Marie Thouin, PhD - Dating & Relationship Coach - San Rafael, California

Jeanie Lee

Just got off the phone with Marie and am looking forward to working with her more! She was introduced to me by a friend and a couple who have had great results with her. I'm excited to explore areas of my life where I can improve both myself and my relationships. I felt very safe and cared for, and the advice given so far has been extremely helpful. Marie has already put together a detailed game plan for me so that I can experience more joy and love in my life, and I am so very grateful.

Crystal Squires

I decided to reach out to Marie because I found myself repeating the same dating habits and relationship dynamics over and over, and I wanted some 3rd party feedback to get another perspective. I was expecting surface-level “tips and tricks” sorts of advice, but Marie and I went much deeper than I ever expected.

She helped me identify and reframe some of my core beliefs around relationships, and encouraged me to find bravery by trusting in my intuition. She was there to help me through the highs and lows of my dating journey over the past year. I’ve met and dated some wonderful people and navigated it all (mostly ?) with courage and grace, thanks to Marie. And as others have said in their reviews, Marie is just a delightful person and you really can feel that she genuinely cares.

Thank you Marie!!

Kara Cooperrider

To say that working with Marie has been life-changing would be an understatement. I am a 36-year-old female and was a bona-fide anxious attacher. Before I started working with Marie, dating felt like trying not to drown in a washing machine, after a couple months it felt like doggy paddling. Now, not even a year after we began, it feels like swimming with confidence and grace 🙂

There are so many things I have learned, internalized, and embodied with Marie. She is warm and positive. She models the graceful, loving, spirit she hopes to cultivate in her clients. She radiates loving kindness.

Together we worked on both the deeper level emotions of dating (the trauma, the histories, the internal thought processes) as well as the nitty-gritty and day-to day. She was as willing to discuss complex trauma as she was to look over 20 photos of me in the same outfit and decide which she liked best. No topic was "too large", or "too small" for her. In this way I found her way more helpful than regular therapy because she was so focused on solutions and was really trained in talking about dating specifically. My experience with Marie was much more helpful than working with regular therapists who have not worked with dating in all its particularities! She has thought about dating in all of its complexities and particularities and truly loves the topic. She will never bomb you with clichés or make you feel bad. She will hold you with grace even as you stumble and work with you towards a better future.

Marie will help bring out the best of you in dating. If you are looking for something to help you "win more dates" or "get any guy" she is not the right person for you. She is there to help you find matches that are good fits for YOU (the genuine YOU with your dating strengths – she’ll help you figure out those too). She is trying to help you find, soul-expanding, positive, love, not to “get *that* guy at any cost” or "win more dates". She will always have your best interest in mind.

After spending this time with Marie, I can say with full honesty that I feel confident in dating and I am a secure attacher!!! I know the partner I get now and the love I am able to create will be infinitely better and more expansive than what I would have been capable of before.

Thank you Marie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bri

I reached out to Marie about a month ago for an initial consultation. Little did I know my circumstances with my partner would change in the short time between booking that session with her.

I felt at ease with Marie and she was very kind and encouraging about my circumstances. I was initially looking for couple’s coaching but now that my situation has changed I will hold off on committing to coaching as I reevaluate.

In this short time her gentle encouragement has been reassuring during this difficult time. I would absolutely use these services for couple’s coaching and I am also considering her services as an individual. The only reason why I haven’t is because I need to reconsider my availability (hell it took me almost a month just to circle back and give Marie her credit here!)

Andreas Blachian

Wonderful coaches and teachers have helped me on my 40 year healing journey. Yet, I was still lacking essential interpersonal skills - until I met Marie. She has been helping me tremendously to open my heart to relationships.

In Marie I encountered an out of this world amount of care, patience, and insight into my blocks. She has guided me to transform my abstract knowledge about love, intimacy, and relationship into concrete strategies that I can apply. She inspired my hope that I can, after all, manifest the most loving partnership of my life!

B Rose

Marie is such a lovely human that, even if she weren’t so wonderful at her job, it would be great to spend an hour per week with her. As it is, she’s a highly skilled, experienced coach who really did help me shift several of my self-defeating ways of thinking. I felt sad that each session was over, but better about myself. How can you beat that? (You can’t!) I highly recommend Marie if you think you might be fit from having a relationship coach!

Gaia Toscano

I am in a happy and fulfilling romantic relationship and I contacted Marie to work on another kind of love: self love. Marie greatly helped me understand my internal critique who relentlessly judges me: I had very little self-acceptance, self-compassion, and a turbulent relationship with my body. Marie held the space for me, graciously and with tenderness, asked powerful questions, and listened deeply. With her I felt very much at ease, understood, and in a safe space - where I could explore my internal demons.  With Marie's help, I became more aware of negative beliefs and patterns that I have (like always comparing myself to others.) She gently guided me away from shame for the parts of me that I did not like, and showed me the way to self-love. This was very important for me, as I struggled with my image since I was about 7 years old! Now, with this new gained acceptance, I also gained more self-confidence and, most importantly, I treat myself as the magnificent and love-worthy being that I am! Now, not only I love my partner, family, and friends, but also myself -and this makes my love for others even bigger, and my life much better. The more we love ourselves, the more we can love!
Thank you Marie --you brought out the best part of me!
Marie is a wonderful coach, precious human being, and truly a powerful gift for this world!!!

Lavanya Chandra

I had been in a very long term relationship of 30 years and was at a loss on what to do or where to start with respect to dating. I found Marie through a meetup slow dating event and her vibe was exactly what i needed. Within 3 months, i have become this confident woman who is exploring love in so many ways! She is amazing and has become a great confidante and coach. Love you Marie!