Torrey believes in the redemptive power of relationships. He has championed the cause for more than a decade by walking alongside individuals, couples, and family systems as they heal and grow. Torrey is passionate about men’s related topics (aka “guy stuff”), women’s enrichment, marriage and family enrichment, and adoption-sensitive therapy. As an adoptive parent and psychotherapist, he understands and respects both the pressures involved in building a family, coupled with the unique gifts and learning experiences that the adoption dynamic brings. Torrey is grounded within is his Christian faith and believes that vibrant, healthy relationships are essential to humanity.

Torrey is a national speaker, life coach, and trainer and has extensive experience collaborating with corporations, government, non-profit organizations, child-welfare agencies, and community ambassadors to develop programming that revitalizes and enriches individuals and family systems. He is a founding Board member of Relationships First™ and a Safe Conversations® Master Trainer. He has been featured in a number of publications and news media including Success Magazine, WFAA’s Daybreak, and CBS’s Plugged Into DFW, and co-hosted the Safe Conversations® Practice & Share DVD alongside Imago relationship therapy co-creators.

Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Torrey spent twenty years as an executive in corporate America. He graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. He later received a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Amberton University.

In his “free” time, Torrey enjoys working out, gardening, handyman projects, learning Spanish, and trying very hard not to be the worst fisherman in Dallas. Torrey has been married to his phenomenal wife Nikki, for twenty-four years. Their journey has been filled with rich experiences that have varied from softly spoken messages, to loud and obnoxious life lessons on how to manage and maintain a healthy marriage. He and his wife reside in a suburb of Dallas and call it an honor to be the parents of two ‘wonder-filled’ children.

Nikki believes in the redemptive power of relationships. She has championed the cause for more than a decade by walking alongside marriages and families as they heal and grow. As a trauma-certified therapist and life coach, Nikki possesses an exceptional talent for unraveling the intricacies of the human experience.

Nikki is passionate about helping individuals, couples, families and organizations identify ways to enact positive change. As an adoptive parent and psychotherapist, Nikki also understands and respects both the pressures involved in building a family, coupled with the unique gifts and learning experiences that the adoption dynamic brings.

Nikki is a national speaker and trainer with extensive experience collaborating with corporations, government entities, non-profit organizations, child-welfare agencies, and community ambassadors. She specializes in developing programming that revitalizes and enriches individuals and family systems. She enjoys taking on the trickiest, stickiest relationship issues, after couples have all but given up. Nikki specializes in supporting a variety of other issues including women’s issues, depression, grief, and divorce recovery. Nikki’s training and specialization include marriage and family therapy, trauma-informed care, and adoption-sensitive therapy, including transracial adoption issues. She is a Level-One Theraplay® Practitioner and is passionate about bringing trauma-informed interventions into systems of care. Nikki is a founding Board member of Relationships First™ and a Safe Conversations® Master Trainer. She believes that the most impactful way to shift to a relational culture is through meaningful, effective and safe engagement.

Nikki has been featured in a number of publications and news media including Success Magazine, WFAA’s Daybreak, and CBS’s Plugged Into DFW  – and is a contributing columnist for Fostering Families Today. She has also had the privilege of co-hosting the Safe Conversations® Practice & Share DVD alongside Imago Relationship Therapy co-creators. Prior to her professional work as a clinician, Nikki successfully managed a 20-year career within corporate America. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baylor University, a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Amberton University.

Nikki is a firm believer that love is in the details.  She is an ‘experience’ creator at heart, loves DIY-ing and has an uncanny passion for scouting out hidden local treasures. Nikki has been happily married for twenty-four years to her world-changer husband, Torrey. As a wife and mother of two, Nikki brings extensive life experience and an empathic heart for supporting and serving others.

Treatment Specializations:

• Adulting

• Adoption & Foster Care

• Anxiety Disorders

• Blended Families

• Depression

• Family Therapy

• Families & Mental Illness

• Grief & Loss

• Life Transitions

• Parenting

• Relationships

  • Couples Counseling

  • Marriage Counseling

  • Infidelity & Affairs

  • Codependency

  • Divorce & Adjustment

  • Pre-Engagement and Pre-Marital Counseling

• Suicidal/Self-harming

• Stress Management

• Trauma & Abuse Recovery

• Women’s Issues

• Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs

• Working Parents and Maternity Leave Transitions

Adoption-Specialization Areas:

• Adoption Grief and Loss

• Neurodevelopmental Trauma

• Transracial Adoption

• Kinship Adoption Dynamics

• Pre-Adoption Counseling for Prospective Parent(s)

• Impacts of Fostering and Adoption on a Marital Relationship

Certifications and Advanced Trainings:

• Nurturing Parenting Certification® (Family Development Resources, Inc.)

• TBRI® Trained

• Trauma Therapy Certification (Trauma Support Services of North Texas)

• Level-One Theraplay® Practitioner (Theraplay Institute)

• Safe Conversations Master Trainer (Relationships First™)

• PREPARE/ENRICH Certification

• Couple-to-Couple Marriage Mentoring™ Certification (Association of Marriage and Family Ministries)

• Reconciling Troubled Marriages Certification (Association of Marriage and Family Ministries)