Cultivating a stronger bond, together.
Services
Rekindling Connection & Desire
Conflict Management
Infidelity Recovery
Trauma & PTSD
Parenting & Family Consultation
Couples & Addiction Recovery
Discernment Counseling
Sex + Body Positive, LGBTQ+ Affirming
Based in Winston-Salem, NC, Bloom Couples Counseling offers a comprehensive, scientifically-based approach to marriage and relationship counseling in a calm and supportive setting. We unravel the mystery of relationship issues, leaving you with a better understanding of your relationship and effective, evidence-based tools to move your relationship forward.
Whether your relationship has suffered a betrayal, or love and desire have dwindled over time, or the marriage just needs a tune-up, at Bloom Couples Counseling you can expect that your stories will be heard with an expert ear, aimed at getting you and your partner unstuck from unhelpful patterns of conflict and avoidance, and toward a deepened clarity and confidence about what you both want from your relationship.
A satisfying relationship can be hard to build and maintain over a long time. But things of beauty never come without effort, or without help. We help you take your hard work and commitment, and turn it into a thing of beauty.
Ryan MacLeod, LMFT
I grew up in Raleigh, NC surrounded by humidity, music, and a family who loves to laugh. In 2002 I moved to Winston-Salem to pursue my bachelor’s degree at UNC School of the Arts in classical guitar. It was there that two wonderful things happened amidst all of the music I was playing: I met my wife and I found my desire to be a therapist.
After my wife completed her master’s degree in Virginia, we moved back to our home in Winston-Salem. I enrolled in Pfeiffer University’s Marriage and Family Therapy program, commuting to Charlotte for 3 years, and graduated in 2013 with my Master of Arts degree. While there I earned the Outstanding Master’s Intern award for my work in the training clinic, and began a mental health-related podcast called In Session with George Bitar, Ph.D., of Connect Couples Therapy in Charlotte, NC.
From 2016-2022, I was a Senior Mental Health Counselor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s Counseling & Well-Being Services, serving medical and graduate PhD students in the extremes of academic adversity. This position has also afforded me to continue my passion in working with couples and to seek advanced training in the area.
I often tell people that my first experiences working with couples scared the living daylights out of me. But it soon became clear that relying on intuition alone wasn’t enough to help couples transform their relationship. I tell the same to couples who worry that I use science-based methods as a cornerstone of my clinical work, and I see this providing the pathway to make couples therapy more successful and enriching for the people I work with.
Professional Background
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in North Carolina
Certified Gottman Therapist
Certified Discernment Counselor
Core Skills Trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
EMDR Trained Therapist, pursuing certification
Treating Affairs & Trauma Advanced Clinical Training (Gottman Institute)
Couples and Addiction Recovery Advanced Clinical Training (Gottman Institute)
Gottman Approved Educator for 7 Principles of Making Marriage Work
Going Into the Fire - Working with Highly Escalated Couples, Advanced Clinical Training with George Faller
Esther Perel Sessions Live - The Masculinity Paradox
Esther Perel Sessions Live - Finding Eros: Love, Lust, & Commitment
Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, Pfeiffer University in 2013
Awarded Outstanding Master’s Intern for clinical internship
Contact Us
Bloom Couples Counseling, PLLC
Ryan MacLeod, LMFT
1066 W 4th St. Suite 202A
WS/NC 27101
336.413.6488
ryan@bloomcouplescounseling.com
Fees
55-minute session = $210
85-minute session = $310
Gottman Relationship Assessment Fee =
$100 per couple
*I am an out-of-network provider and therefore I do not directly accept any insurance plans. However, I can give you a detailed receipt once you’ve paid for your session(s), upon request, that you may file directly with your insurance provider.