Elise Martinet, LMFT
A relationship neither person has to carry alone.
Elise Martinet helps capable women carry less, good men show up more fully, and couples become true partners.
Complimentary educational reflection; not a diagnostic test.
A discreet inquiry about fit and current availability.
The assessment is for education and reflection only; it is not a diagnosis or a validated psychological test. California psychotherapy for individuals and couples; telehealth may be available throughout California.
Psychotherapy for Modern Relationships.
What to expect
Two thoughtful ways to begin.
Start with a guided reflection or share what is bringing you here. Choose the step that feels right for you.
01 / Complimentary reflection
Understand a pattern you may be carrying.
Respond to 27 concise prompts—most people finish in about five minutes. Your tailored reflection can help you notice a current relational role, what it may protect, and a thoughtful next place to begin.
Enter an email to view your result and receive one thoughtful follow-up. This is for education and reflection, not diagnosis.
Begin the Assessment02 / Confidential consultation
Talk through a possible next step.
Share a little about what brings you here. Inquiries are reviewed for fit, California location, and current availability. Submitting an inquiry does not establish a therapy relationship.
Schedule a Confidential ConsultationStart where you are
There is more than one honest way to begin.
Choose the path that best reflects what is happening now. You can also begin with reflection or a confidential consultation.
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For women
You have been carrying more than feels sustainable.
For capable women who are tired of anticipating, organizing, soothing, or holding the relationship together alone.
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For men
You want to participate more fully.
For men who care about their relationships and want greater emotional presence, initiative, accountability, and repair.
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For couples
You are caught in the same difficult pattern.
For partners ready to understand the system beneath recurring conflict, unequal responsibility, and disconnection.
The defining idea
The Carrying Dynamic™
It can develop when one partner becomes responsible for anticipating, organizing, regulating, and repairing the emotional life of the relationship.
The more one person carries, the less the other may be required to develop. Over time, both can feel alone inside a system neither consciously chose. Naming the pattern can create room for a different kind of partnership.
Explore the dynamicHow Elise helps
Clinical pathways for relationship life as it is lived.
Elise’s work is relational, trauma-informed, and grounded in the different forms of emotional responsibility people carry.
The MUTUAL Method™
A practical framework for becoming partners.
Lasting change asks more than insight. It asks each person to build the emotional capacity and relational behaviors a mutual partnership requires.
Elise’s approach considers the adaptations beneath a pattern while making room for greater responsibility, courage, and shared ownership.
See the six movementsThis website is not a crisis or emergency service. If you are in immediate danger or need urgent support, call 911 or 988. Consultation inquiries are reviewed for fit and availability; submitting one does not establish a therapy relationship.