Marlon turned out to be an excellent counselor. Not only is he intuitive about your emotions, etc. he has various legitimate tools to use to help people emotionally, depending on what a person is working on. He has helped me so much I cant thank him enough. Marlon helped me face my traumas, work through them, and live a better life. I would recommend him to my family and friends.

Marlon has helped make my husband a better spouse and me a better wife. For years my husband and I struggled to communicate, get along, and care for each other (and our marriage). We have been married for 9 years and it has been a challenge sometimes to even be in the same room together.Throughout our marriage my husband and I have been to several therapists. During our first meeting with the first of many therapists, Judy Ford, she insisted that I climb onto my husband’s lap and sit there for awhile. So awkward and not even close to what we needed to learn to communicate. Her advice to my husband was “If she doesn’t need to know, dont tell her.” That damaged our marriage for quite some time. She is a cross-section of the poor quality of therapy we have encountered through the years.During our first (and last) meeting with a male therapist, he asked my husband “Do you keep it in your pants?” My husband said “Yes” and then the therapist looked at me as if to ask “What’s the issue then??” After that I refused to see a male therapist again (until we found Marlon).For years my husband and I desperately needed help but we did not see a therapist again because we had so many bad experiences with therapists in the past. Then I saw Marlon Familton speak at an evening event for the toddler/parent education group I was part of. He seemed so genuine, educated, confident, and passionate about his work. I took a chance and scheduled a couples counseling appointment with him. At that point in our marriage, my husband and I would sometimes go two or more weeks without speaking to each other despite living under the same roof. It was an awful way to live.Marlon was so warm and welcoming during our first meeting with him. He knew how to help us each feel safe and comfortable discussing some very private, difficult, and sometimes embarrassing things. He did not judge us. He did not take sides. He did not tell us we were wrong for feeling the way we did. With absolute expertise and professionalism, he guided us to discover things about ourselves, each other, and our relationship that we didnt realize were contributing to a never ending cycle of fighting and dysfunction between us. He got us talking…to each other.We had quite a bit of old baggage we needed to work through in order to get to a place where we could move forward. Marlon offered us a clear path to help resolve conflict.During our counseling sessions, I have often felt that Marlon was reading a transcript in my head when he has tried to help my husband understand how I was feeling about something. He is attentive, present, empathetic, and so compassionate. I feel that he truly cares about our well-being. He is very down-to-earth and talks with you clearly, offering practical strategies to draw on when working through conflict.Marlon has been so accommodating with our tough schedule. Having three young children at home, the only time we could ever get out of the house together was after they were in bed, which is after 8pm. Marlon would meet with us late at night for long sessions to maximize our time together and help us really dig into the important stuff. After our sessions he would sometimes email us to continue the conversation and make sure that things were going well once we left his office.Throughout the years we have revisited Marlon when we felt our communication was getting rusty and were struggling to work out an issue on our own. After sometimes only a session with Marlon, we were back on track and working together again.I love Marlon’s online scheduling system. I log onto his website to schedule an appointment myself instead of calling and leaving messages to try to make an appointment.I have such great respect, admiration, and gratitude for Marlon and his work ethic. He is a pleasure to work with and I could not offer him a higher recommendation. Whether you need couples counseling or individual work, Marlon will undoubtedly be able to guide you.

Marlon Familton was unprofessional and completely wasted our time for counselling. Although it was very easy to make an appointment with him, we felt that he was not listening to us and was very judgmental! On his website, he said that he graduated from Bastyr University, which was not a reputable university. I highly doubt his ability to help people, like the way that he describes himself on his website. Overall, this place is not worth it! It is better to just join a gym to get a good workout instead.

He was pretty informative and helpful.