Marianne Marlow, MA, LMHC
Welcome, I’m Marianne Marlow and I’m the founder of This LoveWorks.
My clients count on me to curate the most innovative relationship research. Relationships are the basis of all our interactions and we need better ways of getting the most relevant, accessible, and understandable relationship information. My own dogged curiosity and interest in how people work, drives me to find what is the most useful and effective for you as a couple, a business owner, or a therapist.
After 15 years working with the largest tech companies in the country on corporate team development, I wanted to really understand what makes great relationships work. Now, as a relationship therapist for more than 20 years, I sit with couples during the most challenging times in their relationships. I ask questions that facilitate understanding, healing, and change.
I’ve studied with the foremost relationship coaches, researchers, and trauma experts to learn how to heal the nervous system and start the process of healing relationships. I personally study and implement the most proven, the most lasting, and the most secure psychological and spiritual relationship practices.
As a relationship therapist and coach, I listen and give you the tools to overcome limiting beliefs that keep you from achieving your most important relationship goals.
Through open and honest communication, I challenge people to acknowledge each other’s intrinsic wholeness and worth to cultivate strong, genuine connections. The work won’t always be easy but I trust you’ll come to the other side with the skills to build and maintain the relationships you desire in all areas of your life.
CV available upon request
– Twenty-two years of individual and couples counseling, corporate organizational consultation and coaching.
– Specializing in couple’s therapy focused on neurobiology and attachment.
– Develop group environments that inspire, motivate, and inform.
– Creative style of organization and service creating collaborative groups.
– Genuine concern for and sensitivity to group dynamics and individual needs.
– Strong skills in assessing group development needs and ability to develop appropriate interventions.
– Commitment to bringing about real, practical results in problem solving.
2021 – present – Community Foodbank Facilitator
2017 – 2021 – Managing Director of the Greater Seattle Chapter of eWomenNetwork
2018 – 2021 – President – Washington Mental Health Counselor Association.
2013 – 2018, Secretary – Washington Mental Health Counselor Association.
2102 – Present – Washington Approved Clinical Supervisor
2016 – Present, Volunteer, Camp Unity Homeless Shelter
2010 – Clinical Supervision for individuals and groups of mental health counselors in the state of WA and hypnotherapists, Washington State approved supervisor
2008 – Soiling Solutions Facilitator, Bellevue, WA
2000 – Present, Psychotherapist and Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist in private practice, Bellevue, WA. Licensed 2004 WA 00009041
Individuals, families, couples, and groups.
Area of focus: Women’s issues especially pre- and perinatal topics. Specialties: Hypnobirthing, hormonal issues, digestive issues, mind/body connectivity, loss and grief, relationship issues, reproductive issues, family systems, addiction issues, eating disorders, shock and trauma, general health and wellness.
Area of focus: Group dynamic especially “here and now” relationships.
Specialties: Group dynamic, depth of feeling, psychological connection to physical cues, grief and loss, addiction issues, family systems, general health and wellness.
Area of focus: Adolescent girl’s issues especially self-esteem and self-image issues, general health and wellness.
Specialties: Hypnotherapy, hormonal issues, mind/body connectivity, relationship issues, reproductive issues, family systems, addiction issues, eating disorders, shock and trauma.
Area of focus: Couples issues especially relational issues and systemic issues.
Specialties: Hypnotherapy, relationship addictions, relationship re-building, conflict.
2016 – Daring Therapists: Healing Shame in the Treatment Room, Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy, Dublin, Ireland, Association for Humanistic Counseling, Portland, OR, Washington Mental Health Counselors Association, Bastyr University, WA
2016 – Daring Way, Bellevue, WA
2016, Rising Strong, Bellevue, WA
2015 – Present, Personal and Professional Transformation Training for Graduate Students, Portland, OR
2014, New Practitioner Workshop, WMHCA, Seattle, WA
2013, Letting Go Weekend, Bellevue, WA
2010 – The Heroes Journey, 2012 – Marriage Renewal, Bellevue, WA
2008, Hypnotherapy Training, The Wellness Institute, Issaquah, WA
2007, Goddess Bootcamp, Issaquah, WA
2005 – Present, Personal Transformation Intensive Level I, II, III, Bellevue, WA
2007 – Present, Couples Retreats, Washington, New York, Oregon
2005 – Present, Facilitator Conscious Community Group, Bellevue, WA
2006, Abundance and Prosperity Workshop, Bellevue, WA
2005 – 2006, Co-Chair of the Puget Sound Birth and Family Center
2001 – Present, Human Resource & Organizational Development Consultant, Bellevue, WA
2000 – 2001, VP of Human Resources and Organizational Development, License Online, Bellevue, WA,.
1999 – 2000, Human Resources Manager, Cambridge Technology Partners, (Parent company of Excell Data Corporation) Bellevue, WA,
2017, Couples Institute Training, San Francisco, CA
2017, Madanes Robbins Coaching Training, Santa Barbara, CA
2016, Intensive Trauma Treatment Course with Bessel van der Kolk, PESI
2016, Emotional Focused Couples Therapy, The International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy, Ontario, Canada
2015, Treating Personality Disorders in Couples Therapy, The PACT Institute, Agoura Hills, CA
2013 – 2016, Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy Level I and II, The PACT Institute, Agoura Hills, CA
2010, Clinical Supervision, Cascadia Training, Seattle, WA
2007, Prepare/Enrich Certification, Seattle, WA
2005 – Present, The Mystery School of Tools for Conscious Change, Chicago, IL
2004 – 2013, Mentorship Program, The Wellness Institute, Issaquah, WA
2003 -2004, Personal Transformation Intensive Leadership Training, The Wellness Institute, Issaquah, WA
2001 – 2003, Internship, Advanced Training and Practicum Clinical Hypnotherapy, The Wellness Institute, Issaquah, WA
2001, Clinical Hypnotherapy, The Wellness Institute, Issaquah, WA
2000, MA, Applied Behavioral Science. Marriage & Family Therapy; Organizational Development. LIOS/Bastyr University, Seattle, WA.
1992, Bachelor of Science, Communications, Regents College/State University of NY, Albany, NY.
1986, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY
