Dr Phyllis Marganoff

"I went to Dr. Marganoff with a specific goal - to work through some actions I had taken a long time ago related to a previous marriage that were torturing and severely distracting me on a daily basis. Each session begins with a moment to feel present and safe, as these are deeply personal issues we are discussing. Each time I hit a tender point, we pause to really feel and value what I am experiencing. This practice is something I now do everyday - imagine pausing, reflecting and respecting how we feel! I had never experienced EMDR before. I am moved at how impactful the process is in lifting the pain and sufferring that was seared in me such a long time ago. Through all the work we do together - and it is a true collaboration - Dr. M provides a safe, empathetic environment. After each session, I say "how can the next one possibly provide more catharsis and inner peace than this?", and then it happens all over again. I am pleased to be a reference if needed."

"I am very lucky to have been assisted through many great life changes by Dr. Marganoff! She has helped me with the transition to getting married, as well as welcoming a child into our family. She always takes my thoughts and opinions into consideration, and gives thoughtful insight to help guide our family every step! I do believe that having someone with so much experience to guide during transitions has been invaluable to me. Having guidance before times get difficult has brought my relationships to higher levels. I could not recommend anyone as highly as I do Dr. Marganoff!"

"Dr. Phyllis Marganoff is a highly trained psychologist with many years of clinical practice, training, and teaching experience. Her work with individuals, couples, and families helps them address crises that arise at all phases of the life cycle, from birth to death. Her special focus is on the way people connect and nurture their connections throughout life. This includes helping people start relationships, build relationships, and sometimes restructure those relationships. She works to help each individual identify, clarify, and expand their inner thoughts and feelings. This then becomes integrated with an understanding of the other people in their lives, who have their own characteristic styles and approaches to dealing with relationships and issues. In this way the possibility for solving dilemmas and impasses can take place. Dr. Marganoff’s work is collaborative, as she carefully listens to each person and reflects back in an unbiased manner, what is being expressed. There is a thorough examination of the situation and feelings of everybody concerned, so that each person can decide for themselves what is best for them. I’ve worked with Dr. Marganoff for years and know her to be thoughtful, caring, and careful with those who share their lives with her."

"Phyllis's practice is better described as 'Mediated Collaborative and Amicable Separation and Divorce'. What 'Marriage Counselor' recommends that a wife and mother leave her own family and son to 'explore herself' and live as an individual. This 'advice' and counseling has left a husband and son devastated and a family in pieces. Tread carefully if seeking 'Marriage or Relationship Counseling' here. Don't let your family be counselled out of being a family."

"Dr. Marganoff specializes to the Gottman school of marriage counseling, which is based on extensive questionnaire uses and compare with statistical data. The method promises to determine whether a couple should attempt to reconcile their differences or so incompatible that they should divorce, within a couple of sessions. This can be very effective and powerful. However, a couple should go into the session with the expectation that she could recommend divorce within a few sessions. So it really depends on your original intention for going to marriage therapy. If you are already ready to walk away from the marriage, then her method can provide you with the motivation and a predetermined result for you to start the divorce process. If you are still wishing to reconcile despite of odds, you should be careful to rely on her method completely. Ultimately every couple has a different situation, it really depend on the way you approach the problem."