OUR COUNSELORS
Meet Empathi's
Therapists
Work face-to-face with one of our highly-trained therapists.
We meet with couples and/or individuals to provide customized support.
We're Figs and Teale, the founders of Empathi.
We’re also husband and wife, so working on relationships is not just a job, it’s our way of life. We’re dedicated to making sure everybody gets the support they need.
Schedule a free, confidential consultation today.
One of our highly qualified counselors will learn what’s happening with your relationship, then come up with a support plan to meet your particular needs.
Meet Figs & Teale
Figs is the creator of the Empathi method and the certification process for Empathi therapists. He’s also Chief Empathi Officer, husband, dad, wounded-healer and was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered as a champion for healthy relationships.
Figs’ life’s mission is to help couples feel more connected.
Teale is a wife, mother, artist and passionate advocate for love relationships. She has a special focus on cultural sensitivity, parenting, and how to prevent and repair affairs and other relationship injuries. Teale loves working with people to facilitate their greater sense of self-acceptance and capacity to experience joy and connection.
Empathi's Members
Meet our network of preferred therapists, directly trained by Figs & Teale.
Karen is skilled at helping couples understand the painful cycle of conflict they’re stuck in and guiding them back to safety, connection, and love. She is known by her clients for offering direct and honest feedback with love, warmth, and humor. Karen specializes in working with couples and individuals dealing with relationship issues. She is trained in Gottman Couples Therapy and has intensive training in EFT for Couples.
Karen is skilled at helping couples understand the painful cycle of conflict they’re stuck in and guiding them back to safety, connection, and love. She is known by her clients for offering direct and honest feedback with love, warmth, and humor. Karen specializes in working with couples and individuals dealing with relationship issues. She is trained in Gottman Couples Therapy and has intensive training in EFT for Couples.
Counselor
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #138601 in Oakland
Supervised by Fiachra O’Sullivan, LMFT #79062
As we let others in past our defenses, the growth of love and vulnerability also creates great opportunity for hurt—no matter the form of our relationships. When those hurts are one-sided, repair can be simple, but when all parties are in pain and reactive, negative cycles can ensue.
Sherwood works with compassionate awareness and non-judgmental curiosity to support the exploration of each couple’s unique challenges, with a deep understanding of how these negative cycles undermine what makes relationship beautiful. Using attachment theory and EFT, he transforms harder moments into opportunities for couples to love one another more fully, with greater understanding, connection, and safety.
As we let others in past our defenses, the growth of love and vulnerability also creates great opportunity for hurt—no matter the form of our relationships. When those hurts are one-sided, repair can be simple, but when all parties are in pain and reactive, negative cycles can ensue.
Sherwood works with compassionate awareness and non-judgmental curiosity to support the exploration of each couple’s unique challenges, with a deep understanding of how these negative cycles undermine what makes relationship beautiful. Using attachment theory and EFT, he transforms harder moments into opportunities for couples to love one another more fully, with greater understanding, connection, and safety.
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Meet Your Empathi Monsters
These adorable creatures will be with you every step of the way as you navigate our supplemental relationship tools. Are you a Jo? Are you a Pat? Discover it with the Empathi Quiz!
Jo
EMPATHI CREATURE Relentless Lover
Jo is an imaginary being in service to you and your partner, to reflect back relationship behaviors in a fun, engaging, and non-threatening way. Jo embodies the set of human emotions, judgments, and strategies commonly used by people with the emotional bonding style we call the Relentless Lover. By providing an external focus for you and your partner in the Empathi Exploration Quiz, Reports and Courses, Jo hopes you will be able to see your relationship behaviors with more clarity and self-compassion.
Pat
EMPATHI CREATURE Reluctant Lover
Just like Jo, Pat is an imaginary being in service to your relationship, although from the perspective of the common emotional bonding style we call the Reluctant Lover. Pat also reviews your answers to the Empathi Exploration Quiz and helps reflect back ways of being in love, because sometimes it is easier to see ourselves from an outside perspective. Pat has a deeply poignant way of illustrating relationship behaviors—and might even help you have a good laugh or two at yourself!
