
Active, Respectful, Collaborative Couples Therapy
Resolve your relationship issues and deepen your connection, in a supportive and safe space. Telehealth appointments available now.
Dr. Bruce Chalmer
Couples Therapist
in South Burlington, VT
Dr. Chalmer is a therapist who specializes in working with couples. He brings to this work a wide-ranging curiosity and intelligence, an ability to connect with people, and a passion for helping people live happier, healthier lives. He uses his knowledge, skill, and long experience of couples therapy to help his clients achieve their goals.
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Whatever issues you may bring to therapy, be it infidelity, sexual issues, parenting concerns, or any other kind of relationship problem, Dr. Chalmer will help the two of you get past blame and find healing.
Check out Dr. Chalmer’s podcast, videos, and blog to learn more about how he works with you about a wide range of issues, including sex (and how to go from plain old sex to good sex to sacred sex), marriage, faith, cheating and healing from affairs, forgiveness, communication, aging, cross-dressing, porn, and many more topics.
Featured Podcasts


Co-Parenting with a Narcissist or Other Difficult People: An Interview with Teresa Lodato
We all encounter difficult people—and are sometimes difficult ourselves! But sometimes we’re in situations where we have to find a way to work with people who are more than difficult—people who qualify for diagnoses of narcissism or other toxic personality disorders. What if you have to co-parent with someone like that? Our guest, Teresa Lodato,

I’m Pregnant and Engaged, But I Have Doubts About Both!
Having doubts about your relationship? Or have you found out you’re pregnant, and having doubts about what to do about that? We received a question from a woman who was struggling with both of those doubts. How can you handle that? Your friends keep telling you to dump him, but your heart says you love

Okay, I Had an Affair. Why Isn’t Saying Sorry Enough? An Interview with Dr. Deborah Miller
There are lots of books out there about how to survive when you’ve been cheated on. But our guest in this episode, Dr. Deborah Miller, has written one for the cheater, called More Than Sorry: 5 Steps to Deepen Your Apology After You Have Committed Infidelity. We talk about how someone who has cheated can

Genocide, Optimism, and Belly Dancing: An Interview with Dr. Emily Bashah and the Honorable Paul Johnson
Wait, what? Genocide, optimism, and belly dancing in the same conversation? Our guests, Emily Bashah and Paul Johnson, cover those topics and more. Emily is a psychologist who has worked on high-profile cases covering terrorism. Her parents survived Saddam Hussein’s campaign of genocidal violence against Jews in Iraq in the 1960s and 70s. Paul’s background