure helps you take daily actions to transform the patterns you've inherited so your relationship gets better and better over time.
7 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA Iowa (Online Only)
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Amber McKinney-Morgan
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LICSW
Relationships can be deeply fulfilling—and deeply challenging. I use evidence-based approaches like the Gottman Method alongside somatic and parts-based work to help couples improve communication, repair conflict, and strengthen emotional connection. Therapy provides a structured, supportive space to create lasting change together.
8 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA Iowa (Online Only)
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Dr. Stéphanie Gamache, PhD
Hypnotherapist, PhD
Relationship and marriage counseling addresses patterns of connection, conflict, intimacy, and emotional closeness between partners. My work integrates psychoanalytic and relational approaches to explore how early attachment patterns shape adult partnerships. Together, couples develop deeper understanding, communication, and emotional presence with one another.
7 Years Experience
Online in Des Moines, IA Iowa (Online Only)
Des Moines is Iowa's state capital and the center of America's insurance industry — home to Principal Financial Group, Wellmark, and dozens of other major insurers — creating a therapy demand shaped by the particular stresses of financial services careers alongside the concerns of a growing and increasingly diverse urban population. The city has experienced dramatic demographic change through refugee resettlement and immigration, with growing communities from Myanmar, Congo, and Latin America making it one of the most rapidly diversifying mid-size cities in the Midwest. UnityPoint Health — Iowa Methodist Medical Center and MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center provide institutional mental health resources, with a private practice community concentrated in the West Des Moines and Urbandale corridors. Iowa's relative shortage of mental health providers makes Des Moines an important access point for the broader state, and many therapists here serve clients from smaller surrounding communities.
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Des Moines, Iowa Statistics
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Des Moines, Iowa average 16 years of experience and charge around $192 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (39%), Psychodynamic Therapy (39%), and Somatic Therapy (39%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$192
Accept insurance
33%
Offer sliding scale
61%
Gender ID
| 61% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 10% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 56% |
Online Only |
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| 44% |
In Person and Online |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 39% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 39% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 39% | Somatic Therapy |
| 39% | Integrative Therapy |
| 39% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 33% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 33% | Family Systems Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 61% | Young Adult |
| 56% | Senior |
| 44% | Teen |
| 22% | Children |
Client Focus
| 67% | Women |
| 56% | Men |
| 50% | Christian |
| 44% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 44% | LGBTQ+ |