Meet Melanie, your "Couples Coach on Call" coach
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Welcome!
Thank you for your interest in Expert Relationship and the Couples Coach on Call program. I know how challenging relationships can be! Like you, I navigate, learn, and grow in all my own relationships every single day ~ it's a lifelong journey. With my work, I join you, with great humility, as a fellow explorer of human relating in our homes, our communities, our countries, and our planet. If you decide to work with me, my intention is that our time together is purposeful, productive, and empowering. In coaching we will surface the key relational issues that are troubling you in your relationship, and understand them as efficiently as possible. Relationships are incredibly complex and nuanced, and I'm mindful of that ~ it's easy to get bogged down in all the subtlety. So in coaching, we'll always work toward practical strategies you can implement to improve your relationship the same day. After over 25 years experience working with relationships and communication skills, Expert Relationship is the outcome of a lifelong dedication to understanding human relationships, communication, and the components of peaceful, fulfilling connections between people. I am sincerely, totally, 100% dedicated to helping people learn to communicate and have GREAT relationships! In fact, I've made it my life's work. If you'd like to book a coaching call, you can do so here. I welcome the opportunity to be of assistance to you. ~ melanie |
Melanie Smith, MACP Photo © 2019 S. Russell Keil |
melanie's curriculum vitae
- Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies.
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) (please note, Couples Coach on Call provides education and coaching, not psychotherapy/mental health care.)
- Over 25 years conflict transformation, communication skills, and counseling experience
- Featured relationship specialist on 94.5FM, KKOB talk radio drive time show
- Founder of Expert Relationship LLC
- Founder and organizer of NMCCS, New Mexico Couples Counseling Specialists
- Trained in Relationship Enhancement® aka R.E. (a powerful communication skills based model).
- Trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). A deeply transformative model for working with trauma, anxiety, breakups, couples issues, and more.
- Trained in the Collaborative Divorce Coaching model (Sacramento Collaborative Practice Group).
- Trained in Social Resiliency Model
- Advanced Certification in Mediation, Arcadia University and Institute of Advanced Dispute Resolution, Boulder, Colo.
- Special Certification in Family Mediation, Face-to-Face Mediation Services, Denver, Colo.
- Communication Instructor, Art Institute of Colorado
- Mediator & Conflict Transformation Specialist, Denver, Colo., 2006 - 2010
- Co-mediated family issues with incarcerated individuals, Arapahoe County Jail
- Additional related trainings:
- Alternatives to Violence Project (skill building for individuals to effectively manage anger and violent tendencies);
- Thomas Hübl's Transparent Communication Course
- Mystical Principles of Healing Course (deep exploration of spiritual and energetic components of human relationships).
- Quantum Touch Healing trained
- Alternatives to Violence Project (skill building for individuals to effectively manage anger and violent tendencies);
Sample speaking engagements & workshops I've delivered
Debriefing, Trusting Each Other, and Affirming our Collaborative Ideals
Workshop presented to New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group, November 2017
Anger: an Act of Self Love
Presented at Well Woman Life Annual Meeting, September 2017
Tips from the Trenches: Top Tools for Working with Tough Couples
Presented at Albuquerque Mental Health, June 2017
Simplifying Anger: How to Skillfully Engage with Angry People
Presented to Albuquerque Collaborative Practice Group, June 2017 and August 2017
Hard Conversations in Health Care
Presented to UNM Medical Group’s “S.I.M.P.L.E.” Conference, in Taos, NM, July 2016
Top Coping Skills for Working with Anxiety
Presented at Well Woman Life general meeting, January 2015
ThinkFirst! Anti-Bullying Program
Workshop Co-developer & Instructor, Wagner Ranch School, Orinda, Calif., 2010
Workshop presented to New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group, November 2017
Anger: an Act of Self Love
Presented at Well Woman Life Annual Meeting, September 2017
Tips from the Trenches: Top Tools for Working with Tough Couples
Presented at Albuquerque Mental Health, June 2017
Simplifying Anger: How to Skillfully Engage with Angry People
Presented to Albuquerque Collaborative Practice Group, June 2017 and August 2017
Hard Conversations in Health Care
Presented to UNM Medical Group’s “S.I.M.P.L.E.” Conference, in Taos, NM, July 2016
Top Coping Skills for Working with Anxiety
Presented at Well Woman Life general meeting, January 2015
ThinkFirst! Anti-Bullying Program
Workshop Co-developer & Instructor, Wagner Ranch School, Orinda, Calif., 2010
