About Us
Healing Hearts | Empowering Minds | Restoring SpiritsThe Center for Relational Change is a group practice in Pittsburgh, PA, where clinicians conduct therapy with individuals, couples and families. Clinicians have over 15 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families.
The philosophy of therapy at the Center for Relational Change is both collaborative and holistic. Clinicians view therapy as a collaboration between their clients and themselves. In addition to resolving the client’s specific concerns, Clinicians hope to empower their clients with the ability to enrich their overall quality of life beyond problem solving. They believe successful therapy embodies deep and abiding respect for the client’s uniqueness, coupled with profound emotional and psychological presence, and the mastery of a wide range of therapeutic skills on the part of the therapist. They also believe in a holistic approach to therapy. They believe it is essential for therapeutic growth to consider the mind, body, and spirit, all of which construct the path we choose in our daily walk through life.
Whether you’re struggling with a particular issue, or just can’t shake the feeling that there should be more to life, clinicians at the Center for Relational Change can help. They provide a caring environment in which you can identify and explore those issues that may be getting in the way of a more rewarding life, or more fulfilling relationships. The goal is to help provide you with the insights and tools you need to move beyond old, limiting beliefs and behaviors.
- Are you and your partner tired of arguing and not seeing eye to eye?
- Has infidelity resulted in trust concerns?
- Are you struggling with issues of grief, self-esteem, or emotional distress?
- Are you struggling with childhood trauma or abuse?
- Are you and your children arguing more frequently?
- Are you and your partner thinking about marriage?
Clinicians at the Center for Relational Change have the skills to assist you work through your personal, couple and family concerns. Whatever struggles or challenges you are facing, they have over 15 years of clinical experience help to you explore and address the issues that are hindering you from living your fullest life.
Would you like to talk?
OUR THERAPISTS
Licensed Clinical Consultants
Dr. DeMarquis Clarke, LMFT
Founder, Principal Clinical Consultant
Preferred Pronoun: He/Him
East End Office
I conduct therapy with individuals, couples, and families, as well as consulting for family owned businesses. I had the honor of receiving my master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and doctoral degree from Syracuse University, both in Marriage and Family Therapy. I have over 20 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families. I also have over 15 years of experience teaching and supervising clinicians. In addition to my private practice, I also service as Program Director and Associate Professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Seton Hill University.
Heather Brown, LMFT
Licensed Clinical Consultant
Preferred Pronoun: She/Her
East End Office
I am a licensed therapist that attempts to see the world from a systemic view. This view may allow me to stay objective enough and thoughtful enough to ask questions about things you might not yet be able to see. This position can often allow me to ask questions and provide space for each client to make sense of their own functioning, to see the systemic process themselves and ultimately gain a better understanding of themselves. This understanding of self may be what allows for changes in relationships, reduction in conflict/stress, a decrease in symptoms, and impacting the multigenerational process in ones family of origin.
Dr. Una Henry, LMFT
Licensed Clinical Consultant
Preferred Pronoun: She/Her
East End Office
I work with individuals, couples, and families. I received my master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Syracuse University and am completing my doctorate from Kansas State University in the same field. I have 10 years of clinical experience in four different states.
I believe that relationships are central to who we are and who we become. My goal in therapy is to improve both personal and relational health in individuals, couples, and families.
Bob Moore, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Consultant
Preferred Pronoun: He/Him
East End Office
Everyone deserves to be happy. Sometimes life happens in such a way that we get thrown off our path. But, you have the ability to regain your footing and keep moving forward. Whether you feel the problem lies within you, in the world, or in your relationship with the world, I can help. You have all the tools you need to be happy. Allow me to help you remove the obstacles to your happiness. Together, we’ll find the therapeutic approach that works best for you.
Brianna Totty, LMFT
Licensed Clinical Consultant
Preferred Pronoun: She/Her
North Hills Office
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with the mission and purpose of assisting you in walking into the fullness of your destiny. I believe that by creating a safe, honest, and validating space this will allow for individuals to cultivate the awareness into themselves and the opportunity to choose how they want to be seen in the world. I believe that our relationships to the people, places, and things around us can be beautiful, complex, and connecting at the same time.
C. Michaela Jacks, LMFT
Licensed Clinical Consultant
Preferred Pronoun: She/Her
East End and North Hills Offices
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist who believes in fostering a therapeutic space where my clients can have a positive experience in which they can challenge themselves to honor all of who they are, not just pieces that our society, culture, family, and relationships have given them permission to be. I strive to empower my clients through the exploration of messages they have received in their life from all systems so that they can thrive being their authentic self.
John Kalisz-Tonsor, MSCP
Pronouns They/Them/Theirs
My approach to therapy starts in recognizing that somewhere within us, every human being holds the power and strength to live a life of joy and connection. Every person encounters significant obstacles to this along the way—obstacles in our families and relationships, in our physical health, and in our lived experiences with the larger social and ecological systems around us.
Ashley M. Edwards MFT, PCC, ART
Clinical Consultant, Advanced Reiki Healer, Life Coach
Preferred Pronoun: She/Her/Hers
If you want to become a you that you recognize, I am here to help. I will be supportive, curious, and challenging through the journey of self-acceptance, self-love, and emotional awareness, whether in or out of your relationships. My therapy goal is to help you discover your authentic voice through exploring yourself and others. I have experience with groups/teams, youth, individuals, couples, and families. In addition, I focus on relationships, including Intra- and interpersonal relationships.
OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS
Caryn Doege, M.S., MDiv.
Resident Clinician
Preferred Pronoun: She/Her/Hers
As a pre-licensed therapist and graduate of the Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling program at Duquesne University, my work is to walk alongside you and meet you where you are. I strive to provide a safe, judgement-free space that allows you to share your experiences, thoughts and feelings, where we can get curious together, to explore, discover and work towards your therapeutic goals.
Would you like to talk? Contact us to schedule your initial consultation.
East End Office
1789 South Braddock Ave., Suite 350Pittsburgh, PA 15218
Phone: 412-450-0518
Fax: 412-727-7475
Email: info@centerforrelationalchange.com