Discernment Counseling for Therapists

Advanced support for clinicians working with mixed-agenda couples and relational crossroads

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1:1 Consultation with Lyn

Bring in any cases, questions or challenges for some one-on-one support

$100

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Year-Long Learn Along

Get guidance while going through the new training, for the first or 100th time.

$150

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Bi-Weekly Consult Group

DC Lab is a place for clinical consultations and practice building for dc therapists.

$20 per lab

*packages available

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Where Therapists Commonly Get Stuck

Even experienced clinicians report getting pulled off course in discernment work. Common challenges include:

Sliding into couples therapy too quickly
Over-attending to the leaning-in partner’s distress
Struggling to contain high emotional reactivity or shutdown
Feeling pressure to help the couple “decide” rather than clarify
Navigating trauma histories without derailing the discernment frame

These moments aren’t clinical failures. They’re signals that the work requires a steadier frame and clearer containment.

Join the Lab and connect with other DC therapists!

Schedule Appointment

Advanced discernment support for therapists working with mixed-agenda couples and relational systems shaped by trauma and attachment injury.

This work is especially helpful when:

Clinicians are newer to Discernment Counseling and want support applying the model in real clinical settings
Cases become emotionally charged, polarized, or stuck beyond the basic structure
Trauma histories, attachment wounds, or power dynamics complicate the discernment process
Therapists feel uncertain about containment, pacing, or when repair work is premature
Join one of our groups to process the DC training material, stay on track for certification or join a Watch Party and see DC in action

Support includes consultation and advanced training informed by the updated Discernment Counseling model and is designed to deepen clarity, containment, and ethical decision-making without pulling therapists out of their clinical authority.

Advanced Discernment Practice

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I’m Lyn Martin, LMFT, founder of Attached NY. I work clinically with couples and individuals navigating attachment injuries, trauma histories, and major relational turning points. I also teach therapists how to approach discernment work with steadiness, clarity, and ethical precision.

My approach integrates Discernment Counseling, Relational Life Therapy, attachment-based trauma work, and somatic awareness. I’m especially interested in helping therapists hold complexity without rushing outcomes or defaulting to repair before clarity has emerged.