About Us
Meet the Team:
Our team turns 'relationship drama' into 'relationship llama'!"
Doug and Dr. Talia, your relationship gurus; Alex, our post production editor; Geoff and Jon, the audio and video wizards; Tierra Diggins, the Social Media & Marketing Specialist
Our Team
and Co-Host
Doug is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and recognized as a Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work with a private psychotherapy practice spanning over 25 years. He’s served as co-owner and director of a private mental health clinic, as Clinical Director and board member of a non-profit providing support group services to persons living with HIV, and facilitated workshops on grief and loss, LBGTQ relationships, stress management, and terminal and chronic illness management amongst others. While Doug maintains a practice with expertise in a variety of clinical areas, he has a particular interest in his work with all types of relationships and the evolving ways we define our most intimate connections.
As the creator of the “Four C’s of Relationships”, Doug believes chemistry, communication, compromise, and commitment are the keys to success in establishing and maintaining a thriving and healthy relationship.
Doug is the proud father of two amazing and talented children who keep him grounded and provide constant inspiration and heart. In his free time (which somehow seems to lessen as the years go by), Doug enjoys travel, training jiu jitsu, learning to play piano, working on his yard and home, cheering on his favorite team The Wild, and deep chats with his steadfast (and patient) circle of treasured friends.
and Co-Host
Talia has been treating adults and couples in her private practice since 2006. Her practice is geared toward those struggling with depression, anxiety, family or relationship problems. Her couples’ work has focused primarily on on Interfaith, Intercultural and Interracial Couples, and facilitating productive communication skills around sensitive issues. She also works with clients around parenting issues, career, life transitions and general mental health and well being.
During the last 17 years she has been developing expertise in a variety of clinical settings. She earned her MA in Clinical Psychology and went on to get her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the American Schools of Psychology (now Argosy University) in the San Francisco Bay Area. She trained intensively at the UCSF AIDS Health Project, and University Counseling Centers, such as the University of San Francisco and a predoctoral internship at Stanford University.
Outside of work, she loves spending time with her husband, sons and rescue pugs as well as creating art and enjoying nature.
