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COMMENTS FROM PAST CLIENTS
Dear Connie,
I cannot even begin to tell you how much I appreciate your help. To me, what you accomplished was nothing short of miraculous. You gave us the priceless gift of a second chance at a happy marriage together, and I will never take that for granted.
With heartfelt thanks,
LT (wife)
Arizona
Connie,
Thanks for your talent and skill in helping up on solving our problems. We both came away from our weekend with you with renewed hope for our marriage. I will always be grateful for how you helped us.
Warmly,
NT (husband)
Arizona
Thank you for giving us back our hearts,
All our love,
M & S
Toronto
Dear Connie,
One must be a gifted artist to help bear another's soul aloft in intimate healing connection, toward the sunlight, the way you do. We toasted you and the miracle of family when we got back to Philly. God couldn't love me more, to have given me the chance to work with you,
In gratitude,
BH (wife)
Philadelphia
In Recommendation of Constance Feutz, MA
20 November 2006
After 42 years of marriage, we needed some very specialized and realistic guidance with a proven methodology for some very difficult longstanding problems. Connie Feutz has come to our rescue with just the right experience and credentials in a research-based marital therapy method founded by Dr. John Gottman, for over 20 years a University of Washington professor, successful researcher in marriage failure prediction and avoidance and founder of the Gottman institute.
The right education and experience is only the “paper” half of the story. Connie has the ideal personality for this work. We both quickly became totally comfortable with her quiet, gentle and yet persuasive leadings, guidance and yes, correction when necessary. The comfort and confidence she creates is absolutely necessary. Most of us know what a good teacher is; she is a great teacher. Dedicated. I have seen her listen to a complex, often rambling statement of a problem or series of events for several minutes, after which she repeated it clearly back to us without having lost a single significant point. It is quickly clear that Connie wants concrete success from the work at least as much as the couple. She helps you frame and document concrete measures of that success and steps to get there. She is not there to just put in time; she is in there with you.
We particularly have benefited by the “marathon” sessions, wherein several hours of both a morning and an afternoon of the same day and possibly consecutive days are scheduled for continuity and practicality. The continuity provides so much more time efficiency than a one hour session, in which a problem can often only barely be introduced, leaving the couple still hanging and still frustrated until the next appointment. The marathons are particularly practical for couples coming from a distance, in our case involving a plane trip.
CL (husband)
Arizona
{Connie is} A warm, caring, sensitive person. She was genuinely interested to help us, her clients. She was objective and professional. Her mastery and clarity of the Gottman methodology came through clearly. I could relate to her with ease. She evoked confidence and trust. Indeed, I felt that I had a friend in her, one I could confide in and one who was genuinely trying to understand our issues and help us the best way she could.
PS (husband)
Florida
Connie was great for us. She quickly established the root/roots of our problems and immediately began the needed therapy. She gave us three-hour appointments which were so very helpful. With these longer appointments we felt that each session had satisfactory closer and we went away knowing how we each felt and what we needed to work on before the next session. Connie was very flexible in scheduling around our crazy schedules and was immediately available to counsel me through a rather severe melt down. Both my husband and I feel extremely fortunate to have Connie as our marriage counselor. From the very beginning she gave us a sense of hope. Within a few months we were "free to fly on our own.” It is not her purpose to have one in therapy forever, but she and we know that if we do need to see her again that all we have to do is call her.
SG (wife)
Washington
It has been approximately six months since my wife and I completed a Gottman marriage seminar which was sandwiched between three intensive days with Connie Feutz. We continue to use what we learned and it has greatly enriched our relationship. The hours spent in the intensive sessions with Connie were tremendous. Meeting with her in this manner allowed us to confront many of the issues we had. We learned to be better listeners and appreciate each other's reality and viewpoint. It was much more productive for us than meeting hourly on a weekly basis. Meeting with Connie for several hours allowed us to really get into our situations that were pulling our relationship apart to help bring us back together. When we were done, I must say it was the most intimate I had felt with my wife in years, and possibly the entire 23 years of our marriage. We continue to work on our relationship and it's not always a honeymoon, but we now have the tools and direction to come closer together. We thank you, and our children thank you.
JB (husband)
Colorado
Connie, I want to express my deep appreciation for the support you've given S and I. At a time when my world was falling apart, you provided safe refuge. When I was wondering what was real or imagined, you provided realistic perspective. You did all this with deep kindness and a sincere commitment to supporting us as we navigated stormy waters.
As I step back into myself and my own life path, I will use you as a role model - your calm demeanor, your direct and gentle honesty, your humor, and your ability to shine hope into a desperate situation.
You have my deepest thanks.
DJ
Washington
Dear Ms. Wright (Director of the Couples Department of The Gottman Institute):
It was good to finally meet you in Seattle last week. It was a productive though stressful workshop for both of us since it did stir up an emotional "hornet's nest" which we were ill equipped to handle. We are very glad though, that we had opted for a marathon counseling session thereafter.
My wife, N, and I want to thank you for referring us to Ms.Connie Feutz for the Marathon. It was a most apt recommendation. We found her to be a warm, caring and sincere individual and a professional who took a genuine interest in her clients' wellbeing. Both of us felt comfortable relating with Ms.Feutz's. Her clarity and expertise with the Gottman methodology was obvious and most helpful for us to move forward.
Thank you again, and with best wishes,
S. and N.T.
Jacksonville, Fl
TESTIMONY FROM CLINICIANS
Connie Feutz is warm, tough, very smart and one of the few truly gifted clinicians I’ve met in three decades of practice. She served as my clinical consultant for several years, and I learned more in those few years than from all my previous training experiences.
She is funny and independent and respected by her fellows. I’ve had the misfortune of working with some couples here in the Midwest whom she’d seen previously in Seattle. Try as I might, I was never quite able to rise to the standard she’d set.
If you choose her as a therapist, you will be working with someone who is focused, insightful, clever and absolutely committed to maximizing the benefit of the time you spend with her.
Tom Ryan, MS LCPC
Chicago, IL
Talking with Connie was like meeting an old friend; and as with old friends whom we feel understood by, she cut right to the core of the struggles I was having with the couples I work with. Her counsel to me was beyond wise, it was clear, concise and always on the money! Connie has become my ‘wingman’; giving me confidence to push my couples to reach their full potential, without sacrificing integrity in my work.
Daniel M. Hughes, M.A.
Victoria, Canada
I’ve consulted with Connie Feutz for over three years and I have found her to be a creative, wise and resourceful consultant on my most difficult couples’ therapy cases. As a clinician, Connie is clear, smart, and gentle... and is one of only two or three couples’ therapists I have known in my nearly 30 years of practice whom I would choose to see personally or to whom I would send my immediate family.
Nancy D. Young, Ph.D.
Costa Mesa, CA
Connie’s experiences as an experienced Gottman Therapist Consultant have enriched my work with couples. Her friendly, helpful, creative, and insightful approach has continued to inspire my therapy.
C. Paul Peel, Registered Psychologist
Surrey, Canada
Connie is a gifted clinical consultant. She is very bright and perceptive. Her ability to clearly articulate insights, interventions, and clinical frameworks is exceptional. She is extremely well versed in The Gottman Method, and adeptly integrates it with other theories, such as emotion focused couples therapy and EMDR. Her perspective is open and progressive. As a past consultee, I found working with her to be enlightening and refreshing.
Michael A. McNulty, PhD, LCSW
Private Practice, Evanston and Highland Park, IL
Adjunct Faculty, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
I will be forever grateful to have had Connie Feutz to consult with. Her clinical skills, her conceptual clarity and pithy, constructive feedback delivered with heartfelt support were invaluable to me. She inspired and supported my growth throughout the process.
Kathleen Corcoran, Ph.D.
Independence, Ohio
I have been truly privileged to work with Connie Feutz as a clinical consultant. Connie is compassionate and caring. During case consultations she provided a safe environment for clinicians to share their clinical challenges and struggles in working with their clients. Connie also points out the clinician’s strengths and what they are doing well in their work. In addition Connie has the ability to get right to the heart of the matter with couples. As clients or as therapists in training you’re in good hands with Connie.
Julie Kyker, MFT
La Mesa, CA
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