Domonique Rice, PhD, IMFT-S, CFMHE, CCCE, CFBA, CFP

My career began in the banking industry. Navigating through the hurdles of the financial world was both challenging and rewarding, but I always felt I had more to offer. Finally, in 2008, I left corporate America and accepted a position working with families needing help caring for toddlers and infants. Little did I know that this position would completely change my perspective and permanently alter my career path. Going to the homes of these families and hearing their stories I began to see a pattern of broken relationships passed down from generation to generation. I witnessed parents working as hard as they could for their children while also struggling under the burden of a relationship plagued with constant stress, fighting, and gridlock. In essence, there were two people under the same roof living like single parents because they didn’t know how to heal their relationship. I saw a pattern of broken relationships being passed down from generation to generation. I realized the challenges these parents were having with each other and their children were because they were never shown how to communicate or resolve conflicts in a healthy manner.