LMFT #103201 and Gottman-certified couples specialist, Susan Heemstra practices at Point Loma's Liberty Station in San Diego through The Heart of the Matter Relationship Counseling, which she founded in 2015. Her dual certification in Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy gives couples two evidence-based frameworks within a single therapist — a combined protocol capacity that complements the relationship enrichment work at Your Well Therapy Services in Point Loma. Additional training in EMDR and Brainspotting allows the practice to address trauma histories that surface during couples work, particularly attachment injuries and infidelity recovery. The LGBTQ+-affirming practice also runs structured group programs — a Breakup Bootcamp and a discernment-counseling track for partners with divergent goals — alongside referrals to Julia Schiffman, LCSW, CST when intimacy-specific issues require certified sex therapy as a separate clinical track. The highest-intensity engagement is a multi-session Gottman couples intensive designed to restructure entrenched conflict patterns and rebuild trust after betrayal.