The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives.
Using research-backed tools from the Gottman Institute, I'll help you better understand your relationship and develop practical skills for communication, connection, and working through conflict so you can create a relationship that feels supportive, connected, and secure.
I'm Megan Haase, a Gottman-trained therapist with 20 years of experience helping people strengthen the relationships that matter most. Sessions are available in person in San Luis Obispo and online throughout California.


A research-backed 300+ question online assessment that gives you a detailed picture of your relationship strengths and struggles. Each partner completes it privately, and you’ll get a 10-page report. $99

Guidance to help you and your partner repair, reconnect, and feel like a team again. Work through conflict, build trust, and strengthen your closeness. $190/session

A self-guided relationship program, filled with short videos, skill demonstrations, and practical exercises you and your partner can do together at your own pace. $300 (lifetime access)

Support for people who want healthier relationships. Learn to set boundaries, express your needs, manage conflict more effectively, and change relationship patterns that no longer serve you. $175/session

My approach is grounded in 50+ years of Gottman Institute research on what makes relationships healthy and what gets in the way. I'm a Gottman Workshop Leader, and I bring this research into every session, workshop, and resource I create.
My experience spans private practice, addiction recovery, domestic violence victim advocacy, parenting education and support, and community mental health, giving me a broad foundation for understanding the many ways relationships and lives can break down and come back together.
I've had roots in San Luis Obispo since 1998, and I love getting to do this work in the community I call home. I see clients in person at my office on Walnut Street and online throughout California.
Credentials & Licensure:
Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman have revolutionized the study of marriage and relationships. For five decades, they have conducted research on all facets of relationships. At the Gottman Institute, they developed an approach that not only supports and repairs troubled marriages and committed relationships but also strengthens happy ones.
Certain negative communication styles are so lethal to a relationship that Dr. John Gottman calls them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They predict relationship failure with over 90% accuracy if the behavior isn't changed.
The easiest way to improve your relationship is to pay attention to your partner during life’s small, everyday moments. You can choose to turn towards your partner in these moments and accept their bids to connect, or turn away and ignore their bids. Every time you choose to turn towards, you make a deposit in your relationship's Emotional Bank Account.
Ever wonder why some couples make it and others don’t? The Gottman Institute found it has a lot to do with the “Emotional Bank Account,” which represents the balance of positivity and negativity in your relationship.
SLO Couples Therapy
Megan Haase, LPCC
956 Walnut St, Suite 200 C
Licensed counselor in:
California (LPCC 15735)
Washington (LH 61204759)
Florida (TPMC 2537)
South Carolina (TLC 588 PC)
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