Larissa and Markus/ Relationship Coaches
We work with couples, individuals, and families who are ready for real change — not just a better understanding of why things aren't working, but actually showing up differently in their relationships.
Whether you're a couple trying to find your way back to each other, an individual breaking patterns that keep showing up in every relationship, or a family navigating something that feels bigger than you can handle alone — we meet you where you are.
This isn't about talking through your problems indefinitely. It's about behavioral change.
The kind that sticks.
You know something needs to change. You're just not sure how to get there.
Maybe it's your relationship. Maybe it's the patterns you keep repeating no matter who you're with. Maybe you've tried therapy, read the books, done the work — and you're still stuck in the same place.
What if the missing piece wasn't more insight — but actually learning to show up differently?
That's what we do.
For the couple who keeps trying.
You love each other. So why does it feel like you're losing each other?
Maybe you've had the same fight a hundred times and nothing changes. Maybe he shuts down and you don't know how to reach him...
We're Larissa and Markus. Twenty-five years together, and we hit every wall you can hit — conflicts that felt unresolvable, individual therapy that didn't touch the real problem, couples counseling that left us more frustrated than when we started.
Our approach is simple but powerful. Each person works with their own dedicated coach — their own space, their own process, their own advocate. No split loyalty. No wondering whose side someone is on. Just focused, personalized support toward a shared goal.
Two coaches. Two perspectives. One shared goal.
No blame. No shame. Just a roadmap back to each other.
Our Coaching Approach
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Clarity
Most of us go through life reacting — to our partners, our families, our circumstances — without really understanding why. This is where we slow down and start to look at that.
You'll begin to see the patterns you keep repeating, where they came from, and why they made sense at some point — even if they're causing pain now. You'll start to understand what drives you toward certain people and certain situations, and what's really getting in the way of the relationship and the life you actually want.
This isn't about blame or digging up the past for its own sake. It's about finally understanding yourself well enough to do something different.
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Solution
Understanding why you do what you do is only the beginning. This is where things actually start to shift.
You'll begin to replace the old patterns — the shutting down, the escalating, the over-giving, the resentment — with responses that actually work. Not because someone told you to, but because you'll have the tools to choose differently in the moment.
You'll learn to say what you need without it turning into a fight. To hear your partner — or the people closest to you — without immediately going into defense mode. To stop the cycle before it takes over.
And for maybe the first time, you'll experience what it feels like to be truly understood by someone — and to understand yourself well enough to let that in.
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Practice
This is where it becomes yours.
Understanding yourself and having the tools is one thing. Actually using them when you're in the middle of a hard conversation, a triggering moment, or an old pattern trying to pull you back — that's the real work.
This is where it gets practiced. Not perfectly, but consistently. And consistency is what creates lasting change.
We don't disappear between sessions. We're available when things come up in real life — because that's exactly when you need support most. Not just during the scheduled hour, but in the moments that actually matter.
Think of this not as the end of the process, but as the beginning of a different way of showing up — in your relationship, in your family, and in yourself.
“I want to give a huge thank you to Larissa and Pivot for helping me discover so much about myself.
I was living as a codependent people pleaser who carried a huge amount of resentment and sadness inside. This negatively affected every single relationship I had, and I honestly had no idea it could be any different.
Discovering the source of my reactions to different situations and being given tools to handle things in a better way has truly been life changing.”
—DJ
What Makes Us Different.
Most people who come to us have already tried something else. Therapy that felt like talking in circles. A book that made sense but didn't change anything. A couples session where they left feeling worse than when they walked in.
We've been there too — as a couple, not just as coaches.
What we bring isn't just training. It's the lived experience of being two people who couldn't figure it out the conventional way, found something that actually worked, and went deep enough into that work to guide others through it.
We don't take sides. We don't assign blame. We work with each person as an individual first — because that's where real change begins.
If you've tried the conventional path and it hasn't stuck, this is a different approach.
Ways We Can Help
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Couples
Quickly understand why you continue to struggle with unresolved conflicts. We provide strategies to create stronger, more aligned connections.
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Individuals
Experience Personal Growth With Pivot. To have a healthy relationship with others, it starts with having a healthy relationship with yourself.
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Retreats
Are you feeling unseen, unheard, or misunderstood in your marriage? Join us for a Relationship Retreat at the Glass House.
“After trying traditional couples therapy with no success, I was turned on to Pivot via a recommendation from another client. My wife and I were immediately drawn to the individual coach model, and after going through an in person intensive with our coaches, we were immediately impacted by the difference it made. To this day, we continue to work with our same coaches on the principles taught by Pivot, and can safely say it has completely shifted our marriage in a positive direction. I highly recommend trying Pivot for anyone that is ready to take meaningful steps to repair their relationship with any partner, friend, or family.”
—Chris B.