Carol J. Kramer

Carol fell in love with theater and acting at a very young age. What goes into creating a character in a play often holds up a mirror to real-life motivations and intentions. Her fascination with the nuances of character evolution on a stage led her to develop a keen interest and skill in mining for what lies underneath words.

Exploring the ‘spine’ of a character evolved into her passion for unpacking and sifting through the complexities of why we humans do what we do in relationships, and for supporting people in becoming more conscious in how they relate. In theater, when two characters are having a conflict, we know it from the looks on their faces, the tone and volume of their voices and from their body language. 

As a couples therapist, she help both partners deepen their awareness of the different ways they are communicating through body language, vocal tone and volume, and facial expressions, and helps them bring their communications into greater alignment with their best intentions for their relationship. This promotes safety and increases opportunities for connection, through conscious good will and mutual acts of high regard.
Imago Relationship Therapy informs how she works with all relationships. Imago Relationship Therapy focuses on the universality of one of our most deeply held human desires: we all want connection. When couples come to see her, she
begin by focusing on helping them identify what each of them wants most and how they would need to stretch out of their comfort zone and into greater wholeness in order to manifest their vision for their relationship. 

How Carol Works

She see couples for a minimum of 90 minutes. She creates an atmosphere of safety for couples to share the truth of their experience with one another in ways that support connection and foster new learnings. Using the Imago Dialogue, couples make a habit of productive ways of communicating. They learn how to create a “portable” container they can utilize as often as needed outside of therapy sessions to repair ruptures, work through challenges, and deepen connection. 

Her goal is to help each couple benefit from this powerful tool and the new learnings they acquire about themselves and each other, and to integrate these new learnings into their daily life.