About Guy
Guy Sartee is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing relationship struggles, grief, self-esteem concerns, career crossroads, and major life changes. He draws on 35 years of practice to offer steady, practical support when things feel overwhelming.
Background and approach
He focuses on communication problems, separation and divorce, blended family issues, and the pain of attachment wounds. He also works with people coping with aging and geriatric concerns, veteran and armed forces related issues, and food or eating-related struggles.
Sessions aim to clarify what matters and find doable next steps. Guy uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.
He uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what the client finds most important and Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term goals. The Gottman Method informs work on communication and conflict in close relationships.
His style is direct but compassionate. He encourages honest conversation and practical experiments between sessions.
Clients can expect a calm setting where they talk through difficult feelings and try small changes to see what helps. Guy practiced in California and now sees people in Ohio.
He holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential and a Licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist credential. This background informs work with people navigating family patterns and life transitions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's own priorities and feelings, with the therapist following the person's lead to understand what matters most. This helps when someone needs space to sort through emotions like grief or shame. The Gottman Method concentrates on improving communication and reducing harmful conflict in close relationships through practical exercises and structured conversations. It can be useful for couples or partners working on trust and connection.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean starting with short-term goals and then adding deeper exploration of family patterns or life purpose as trust grows.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice conversations in real time, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can be a shorter check-in option or a way to process thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and try new ways of coping without major scheduling hurdles.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- California, Ohio
- Languages
- English