Where Transformational Change Happens in Days, Not Years

David Lieberman, LMFT on a black sofa in his therapy office.

Meet david

I believe that meaningful connection is essential to human flourishing, yet our culture offers few spaces to honestly explore relationship and familial complexity. My passion lies in facilitating unique experiences where couples can shed inherited scripts, discover authentic desire, and build relationships rooted in genuine understanding rather than performance.  

I believe that you belong here because you are human - and that makes you enough.

my COMMITMENT

This work is highly curated to what you most authentically desire. I avoid creating dependency by focusing on experiential transformation that becomes part of who you are as a relationship or family, not just what you do.

I work with the full complexity of who you are — not by reducing it to identity, but by expanding what’s possible between you.

My goal is to help you have the relationship you actually desire.

MY APPROACH

Second-Order Change is Lasting Change

My work is influenced by Virginia Satir's understanding of congruence—when what we think, feel, and experience through our senses all align—and Michael White's Narrative Therapy, which empowers couples to re-author their relationship stories. I also have extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and am curious and attuned to how your attachment styles show up in your romantic and familial relationships.

I don't see people as problems and I don't pathologize or label people. Wherever you are, you got here together. Anger often masks deeper emotions like fear or sadness. Conflict signals unmet needs or unspoken fears. Distance reflects protective patterns that once served but may no longer fit your authentic desires. Virginia Satir believed that when we connect with our authentic selves, we can no longer hurt or be hurt. Finding this congruence creates space for choosing whether and how to continue relationships with others.

Through what I call "thicker language" and experiential activities, we explore the emotional landscapes that shape your connection. This isn't about learning communication techniques or managing behaviors—it's about transforming how you see and experience yourself and each other.

My Experience

Couples come to me when:

  • Traditional weekly therapy isn't creating the change they need

  • They're ready to transform their relationship, not just manage it

  • Their demanding professional lives make weekly therapy impractical

  • Betrayal has seemingly shattered everything and they don't know if repair is possible

  • They're suffocating in a relationship that's "fine" but utterly lifeless

I've helped couples:

  • Repair after betrayal visits their relationship

  • Deepen their intimacy

  • Co-explore non-monogamy, CNM, ENM, and poly relationships

  • Talk safely about kink, BDSM, and other creative ways of being together

  • Navigate co-parenting

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Why Intensives

After years of offering traditional weekly therapy, I discovered that real transformation—what family therapists call second-order change—requires sustained focus. Just as you don't learn to ride a bike through scattered 10-minute practices, relationship transformation happens through immersion, not fragmented sessions.

My intensive approach creates a curated vessel where couples and families can step outside familiar patterns and discover entirely new ways of being themselves. and together.

See if an intensive is right for you.
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Complimentary 30-Minute Consultation

Before beginning any intensive work, we'll explore whether my approach aligns with your goals and discuss which format best serves your relationship.