I'm a relationship coach, a marriage counselor, a spiritual coach, a licensed psychotherapist, a (retired) attorney, a published writer and a motiovational speaker. I have over 15 years of experience helping couples and individuals improve their relationships; I've worked extensively with marital challenges, sexuality, parenting, difficult teenagers, families, including blended families and in-laws, addictions including sexual addiction, as well as those seeking job, career and organizational coaching.

I have an internet radio show (blogtalkradio.com/coachtherapist-david-s-wilde) and have been interviewed on Lifetime Television's morning Show, "The Balancing Act" as well as on numerous radio shows.

I provide solution-focused, relationship & life coaching, marriage counseling, relationship coaching, job/career and organizational coaching, and spiritual coaching and guidance.

I guide, share, teach, and facilitate change and healing utilizing your own strengths and based upon both western and eastern schools of thought, as well as from lessons derived from my own life's experiences and challenges. My writings, public speaking, and practice are informed by the principles of A Course In Miracles, The "Secret" Law of Attraction, and other teachings including the work of Eckhart Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, and Marianne Williamson. I also utilize principles based upon the work of John Bradshaw and Dr. Scott Peck.

I believe that we are all students and teachers, and that we are all children of God, Spirit, or a Higher Power. My approach is compassionate, direct, practical, and "hands-on". I often assign "homework" so that my clients are actively working between their sessions. I'm there to hold my clients accountable for their work, to help monitor their progress, and to help them work through challenges as they may arise along the way. I see myself as holding the torch or lantern to light the way for your growth and the attainment of your relationship and life goals.

Practicing law as a New York trial lawyer and litigator for ten years in New York was a spiritual springboard for me from an ego-based paradigm of doing battle, judgment, and a scarcity mentality, to an orientation based on compassion and forgiveness as the road to inner peace and abundance in all areas of our lives. I have had excellent results in my work as is evidenced by testimonials (see the TESTIMONIALS page) and by scores of satisfied clients. I left my career as a New York trial lawyer and returned to my roots in psychology and personal growth as a relationship and life coach because my integrity was frequently challenged in an area of law that proved to be quite unscrupulous; because I wanted to help people with very real problems on the most practical level; and because I found a way to do so that is quite profound, effective, and, in my view, inconsistent with the largely ineffectual, traditional, psychoanalytically-based model.

I facilitated a weekly separation and divorce support group, led divorce support groups, facilitated A Course In Miracles study group, and have given talks and workshops and taught on topics involving spirituality, psychology, improving couples relationships, stress reduction utilizing progressive relaxation and guided imagery, meditation, and Emotional Freedom Technique, a type of energy psychology.

As a Certified Employee Assistance Professional ("CEAP"), I've run workshops and seminars in corporations, have been a consultant to senior management of Fortune 500 corporations, and have led supervisory trainings and workshops. In addition, I've facilitated Critical Incident Stress Debriefings for victims of traumatic events ranging from bank robberies to the tragedy of September 11th, 2001.

I worked for two of the largest behavioral health care companies in the world – Magellan Behavioral Health and United Behavioral Health – in the capacities of EAP specialist, provider relations coordinator, and intake counselor. I was a milieu therapist on an acute-care inpatient psychiatric unit at Framingham Union Hospital where I worked as part of an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and psychiatric nurses; was trained and served as a crisis counselor at the Worcester Crisis Center; interned as a therapist in the Hunter College Employee Assistance Program for university staff; and interned as a therapist for foster children and their biological and I'm the author of many articles, was the featured writer of a holsistic magazine relationship column and author an interactive relationship advice blog located at http://relationshipscoach.wordpress.com.foster parents in a family service agency in the Bronx, NY.

I hold an MSW from Hunter College, a JD from Brooklyn Law School, and a BA in Psychology from Clark University, which was awarded cum laude. I hold a CSW in Pennsylvania, an LSW in New Jersey, an LMSW (inactive status) in New York, and am a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP). I hold a Level II certification in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing ("EMDR") which is often referred to as the state-of-the-art treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

I completed an externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy ("EFT") developed by Dr. Sue Johnson, which is considered by many to be the most successful approach to couples counseling in the world today. EFT is one of the best documented, most substantive, and well-researched approaches to couples therapy; it stands as one of the best validated couples interventions in North America. EFT has achieved an astounding 75 percent success rate, with 86 percent of couples reporting feeling happier in their relationships. This is in stark comparison to other forms of couples therapy which have been shown in studies to be only about 35 percent effective in healing relationships.

My articles (click here to view) cover relationship challenges including marriage, family, parenting, dating, sexuality, addictions, as well as topics on spirituality, A Course in Miracles and The Secret behind "The Secret" Law of Attraction.

I have a private practice of phone, and office relationship and life coaching, marriage counseling, and spiritual coaching, with offices in Weehawken, New Jersey, and in New Hope, Pennsylvania in Bucks County. My Hudson county office is just outside the Lincoln Tunnel, just minutes from New York City, and easily accessible by public transportation from Port Authority in NY.