Kathryn Rheem, M.S., is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist with a specialty in couples’ therapy. She has worked extensively with CEOs, military personnel, combat-related trauma and the impacts of high stress on couple dynamics. She has also published on the change process as it relates to the field of couples’ therapy. Along with Susan M. Johnson, Ed.D., one of the originators of EFT, Kathryn presents Becoming A Couple Again: A Group for Post-deployed Couples to Army personnel (www.strongbondsstrongcouples.com). She also presents Communicating to Connect to groups of CEOs and their partners with her husband, Don, throughout the U.S.

As a certified EFT therapist and supervisor, Kathryn helps couples and individuals develop skills to restore trust, communicate and express feelings effectively, understand and resolve differences, and enhance intimacy (www.eft.ca). It is Kathryn’s passion to help couples, families, and individuals repair their connections and create secure and lasting bonds with those who matter the most.

“Individuals can be healthier, relationships can be strengthened, family bonds can be stronger, and we can be nourished by our secure attachments with those we hold most dear. This is accomplished with tools that increase our authenticity and more clearly express our needs. Creating secure and healthy connections with those who matter the most can help us feel better and help heal our relationships.”

Formerly an executive director of two non-profit organizations and a group facilitator for corporate retreats, Kathryn’s combination of leadership skills, therapeutic perspective, and her master’s degree in human development give her a unique perspective on human nature, how people change and grow, how groups form and work well together, and how we form our most treasured relationships.

Kathryn speaks at national and international conferences, presents to groups of CEOs and military personnel, and trains mental health professionals in EFT.

Kathryn's Presentations

Kathryn has presented on EFT, attachment, and trauma to mental health professionals in various formats. Selected presentations are:

Six Strong Bonds, Strong Couples weekends for post-deployed Army couples based on EFT, attachment, & trauma in Germany, Kansas, Virginia, & Maryland (February 2006 - November 2008)

EFT, Attachment & Trauma training of Army Chaplains, Germany, September 2008

EFT, Attachment & Trauma training of Veteran Administration Clinicians, Mid-Atlantic Regional Conferences, June & August, 2008

EFT, Attachment & Trauma training of Canadian Veteran Administration Clinicians, Montreal, Canada, June 2008

Panelist representing EFT, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference, Healing Relationships in the Shadow of War: Couples Therapy with Veterans/Soldiers with PTSD, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2007

Presenter, EFT Externship, Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 2007

Guest Lecturer, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS - The Military Medical School), Bethesda, Maryland, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy & PTSD, October 2007

Guest Lecturer, The Catholic University of America, National Catholic School of Social Services, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Washington, D.C., February & November, 2007

Presenter, EFT Summit, Using EFT with Post-Deployment Military Couples: Couple & Group Therapy, Ottawa, Canada, May 2006

Kathryn and her husband, Don, have also presented Communicating to Connect to groups of CEOs and their partners around the United States.

Professional Affiliation

Kathryn is affiliated (clinical member) with the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (AAMFT) (703.838.9808; www.aamft.org).