The Couple Formula

Hi, I’m Caelen.

I help committed couples feel like a team again.

I’m a licensed professional counselor and a Level 3 PACT therapist, trained with Dr. Stan Tatkin, who developed the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy. PACT draws on neuroscience, attachment theory, and hands-on practice. It helps couples understand what’s happening between them and why, so the changes they make actually last. I still coach trainings for the PACT Institute, and I’ve spent the last 13 years working with couples in the Boulder area and Steamboat Springs, online across the U.S., and internationally.

Why I moved into coaching

I love what I do, and not only professionally. Learning about couples work changed my own marriage and the way I relate to everyone in my life, for the better.

Along the way, I realized something: when a relationship is mutual, collaborative, cooperative, and fair, everything else in life gets easier. I moved into coaching because I want to help people everywhere build that kind of relationship, and because I want to change how we think about it. Working on your relationship isn’t a romantic ideal. It benefits you, your community, the generation after you, and so on.

I also believe in a no-BS approach. Couples shouldn’t have to be in weekly therapy until the end of time, and they shouldn’t have to be in crisis before they work on their relationship. Most couples wait about six years before getting help, and I’d rather meet you long before that.

A note on coaching

The Couple Formula Coaching is coaching, not therapy. During a free consultation, we can figure out together whether coaching or therapy is a better fit for your needs.

Outside the office

You’ll usually find me outside with my husband and two daughters, enjoying everything Steamboat Springs has to offer: camping, biking, hiking, and Saturday mornings at the downtown Farmers Market. I’m also an amateur silversmith, making beautiful things in my garage for family and friends.

A NOTE ABOUT THE COUPLE FORMULA

The Couple Formula began as a collaboration between me and my dear friend and colleague, Analisa Macias. We met in 2011 as neighbors and bonded over our love of the outdoors, our families, and our training as therapists at Naropa University. While we were both in private practice, we’d get together for case consults to talk through what worked and what didn’t for couples. We saw a growing need for effective couples work, and very little support for couples once an intensive was over. So we joined forces to help couples have their best relationship possible without relying on weekly therapy.

The Couple Formula has since grown into The Couple Formula Coaching, which I now carry forward on my own. Analisa continues to offer intensives and therapy through her private practice. If you’re in the Boulder area and looking for in-person therapy, she’s a brilliant PACT practitioner: analisamacias.com