Depth Work for Real Relationships
Depth-Oriented Psychotherapy and Philosophical Counseling for Individuals, Couples, and Accomplished Professionals and their Blended Families
A couple-owned, premium practice integrating psychoanalytic insight, philosophical reflection, and lived experience to help you navigate family, relationships, career, and personal growth.
Ready for real transformation in your life, relationships, and career?
Two Practitioners. Two Distinct Ways of Working. One Shared Depth Framework.
Specializing in Support for High-Achieving Professionals & Their Families
Thoughtful, individualized support for accomplished individuals and couples navigating the complexities of professional life, personal identity, family, and relationships.
You may have built a life around intelligence, achievement, responsibility, and meaningful work. You may be accustomed to navigating complexity, meeting expectations, and being someone others depend upon.
Yet even when life looks successful from the outside, your internal experience and relationships may tell a different story.
Perhaps you are navigating the complexities of a blended family, remarriage, co-parenting, or a challenging relationship with a former partner. Perhaps you find yourself caught in recurring patterns of conflict, managing difficult personalities at work or within your family, or carrying more emotional responsibility than feels sustainable.
You may experience anxiety, perfectionism, self-criticism, or the pressure to continually perform. You may be questioning familiar roles, expectations, and beliefs about who you are and how you want to live.
Or perhaps you simply sense there is more to understand about yourself, your relationships, and the life you want to create.
At Quaternity of the Soul, we offer complementary approaches to understanding these experiences. Our work brings together developmental and attachment science, depth psychology, relational psychotherapy, philosophical inquiry, and narrative exploration.
We believe meaningful change involves more than addressing immediate concerns. It involves understanding how we came to experience ourselves and others as we do, examining the beliefs and patterns that influence our choices, and developing greater freedom in how we navigate our relationships and lives.
Understanding the Complexity of Work, Family & Relationships
Accomplished individuals and couples often navigate multiple layers of responsibility. Professional demands, intimate relationships, parenting, remarriage, blended family dynamics, and extended family relationships can create challenges that are difficult to resolve through practical problem-solving alone.
We have a particular interest in helping accomplished individuals and couples navigate these intersections.
Professional Identity & Personal Well-Being
Explore the relationship between achievement, identity, perfectionism, responsibility, self-worth, and personal fulfillment. Develop a more sustainable relationship with success, work, and the expectations you place on yourself.
Blended Families & Complex Family Systems
Navigate remarriage, stepfamily integration, co-parenting, parenting differences, loyalty conflicts, and relationships with former partners and extended family. Understand the emotional and relational dynamics that influence family life and the connections you want to build.
High-Conflict Relationships & Interpersonal Dynamics
Develop greater clarity and agency when navigating relationships with highly reactive, controlling, antagonistic, or chronically conflictual individuals. Explore boundaries, recurring patterns, emotional responsibility, and ways of responding that better reflect your values and priorities.
Intimacy, Connection & Relationship Growth
Understand recurring relationship dynamics, attachment needs, emotional disconnection, and the assumptions and expectations that influence how partners experience one another. Develop new ways of communicating, navigating differences, and building a more intentional partnership.
Two Distinct Perspectives. Complementary Approaches.
Quaternity of the Soul brings together two complementary professional perspectives on understanding the human experience. Melissa and Jason offer distinct individual services, as well as a collaborative approach to couples work.
Dr. Melissa George, PhD, LMFT
Developmental Science | Depth Psychotherapy | Attachment & Relationships
Melissa is a Colorado-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a PhD in Developmental Psychology and more than two decades of experience in research, teaching, training, and clinical practice.
Her clinical work integrates developmental and attachment science, Jungian depth psychology, psychodynamic perspectives, and contemporary relational approaches.
She specializes in working with accomplished professionals, individuals, and couples navigating anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, identity, complex family dynamics, and challenging relationships.
Drawing upon extensive research on attachment, emotional regulation, family systems, and relationships, Melissa helps clients understand the developmental and relational patterns that influence their present-day experiences.
Her approach extends beyond symptom management to explore the underlying emotional, developmental, and interpersonal dynamics that shape how people experience themselves and engage with others.
Individual Psychotherapy & Clinical Couples Therapy & Collaborative Couples Work
Jason Gorbett, MA, MA, Philosophical Practitioner
Philosophy & Narrative Inquiry | Meaning & Perspective | Relationships
Jason brings a distinctive philosophical perspective to exploring relationships, identity, and the human experience.
With graduate degrees in Philosophy and Journalism and more than 30 years of professional writing experience, including television writing, Jason draws upon philosophy, storytelling, mythology, and Jungian perspectives to explore the ways people construct meaning, understand themselves more clearly, and change their lives.
Through individual philosophical counseling, Jason invites clients to examine deeply held beliefs, personal narratives, values, assumptions, patterns they keep repeating, and questions of purpose and responsibility.
His work encourages thoughtful inquiry, alternative perspectives, and greater intentionality in how people approach their lives and relationships, including setting boundaries, staying grounded, and responding in ways that align with their values.
Jason also collaborates with Melissa in their integrative couples counseling model, bringing philosophical practices into the therapeutic process.
Individual Philosophical Counseling & Collaborative Couples Work
An Integrative Approach to Couples Counseling
Two Perspectives. One Shared Process.
Relationships are shaped by more than communication patterns or the ability to resolve conflict. They are also influenced by attachment histories, emotional responses, deeply held beliefs, personal values, expectations, and the ways partners interpret one another.
Our collaborative couples approach brings together two complementary dimensions of relationship work.
Melissa brings the clinical and relational foundation.
Drawing from attachment science, developmental psychology, and contemporary couples therapy approaches, she helps partners understand their relationship dynamics, recognize recurring conflict cycles, strengthen emotional connection, and develop practical skills for navigating differences.
Jason brings philosophical inquiry and perspective.
Through guided philosophical practices, he helps partners examine the assumptions, beliefs, values, and interpretations that influence how they experience themselves, one another, and their relationship.
Together, we help couples move beyond simply managing disagreements toward understanding the deeper patterns of thought, emotion, and interaction that shape their partnership, in order to experience a more profound connection.
This approach is particularly relevant for couples navigating remarriage, blended families, complex family relationships, differing parenting philosophies, high-conflict co-parenting situations, and the competing demands of professional and personal life.
Our goal is not simply to help couples communicate more effectively, but to support a deeper understanding of themselves and one another while developing more intentional ways of relating.
Ways to Work With Us
Individual Psychotherapy with Melissa
Individual psychotherapy for high-achieving professionals seeking to understand and transform anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, loneliness, developmental patterns, and disconnection.
Melissa integrates developmental and attachment science, depth psychology, and relational approaches to help clients explore the experiences and patterns shaping their internal and relational lives.
Individual Philosophical Counseling with Jason
Philosophical counseling for individuals interested in exploring identity, values, beliefs, purpose, personal narratives, and the assumptions that influence how they understand themselves and navigate their lives.
Through philosophical dialogue and guided inquiry, Jason helps clients examine familiar ways of thinking, consider alternative perspectives, clarify what matters to them, and develop greater intentionality in their choices and relationships.
Collaborative Couples Counseling with Melissa & Jason
A distinctive co-therapy experience combining clinical couples therapy and philosophical practices.
Melissa provides the clinical therapeutic framework and relationship skill-building, while Jason introduces philosophical and narrative inquiry to help partners examine the assumptions, beliefs, values, and stories shaping their relationship.
Together, they help couples explore both the emotional and relational dynamics of their partnership and the ways of thinking that influence how they experience one another.
Our Shared Philosophy
We believe people are more than the problems they experience, the roles they play, or the expectations they have learned to fulfill.
Our lives and relationships are shaped by developmental experiences, attachment histories, beliefs, values, and the stories we construct about ourselves and the world.
Understanding these influences can open possibilities for meaningful change.
We value curiosity over judgment, understanding over quick solutions, and individualized exploration over packaged programs, worksheets, and acronyms.
Whether working individually with Melissa, individually with Jason, or together with both in couples counseling, our intention is to create space for people to examine their experiences honestly, recognize patterns that may no longer serve them, and discover new possibilities for how they want to live and relate.
The goal isn't to become someone different. It's to develop a deeper understanding of who you are and greater freedom in how you choose to experience life.
Begin a Different Kind of Conversation
You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from deeper exploration. You don't need to arrive with all the answers or know exactly what needs to change.
Sometimes the most meaningful place to begin is recognizing that something deserves greater attention.
We invite you to explore our approaches and discover whether individual psychotherapy, philosophical counseling, or our collaborative couples counseling model might be a good fit.
Quaternity of the Soul
Melissa & Jason
Deeper Understanding. Meaningful Relationships. A More Intentional Life.
Our Services
You're A High-Achieving Anxious Professional
You are capable, driven, and relied upon by others — yet feel anxious, depleted, or disconnected in your closest relationships. As a driven professional you excel at helping others, but struggle to rest, receive care, or do for yourself without guilt. I offer depth-oriented Jungian, Internal Family Systems & attachment-based therapy for high-achievers who want to soften perfectionism, repair relational patterns, and reconnect with a deeper, more authentic sense of self.
You're A Male Partner/Father In A Blended Family
You’re a father entering a new relationship but feel pulled by guilt, old loyalties, or an unresolved past family life. I offer depth-oriented, Jungian, relational work as a philosophical practitioner to help you consciously complete that inner transition — so your past no longer shapes your present relationships. By addressing unconscious obligations, identity loss, and inherited roles, you can show up fully for your partner and children with clarity, integrity, and emotional presence.
You're A Stepmom/ Anxious Partner In A Blended Family
You're a stepmom or bonus mom — or early in a relationship with a partner who has children — navigating anxiety, uncertainty, and emotional strain. You may love your partner deeply while feeling unseen, secondary, or conflicted, as stepfamily dynamics affect your bond. I offer depth-oriented Jungian, Internal Family Systems, and attachment-based psychotherapy for thoughtful, anxious women seeking support with relationship stress, identity shifts, and the complex inner life of blended families.
You're A Conscious Couple In Transition
As a conscious couple navigating transitions — whether you’re preparing for commitment, adjusting to parenthood, rebuilding intimacy, shifting to non-monogamy, new relationship arrangements, or facing moments of uncertainty and distance — this depth-oriented, Jungian, attachment-based couples work helps you slow down, understand your relational patterns, and strengthen both emotional and sexual connection to build/rebuild the relationship you imagined. Exceptional relationships do exist!
You Try To Be A “Good Guy” or A Family Man
You’re the man who is easygoing, keeps the peace, fixes problems, and puts yourself last. As a Jungian-oriented philosophical practitioner, I help you explore the patterns beneath the "Good Guy" roles you strive hard to keep — so you can reclaim agency without guilt. You'll learn to set boundaries, speak up, and integrate thoughtful strength in asserting yourself. This work is about becoming whole, grounded, and living in conscious alignment with your work, relationships, and inner world.
You're A Couple Navigating A Blended Family
You're building a relationship while navigating the complexity of a blended family — exes, children, shifting roles, and old relational patterns. Couples work with us offers a depth-oriented space to strengthen your bond, understand unconscious dynamics, clarify boundaries, and create a solid foundation during transitions. Integrating insight with relational & attachment-based strategies, this work supports conscious partnership, emotional maturity, and connectedness through life's transitions.
You're Seeking Group Support & Community
You're seeking safe and supportive community and belonging; space where your consciousness and relational healing are at the center of the work. Where you'll be supported in exploring deeper connection, self-understanding, and meaningful change. Grounded in Jungian-oriented and Internal Family Systems approaches, our groups offer a nurturing environment that encourages clarity, self-responsibility, healing, and growth. Here you're empowered to navigate relationships and life's complexities.
LATEST INSIGHTS
SERVICES
Individual Therapy or Philosophical Consultation Sessions for High-Achieving Professionals
50 min
225 US dollars
Couples Therapy or Consultation Sessions for Couples in Transition or in Blended Families
50 min - 3 hr
From 350 US dollars
$75
1 hr 30 min
500 US dollars
*Reduced fees may be available for those in need. Inquire about availability.
Who We Are:
Two Practitioners.
Two Distinct Ways of Working.
One Shared Depth Framework.
At Quaternity of the Soul, LLC we offer Individual & Relationship Depth Therapy. We are a premier therapeutic practice in Colorado,Vermont, and worldwide, dedicated to individuals, couples and blended family therapy, counseling, and coaching from a Jungian Psychoanalytic & Philosophical view. We strive to help you create meaningful connections in all of your relationships and help you live with more consciousness, ease, and alignment.
Melissa George, PhD, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Jungian Depth Psychotherapist
– Individual & Couples Therapy
– Trauma, attachment, blended families
– Licensed in CO & VT
Jason Gorbett, MA, MA, PhPrac (NPCA-Credentialed)
Philosophical Practitioner & Narrative Counselor
– Non-clinical philosophical counseling
– Inner work, meaning, identity, boundaries
– Online, serving the USA & English-speaking Europe
Jason’s work is non-clinical and is not psychotherapy.
