Meet Your Relationship Guides
Our Experts integrate classic therapeutic approaches with an online plan and exercises for a well-rounded, modern counseling and guidance experience.
Find Your Match
We’re Not Your Average Therapists
Flexible Availability
We’re able to provide meetings with Experts no matter your timezone, while providing availability at times of day that conventional couples therapy usually does not cover.
Trained and Experienced
Providers at OurRitual include clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and other professionals. Every Expert who joins us undergoes specific training in addition to their acquired professional experience to ensure that they can provide adequate support to our members. Meet the minds behind our program here.
Customized Counseling
Our Experts specialize in scientifically proven and research-based techniques to help you improve communication, resolve conflict effectively, rekindle intimacy, build trust and connect with your partner. Your Expert will evaluate your needs and create a plan with you.
Real Talk From Our Experts
Our diverse network of nearly 200 Experts come with years of training, experience, and dedication to bring our members compassionate care in every session
Naomi Dardik
MSW
Naomi Dardik
MSW
Jayta Spitzalak
LMHC, LPC, Psychotherapist
Jayta Spitzalak
LMHC, LPC, Psychotherapist
Dean Dampney
Holistic Counseling & Psychotherapy
Dean Dampney
Holistic Counseling & Psychotherapy
Carmen Yoong
Masters in Counseling
"Relationships are hard. But that's also where people usually grow the most, heal the most, and actually learn what it means to be loved and to love as well. I believe you deserve support in that process."
Carmen Yoong
Masters in Counseling
Gabriela Galavis
ILCSW, Marriage and Family Therapy, MSW
Gabriela Galavis
ILCSW, Marriage and Family Therapy, MSW
Ana Willis
MA, Family Therapist and Parenting Coach
Ana Willis
MA, Family Therapist and Parenting Coach
Shehroz Shahid
Registered Psychotherapist
Shehroz Shahid
Registered Psychotherapist
Yonatan Sinclair
M.A. in Educational Counseling, Couples, and Sex Therapist
"It takes a lot of bravery and I really look up to anyone who comes to receive couples support, brave enough to take that step and say 'we need some help'. You deserve to be happy as much as anyone else, and it's within your reach."
Yonatan Sinclair
M.A. in Educational Counseling, Couples, and Sex Therapist
Tricia Bowman
Master Relationship, Marriage, and Life Coach
Tricia Bowman
Master Relationship, Marriage, and Life Coach
Kunhee Kim
Canadian Certified Counselor
Kunhee Kim
Canadian Certified Counselor
Zaid Yusufani
Registered Psychotherapist
"What OurRitual does is kind of disrupt our way of thinking about relationships. Thus the name 'OurRitual', it becomes a weekly thing where you have to focus your energy on your relationship and your self-improvement, it's a great way to start that habit.
Zaid Yusufani
Registered Psychotherapist
Approaches To Therapy
Each of our Experts brings a unique background and varied methods to the table, ensuring our members receive sessions matched to their needs.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy encourages participants to more deeply understand how their past experiences affect their current states and lives.
CBT
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of talk therapy that focuses on specific tasks and actions that change thinking and behavior in order to manage problems.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative therapy aims to separate the individual from the problem, allowing for a different perspective on problems.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Solution-focused brief therapy is a goal-focused therapeutic approach based on constructing solutions rather than focusing on problems.
Gottman Method
The Gottman Method aims to deescalate conflicting verbal communication, increase respect and affection, and remove barriers.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
EFT is a psychotherapy technique that helps people improve their relationships and resolve emotional issues through emotional exploration and expression.
Built by Relationship Experts. Designed for Real Life
Our Experts
At OurRitual, every Expert you meet brings years of education, training and professional experience and deep understanding of relationships, human behavior, and communication patterns.
Our team is made up of carefully selected professionals, trained and experienced in a variety of evidence-based approaches to relationship work - including the Gottman method, Emotionally Focused approaches (EFT), Solution-Focused techniques, Psychodynamic principles, Cognitive Behavioral methods (CBT), and Narrative practices.
The OurRitual Approach
We’ve developed a unique method designed to support you and your partner in creating real, lasting change - built on professional insight and tailored to your daily life:
Anytime, anywhere
Connect with your Expert over Zoom, from wherever you feel most comfortable.
Together or Solo
You can begin your journey on your own, and invite your partner to join whenever the time feels right.
Pathways
Explore guided video series led by our Experts on topics that matter most to you. Each pathway includes reflective exercises and tools you can move through at your own pace.
Practical Exercise
Deepen your progress between sessions with engaging activities - from guided reflections to mindful practices - all designed to strengthen your connection.
Our Professional Advisory Board
Dr. Orna Guralnik
Dr. Orna Guralnik, a graduate of the NYU Post Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, is widely known for her popular Showtime series Couples Therapy, where she’s helped normalize relationship struggles for millions of Americans. She is currently on faculty at NYU and the NIP, and is a co-founder of the Center for the Study of Dissociation and Depersonalization at the Mount Sinai Medical School. Dr. Guralnik lectures and publishes on couples treatment and culture.
As our Founding Clinical Advisor, Dr. Guralnik has helped us develop our Expert program at OurRitual, helping bring professional therapists and counsellors onto the team and helping us maintain the highest standard of care. She also reviews much of our in-app content, and even stars in an OurRitual Pathway - our in-app modules for relationship care and progress.
Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, MD
As BetterUp’s Chief Innovation Officer and leader of BetterUp Labs, Dr. Rosen Kellerman brings years of experience in integration of innovation and new techniques with organizational psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and AI to create the cutting edge of therapeutic approaches, and applies them at OurRitual. She has worked in psychiatry, fMRI research, global mental health policies with the WHO, and founded the healthtech company LifeLink.
Working with OurRitual’s leadership, she helps ensure that OurRitual’s programs scale at high quality and brings organizational expertise to OurRitual’s offerings.
Co-author of "Tomorrowmind" with Dr. Martin Seligman, Gabriella's work appears in The Atlantic, Scientific American Mind, JAMA, and the Harvard Business Review, and has been featured in Inc Magazine, CNBC, Entrepreneur, and Forbes.
Do You Have Any Questions?
What qualifications do Experts have?
Our Expert team includes psychologists, marriage and family therapists and clinical social workers amongst other practitioners in the relationship and family guidance and counseling space. In addition to a rigorous interview process, our Experts also undergo specific OurRitual training that adds to the expertise that they bring from past experience.
Does OurRitual provide services in other languages?
All of the Experts at OurRitual speak fluent English, and our app and content are currently only available in English. However, should you feel more comfortable having your sessions in another language, we have experts who can conduct sessions in Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Polish, Hindi, Greek, and Portuguese.
How does OurRitual find me the right Expert?
One of the cornerstones of our service is providing you with the flexibility that you may not find on other platforms. Our first priority is making sure that you're matched with an Expert that can meet with you at times that work for you. When you sign up, you'll also answer a short questionnaire with information that will be provided to your Expert in order to specifically tailor your sessions to your needs.
Can I switch experts?
If you feel that the Expert you were matched with is not a fit for you, you can easily request a switch. We want to ensure that you feel connected and at ease with your Expert. A quick email to our support team will initiate the change process.