About Guy
Guy Sartee is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing relationship struggles, grief, self-esteem concerns, career questions, and big life changes. He brings 35 years of experience and a calm, straightforward manner to sessions. He focuses on practical conversation about what feels most urgent.
He listens for patterns in relationships and family history that shape current problems. He helps clients name emotions like guilt or shame and figure out small steps to feel more in control.
How Guy works
Guy uses several therapeutic styles to suit different needs. He uses client-centered listening to follow what matters most to each person. He draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships still influence today.
He also uses solution-focused work to set clear, achievable goals in a few sessions. Sessions often include focused talk about communication, boundaries, and decision points. He brings experience with blended family issues, divorce and separation, attachment wounds, and challenges that come with aging.
He also works with concerns such as infidelity, eating-related issues, and problems tied to military service. Guy is licensed in California and Ohio as an LMFT and LIMFT. He offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Guy lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Guy works with
The areas below are the ones Guy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMFT, LIMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online relationship and life work
Guy blends client-centered listening with psychodynamic exploration so clients can both feel heard and understand recurring patterns. Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist follows what matters most to the person, offering reflective listening and help naming feelings to guide decisions. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past relationships influence present behavior and can help when repeated attachment issues or family-of-origin patterns keep resurfacing.He also uses the Gottman Method for relationship-focused work and Solution-Focused Therapy when clients want clear, short-term goals. The Gottman Method offers practical tools for communication and managing conflict in close relationships. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set small, achievable steps so progress is visible early on.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients help shape the plan based on what feels most useful and realistic for them.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different days and routines. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing thought processing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and changing life demands.
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