Meet J&M

Marriage Counselors : Relationship Experts : Authors

Business Consultants : Speakers : Life Coaches

Hello, we are Jesse Johnson and Melva Thomas Johnson. Thank you so much for visiting our site. We are a couple who are married and have been working together for over 30 years. We know the ups and downs of relationships from our personal and professional experience. We have learned, practiced and taught others the tools and strategies that have worked to help couples like you to have more satisfying relationships. We believe that our society deserves to have happy, healthy couples who raise healthy, happy children. Even childless couples are important role models in our communities in many ways. We know how to “mine for the gold” that lies beneath the frustrations and conflicts of daily life to transform your relationship and family to the experience of your dreams. You will be able to you can spend more of your time and energy expressing love and care to each other and having fun like we do. As a couple we are surrounded with the love for each other, as well as our family, friends, colleagues and the couples we have the good fortune of working with. Our joy is dancing, fine dining and “hanging out”. Let us support you in enjoying your life again too!.

Here is more of the woo-ha about us

I, Melva, hold Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan and am a certified Imago Relationship Therapist, Workshop Presenter and Consultant. I, Jesse, hold Master’s Degree in Humanistic and Clinical Psychology from the Michigan Graduate School of Professional Psychology and am a certified Imago Relationship Therapist and Consultant.

We are both licensed psychotherapists in Michigan. I, Melva am the former President of the International Association of Imago Relationship Therapists and I, Jesse am the former President Elect. I, Jesse am also an ordained minister and a retired Director of School Community Relations for the Detroit Public Schools. Both of us have received numerous awards and recognition for our work.

Over our 60 plus years of combined experience as psychotherapists, relationship educators, workshop leaders, public speakers, authors and consultants, we have had the opportunity to work together as colleagues in the Detroit Public School system working together to build a better working environment for students, parents, staff and the community at large. This evolved into us becoming a couple, starting a private practice for individuals, couples and families and then getting married. Our commitment to support healthy relationships expanded to supporting organizations and businesses to help create more fulfilling relationships. This has taken us throughout the United States and abroad.

We have also appeared on local and national radio and television shows and have been featured in numerous print media including newspapers and magazines. In 1994, we added the imago relationship counseling and seminar training to our work. In 2007 we published our first book, Mining for Gold in Your Relationship, a guide for couples with a 5 step plan to improve the quality of relationships. Shortly thereafter we added the “Couplehood as a Spiritual Path” course to the programs we offer.

We have worked hard to live the message we teach—in our marriage and family, and as business partners. Our marital journey began as a “blended family.” We were determined to create a successful life experience for ourselves and our two minor sons from Jesse’s previous marriage. To be successful, we had to overcome the internal and external influences, pressures, and conflicts that often tear families like ours apart. Through the study of marriage and family therapies, marriage education programs, “trial and error,” an ongoing shared commitment, continuous dialogue, problem solving, goal setting, planning, cooperation, and mutual support, we have successfully created the kind of marriage, family, and professional life we desired. We are excited whenever we have the opportunity to share these tools with other couples to enable them to also create the relationship they’ve also longed for

Of all of our accomplishments, we are most proud of rearing two wonderful sons who are now successful adults whose lives emulate the example we have tried to provide for them.

Contact Jesse and Melva

Melva Thomas Johnson & Jesse Johnson
CouplesTransformations.com
29488 Woodward Avenue . Suite 329
Royal Oak, MI 48073

Telephone:
(248) 547-1180

Email:
info@jesseandmelvajohnson.com

Fax:
(248) 498-6006

Counseling Inquiries:
counseling@couplestransformations.com

Workshops and Events:
workshops@couplestransformations.com

Media Inquiries:
media@couplestransformations.com