The Relationship Solutions Team

Vicki Doolittle, MS, is Waverly’s partner of twenty-three years. She is currently Executive Director of Su Casa, Ending Domestic Violence. She holds a Master of Science degree in Counseling and has completed the Educational Track in Imago Relationship Therapy. She regularly assists Waverly in workshops and community ventures to help reinforce the Imago principles and processes. Vicki has been involved in working with a variety of social services over her 25 year career in the public, private and non-profit sectors and finds it especially satisfying to influence positive results in people’s lives. One of Vicki’s main contributions to Relationship Solutions is the design and implementation of a research project to assess the effectiveness of the Getting the Love You Want workshop on gay and lesbian couples. The final report has been published by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists in their November, 2009, issue of “The Therapist.” Vicki can be reached at VickiDoolittle@RelationshipSolutions.org.

Vicki Doolittle

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G. Michael Scott, MA, LMFT, CIRT, has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California for almost twenty years.  He is trained and certified to provide a variety of modalities in serving couples and other significant relationships.  Imago relationship therapy is his preferred modality because it places a high premium on creating safety and passion, as well as a healing environment for couples to work through childhood wounds and grow into mature and authentic adults. Michael helps clients to see the powerful influence that our "imago" (an image of our caretakers tatooed on our minds at an early age) has on the way we select and live out our relationship experience.  He coaches clients in the highly structured approach of Imago therapy offering couples many exercises they can use on their own long after formal therapy is completed.  Michael specializes in working with all couples, including gay men and lesbians who have often been wounded from childhood in ways others have not, thus bringing a special need for healing.  He also works with single men and women preparing for partnership.  Michael Scott can be reached at 619-683-9526 or at GMichaelScott@cox.net His office is at 3101 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA  92103.

G. Michael Scott

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Paul Sussman, PhD, CIRT, is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY 13876) as well as marriage and family therapist (MFC 25181) living and working in San Diego. He has a full time private practice working with individuals and couples and specializing in intimacy, relationships and sexuality. Paul also is a professor at Alliant International University teaching and training graduate students and licensed professionals in a variety of areas including human sexuality, sexual orientation and clinical supervision.  He has worked for ten years with the US Navy in research related to conflict in intimate relationships. In addition to training in Imago Relationship Therapy, he is also a certified Bioenergetic therapist, trained in working with early childhood wounding and the impact this has on the partners we choose and the quality of relationship we experience. Paul specializes in working with all couples including same sex couples, and has lead mens groups for many years focusing on enhancing intimacy in relationships. Paul Sussman can be reached at 619-683-9513 or at PaulSussman@cox.net His office is at 3101 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA  92103.

Paul Sussman

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Samantha Clemens, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY 20383) living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has a part-time private practice in Berkeley and works full-time as a staff psychologist for Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek. She specializes in working with couples and individuals on topics of relationships, intimacy, childhood trauma, and sexual identity. Samantha is currently working on certification as an Imago Relationship therapist. This is her preferred method of working with couples. She firmly believes the structure of the Imago dialogue provides the safety necessary for couples to develop empathy for each other, thereby reducing troubling conflicts and increasing passion and connection. She has a particular interest in working with same-sex couples and their unique concerns. Samantha and her partner of ten years, Leslie, are committed to applying the Imago principals to their own relationship and can attest to the many benefits. Samantha can be reached at: 1806 MLK Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94709 510-347-6704

Samantha Clemens

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