IMPORTANT MESSAGE
September 8, 2025
To Our Valued Clients,
As we write this letter, we are filled with gratitude and deep
reflection. For 35 years, as Marriage and Family Therapists, we
have had the immense privilege of walking alongside you and your
loved ones as you navigated life's challenges, celebrated
milestones, and forged new tracks of personal growth and
development. Through these years we have together examined
patterns, surfaced unspoken feelings, explored possibilities and
potentials, and celebrated as you carved out new paths for
yourself. We have seen your courage as you faced circumstances
beyond your control, moving beyond mere reaction to that which was
both unplanned as well as unwanted, to responding with deep thought
to the challenging realities being faced. We have witnessed
marriages once on the brink of collapse be intentionally
deconstructed that you might build with integrity a new model that
better fits your souls. We have, as well, grieved with you as
relationships that had once served well reach their end and the sad
and painful decision that was called forth to release one another
into a new season of life. From blending families, dealing with
addictions, developing parenting guidelines, exploring changing
values and spiritual beliefs, facing health crisis and adapting to
the changes this brings to all aspects of life, navigating work
related challenges, cultivating your voice to speak with a new
found courage and honesty, pondering the fit of a romantic
relationship, facing traumas that had been suppressed until the
timing was right, and this list is but a beginning of the hills and
valleys that have been honored here in our offices. We are humbled
to have been invited into the inner workings of your personal and
your relational world. The seat we have occupied every day in our
offices has allowed us a most powerful witness to the depth, the
integrity, and the unfolding of that evolutionary process tucked
inside each of us that we carry throughout all the days of our
lives. We cherish this privilege that has been ours and the trust
we all mutually cultivated together in the processing of life and
its diversity of rhythms.
In our years of practice, we have learned as much from our time
with you as we hope you have learned from your time with us. The
sharing of your life's journey has shaped and deepened our
understanding of compassion, humility, and the importance of being
fully present to each moment of life. Through laughter and tears,
setbacks and triumphs, you have modeled the strength of the human
spirit and the power it holds. Your engagement with us has made us
better listeners, wiser guides, and more empathetic companions.
Your presence in our office and in our hearts has been pure gift,
one that we have never taken for granted. Our truth is that your
presence has indeed made us more than we would have ever been
without your essence in our lives.
With heartfelt contemplation as we continue our journey into our
seventh decade of life, we have determined that it is time for us
to retire from our roles as therapists. We transition into this
next chapter for ourselves with a combination of grief, letting go
what has been, and curiosity, holding space open for what will
become. We look forward to time for travel, for writing books that
lie within our hearts, for exploring new avenues of
self-expression, for finishing a host of projects that beckon, and
for things we don't even know to currently contemplate! We will
continue to see clients throughout the remainder of this year, with
December 11, 2025 being our last day in the office. We hope that
you will consider continuing your therapeutic journey and we are
committed to supporting you in that quest. We are happy to provide
recommendations for trusted colleagues who share our values and
approach, and who can offer the guidance and support you deserve.
Please feel free to discuss this with us in greater detail during
these coming months. It is very important to us that you have a
space identified for yourself before the end of the year should you
choose to further your therapeutic process with another
therapist.
As we each move through the remainder of this year and into that
future beyond, may we remember that the journey of the self, as
well as the journey of our relational connections is always
evolving, shaped by time, experience, love, and conscious
intentionality. May we each remember that we possess the strength
and wisdom to navigate whatever lies ahead. And may we wish for one
another continued growth coupled with an awe and wonder that keeps
us ever mindful and present in the living of our days. Indeed, that
is our hearts' desire for each and every one of you!
With deepest gratitude for the journey we have undertaken
together,
Dana K. Taylor, Ph.D., LMFT
Kary S. Reid, Ph.D., LMFT
