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Changing the tide of your relationship

Seeking help navigating your life?

Ready to change and grow?

Back Bay Life Coaching & Counseling is a concierge practice where we collaborate with you to find solutions to your issues. We specialize in marriage and relationship counseling. College, career, creativity and values coaching are also offered. Our approach is personalized and tailored to your unique needs and goals. We help you optimize your relationships, and find your best self. 

Services for Couples & Individuals

Back Bay Life Coaching and Counseling specializes in relationship counseling for couples and individuals to help you compassionately deal with communication, intimacy, and conflicts issues in order to strengthen your relationship.

 

For individuals struggling with anxiety, OCD or panic we provide mindfulness based CBT treatment so that you can achieve success, competence and peace in your personal life.   Our life coaching allows you to get unstuck whether in your personal life or career, helping you find a life well made with greater congruence and happiness. 

solution focused

Relationship and Marriage Counseling

Our focus is on enhancing communication and intimacy, developing healthy avenues for conflict resolution, restoring connection and recovering the origins of intimacy and sexuality that brought you together.

professional

Career and Educational Counseling

With specialties in career developmental, college counseling, learning disabilities, Asperger's, performance anxiety, and  stress mangement, we are skilled at guiding you to success.

Creative and constructive

Creativity and Values Coaching

Are you lost or not living the life you want to live? Is your life allied with your values? If you feel that you have been  waiting for the right moment to be creative, to find meaning, or to try new adventures, we can provide the support and tools to make that moment now.

ABOUT

Meet Kelly 
and Michael

With advanced degrees and over 40 years of experience working in clinical settings, we use integrative modalities to foster personal growth and change. 

Kelly Easton LMHC
Michael RubenLICSW

Want to improve  communication with your partner? 

 
 

To reach your partner's heart, remember that the first four letters of heart are h.e.a.r.   Hear your partner to reach their heart! 

Relationship and

Marriage Counseling

 

Communication skills

Learn how to sensitively listen and respond to your partner to deepen your understanding and connection.

 

Conflict resolution

Gain skills to help you identify conflict triggers and toxic issues in your relationship. Manage anger and emotional flooding successfully as you learn to establish healthy boundaries, self care and apply conflict resolution skills. 

Intimacy and sexuality

Learn how to foster emotional intimacy, trust and vulnerability to improve your relationship.

For specific problems with desire, attraction and arousal learn new skills to assist with finding solutions to enhance intimacy.

 

Infidelity

Recovery from affairs, includes understanding "the why" and dealing with each partner’s emotional response, often of anger, hurt, pain and shame. When both partners are ready, we work on rebuilding a healthy, trusting and lasting connection.

Therapist Recommended

Resources for 

Personal Growth 

Time to make a change?

"Happiness is not something ready made;

it comes from your own actions."

The Dalai Lama

Set up your first apppointment or get answers to your questions!

CONTACT

Contact us today to schedule a complimentary 20 minute visit to learn more.  We look forward to talking with you!

At Back Bay Life Coaching and Counseling, your well-being is important to us. 

PHONE

ADDRESS

143 Newbury St., Suite 400

Boston, MA 02116

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