Assael Romanelli

Here is the reframe: if your current relationship has stopped working, that is good news. Because we will all marry more than once. The only question is whether it will be with the same person.

My approach is direct. I will block your exits. I don't just listen. I reflect what I see. I challenge what needs challenging. I teach real skills you can use between sessions.

We work in the present moment, look at the patterns in the room right now, and start building new ones. I will help you become the partner you want to be, so you can be worthy of the relationship you want. The goal is for both of you to grow, whether you stay together or not.

I believe changing the world (Tikkun Olam) begins at home. I see my work as my calling to make the world better.

Sex, communication, distance, recurring arguments, value clashes, infidelity, secrets. Or just the feeling that something is missing and neither of you knows how to name it. All of these are good reasons to come in.

With families: communication, illness, money, divorce, family conflict, cutoff. I have seen and been through it all. I help families with older children meet in the truth. If you do not talk about it, you will act it out, and your children will replicate it.

I also work with individuals on intimacy, trust, desire, and life transitions.

I won't save you, but I will help you grow.

I measure you by your feet, not your mouth. Progress is how you choose to speak and behave, not just insight. Therapy is meant to end. This is focused work, not a place to come every week forever. Therapy is what happens between sessions. I have over 120 videos and 100 articles that I will tailor to your needs, so you can make practical change in your daily life.

You set the pace. At the end of each session we schedule the next one together. You own the process.

I have been in family therapy with my own parents for over two years. I know firsthand the challenges and the rewards of this work.

We start with a 90-minute Honest Intake. By the end I will tell you exactly what I see: your patterns, your strengths, where you are stuck, and what needs to change. You also leave with videos and articles you can use that same week. Then you decide if you want to continue. You are in the driver's seat. I developed this protocol over 20 years of working with couples. It is not a standard intake form. It is a real first look at your relationship, together.

Currently based in NJ. I work online only, via Zoom. PhD in Social Work from Hebrew University. LCSW licensed in New Jersey. Certified couple and family therapist and supervisor. Author of Feel Free Together. I write on relationships for Psychology Today, over 2 million reads: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-other-side-of-relationships

Sessions in Hebrew or English.

Fee for clients in Israel:

$270 for 90 minute couples therapy

$300 for 90 minute family therapy

Fees for clients outside Israel:

$330 for 90 minute couples therapy

$350 for 90 minute family therapy

I work 9:00am to 6pm EST - Monday through Fridays.

It would be an honor to work with you. Thanks for reading my profile. 

Assael