What People Say 

Testimonials

What It’s Like to Work With NCCT

Much of what happens in couples therapy — like relationships themselves — happens behind closed doors. Most people never talk about it, even when it changes everything. We wish more did. What happens in a session, in the quiet shift between two people, is nearly impossible to convey — and yet we try, because words are what we have, and in that sense they are everything. The reflections below come from couples, colleagues, and peers who chose to share. They are real, they are a small sample, and they are the best we have.

Professional Endorsements

Recognized by Leaders in Couples Therapy

“Kerry is leading the charge in pushing the field of couples therapy forward. Her integration of different evidence-based models provides clients with superb treatment and inspires her fellow therapists to keep growing in their craft.”

— George Faller, LMFT
Founder, New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy
Co-author, True Connection

“I’ve spent many hours with Kerry Lusignan, personally experiencing her integrity, devotion, warmth, skill, and soulfulness. She has uncommonly good instincts about what intimate partners need to improve their relationships. Across the years, she refined her instincts by training with some of the most well-recognized experts in the field of couples therapy. She has assembled a remarkable group of therapists at the Northampton Center for Couples Therapy. If you are looking for a top-tier couples therapist, you have found the right place.”

— Brent Atkinson, PhD
Founder, P-ECT (Pragmatic/Experiential Couple Therapy)
Author, Emotional Intelligence in Couples Therapy
Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University

“Northampton Center for Couples Therapy is on the cutting edge of what works to make relationships better. It is hard to find a group of couples therapists more dedicated to the practice of improving the lives of couples.”

— Shane Birkel, LMFT
Host, The Couples Therapist Couch

Professional & Referring Colleagues

“Kerry gets it. She’s an expert educator and clinician, a world-class writer, and an all-around wonderful human being who brings empathy and compassion to her work. You can trust her with your relationship.”

— Michael Fulwiler
Gottman Institute

“I’m a psychotherapist in the Boston area with over 40 years of experience. NCCT stands out in its unique commitment to provide couples therapy informed by current evidence-based treatment modalities. Kerry Lusignan, founder and director of NCCT, is a superb clinician with an abundance of heart and fierce dedication to her clients’ well-being. She’s also a skilled educator.”

“I am a clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience. I have been in therapy on and off for 30 years. I have never met anyone as talented and professional. Meeting/working with Kerry has been more advantageous for me than winning the lottery—no joke. She is profoundly knowledgeable, empathetic, kind… She is extremely familiar with the latest research, which informs her work with individuals and couples. She combines support with pushing her clients perfectly. I unequivocally highly recommend Kerry!”

“Northampton Center for Couples Therapy is an outstanding group of dedicated practitioners with decades of experience, wisdom, and skill in working with couples. I am a therapist in the community and I regularly refer clients to NCCT for couples therapy. I can think of no better group for focusing on couples work and the needs of couples. Their approach is compassionate, informed by cutting-edge research and evidence-based practice… One of the amazing things about their practice is the depth to which they work.”

— Stephen Bradley, LICSW and Child Trauma Academy Fellow

About the Center

“Northampton Center for Couples Therapy is a beacon of light for so many couples who find themselves stuck in darkness and despair. The combination of the newest evidence-based treatment modalities with unparalleled compassion and wisdom separates the Northampton Center from all others. Reach out if you need help.”

— George Faller, LMFT
Founder, New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy
Co-author, True Connection

From Couples

“We can’t thank you enough for giving us the care and counseling that you did at such a terrible but critical juncture in our relationship. It has made all the difference to be guided with the skill and humanity that you have extended to us, and the lessons we have learned about relationships, ourselves, and each other will stay with us forever.”

“What do you do when someone with knowledge, expertise, and a steady, informed hand guides you in ways you have never been guided before? You start to heal. You heal yourself, and you heal your marriage.”

“As a goal-oriented therapy for navigating a crisis, understanding ourselves and each other, and being better prepared for future conflict, this felt just right.”

“Our experience has been more effective, more psychologically and emotionally eye-opening, and more productive than all of our previous counselors combined. We are better at all of this – better partners, better parents and step-parents, better lovers, and far better friends.”

“We have grown as a couple and as individuals who find value in a marriage that was near unsalvageable. We still have our moments, but they are fewer and farther between and handled with a great deal more maturity and compassion.”

“We were very satisfied with our experience, even though we ended up separating in the end. It was just the right decision for me.”

“Compassionate beyond anything I imagined… I will be forever thankful.”

“The most skilled couples therapist I’ve ever seen. She is down-to-earth, kind, thoughtful, and brilliant.”

“If we could give 100 stars, we would.”

“I think that every couple can benefit from spending some time looking at their relationship, and this is BY FAR the best place for that!”

“It is a wonderful thing to help a family. It is a far greater thing to save one. Thank you.”

Courses & Teaching

“I love your course Kerry. I think it has saved us.”

“I’ve recommended your course to three couples. I think your work is profound and so hopeful for connection. Our world needs more of this in all dimensions!”

“This online course resulted in more breakthroughs in understanding my partner than all the years of therapy had previously accomplished.”

“This course is extremely well-researched, straightforward, practical, and brilliantly direct.”

“The course has left me inspired and hopeful as I have begun to picture the kind of partnership I want in my life, to understand how to create such a partnership, and to feel deserving of having it.”

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