Hi, I’m Märta.
(It’s a Swedish name, pronounced Mare-tuh. Starts like Mar in Mary, ends in tuh, like duh)
Before I became a therapist I thought that therapists were people who really had their life together. And couples therapists? Don't even get me started on how perfect their relationships must be. In fact, when someone first suggested to me that I be a couples therapist, I just laughed.
PACT changed everything
I stumbled upon PACT by accident and began learning about it for my clients but immediately began applying everything I was learning to my own relationship. It is not an exaggeration to say that the book Wired For Love by Stan Tatkin, founder of PACT, changed my life.
I can personally attest that changing your relationship does not happen overnight. Before finding PACT, I was always looking for a trick or a hack, the one key, to make things better. What really started to change things for me was realizing that the relationship I wanted was going to require a huge mindset shift, not just some minor behavioral changes. Despite having been in a whole series of committed relationships since the age of 19, I was shocked to find that I had mostly been thinking of myself the whole time. Opening up to thinking win-win, for both me and my partner at the same time, felt WEIRD.
Let me be your guide
After working with me you can expect to:
-Have confidence in the strength and purpose of your relationship. Know where you are going together.
-Finally understand WHY your partner does those annoying things
-Think win-win, good for you AND your partner, and not accept anything less than this
-Feel closer and know your specific action plan of things to do to keep the love alive.
-Replace hurtful arguments with productive fighting.
Training and Qualifications
Masters of Social Work (MSW), University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore MD
Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT) Levels 1 & 2
Brainspotting Levels 1 &2
Sandtray Levels 1&2 from the Sandtray Institute of New Mexico
Certificate in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine