Invitation to the Transformative Couples Therapy® (TCT) Research Study

We invite you to consider participating in the new TCT study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of TCT, with the goal of publishing the results in a peer reviewed journal. The total length of the study is sixteen 75-minute sessions held weekly via HIPPA compliant Zoom. There will be confidential questionnaires to be filled out at five points during and after the completion of the sessions.

50% discount on the cost of 16 sessions

Couples in the study will have the opportunity to work with one of a closely selected set of eight highly skilled senior TCT practitioners. Each therapist is part of a team who consult and support each other to maximize the value of every session. Your written permission to record each session with a HIPAA compliant and encrypted method allows our team to collaborate on your behalf to maximize the quality of the couple therapy you receive. These videos and questionnaire data will be identified only by a code and will be held securely for the purposes of anonymous data analysis. This data will form the basis of the published study.

Heading up this highly focused and collaborative team is David Mars, Ph.D., the developer of the TCT method.

See a Bio for Dr. Mars: Meet the developer of Transformative Couples Therapy®

Learn more about TCT at our Couples Therapy page

How do my partner and I apply to participate?

If you live in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York or Virginia, please complete the below form to start the process.

application form

If a therapist in your state has an opening, and feels that you and your partner may be a match for the study, they will schedule a free twenty-minute interview with you.

At the end of the twenty minutes, if you, your partner and the therapist feel you want to work together, you would then begin a study pre-screening process.

What if we do not meet the criteria for this study?

The therapist will:

1. Refer you to another TCT therapist in your state.

2. Possibly accept you into their couple therapy practice separately from the study.

3. If neither 1 or 2 named above work out, you will be offered another referral based on availability.

Clinicians on the TCT Research Team

California:

David Mars, PhD, MFT davidmarsphd@gmail.com

Robin Glantz, MA, MFT robin@robinglantzmft.com

Jocelyn Pijpaert, MA, MFT PsyD Candidate jocelyn@jp-counseling.com

Colorado:

Brett King, LPC NCC MFTbrettking@engagecounseling.net

Connecticut

Lisa Gardner, MSW, LCSW at lisagardnerlcsw@gmail.com

Christopher Russo, LCSW chris@therapywithchris.com

Kentucky:

James Santos, MFT Associate jamessantos78@gmail.com

Maryland:

Jazmin Moral, MSW, LCSW-C at jazmin@jazminmoral.com

Gail Schumann, MA, LCSW-C at gail@schumann.com

Massachusetts:

Pamela Lamto, Clinical Psychologist plamto@gmail.com

New York: