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I’m Andrea Dindinger

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

FOR 20+ YEARS I HAVE SPECIALIZED IN HELPING PEOPLE STOP REPATING WHAT THEY SAW MODELED IN CHILDHOOD and start creating conscious, connected relationships - both for themselves and the generations that follow.

This work comes from a deeply personal place.

Watching my parents’ marriage fall apart as a young teen had a huge impact on me. 


Their divorce forced me to grow up fast. As an only child, I felt the tension, the ache of being caught in between. I felt shame and despair hearing them fight all the time. 


I found out they were splitting on Christmas Eve. 


From that moment on, I was determined to understand love. I devoured every relationship book I could find, trying to figure out how to do it differently.

Fast forward to my late 20’s ...

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I thought I had it figured out in my first marriage...

…but I knew deep down that it wasn’t “it.” 


In my attempts to have zero conflict, always trying to keep it fun, it really sacrificed a level of emotional intimacy for us. 


I had an idealistic and even arrogant hope that I would do marriage differently. That’s why my divorce felt even worse than witnessing my parents’.


I really felt like a complete and utter failure. It made that pain from childhood even more acute. 


But it also opened my eyes to compassion for how hard it is to be married and how little training there is on how to navigate this super complex relationship. 


Which is exactly why I built my career around creating those tools. 

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I’ve been married to my husband Chris for 18+ years now.


While some might look at him and our relationship from the outside and say he’s a “unicorn” husband for how wonderful he is, it’s clear to both of us that it took a lot of work to get here. 


Coming from divorced families really highlighted our motivation to work on our marriage, and to vow that we would never get divorced, especially if we had kids. 


We turned the pain from our own childhoods into the fuel to learn and grow and truly do it differently. 


It’s been a constant and continuous practice to stay awake and practice the same skills that I support my couple clients to learn and practice in their own relationships.

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Becoming a mom brought it full circle.

Watching how every word, tone, and moment shapes my own kids reminds me daily why this work matters. It’s not just about helping couples fight less. It’s about helping families thrive.


And that’s my true “why”: to make it better for the generations that come after us.


I work directly with couples, but my true clients are the young ones on the receiving end of their dynamics. 


Isn’t it wild that something that happened 30 years ago can still shape how we communicate and react today?

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We can do it better.
We can learn a new language.

We can love beyond the patterns we inherited.

Let me show you how.

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My official bio

Andrea Dindinger is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience. She holds a Master's degree from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is trained in Somatic Therapy and Brainspotting, a therapeutic process for releasing trauma, anxiety, and more.

Her work has expanded beyond the therapy room, with features in People, Parade, Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, and more. She’s the creator of multiple online courses, educational videos, and her weekly newsletter, Love Forward - all of which support her mission in helping people break the patterns they inherited and build the kind of love they want to pass forward.

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The Annual Relationship Review


Look back with awareness. Move forward with love.

The Annual Relationship Review is your guided reflection for understanding your patterns, celebrating your wins, and building deeper connection. 


Use it with your partner every anniversary or at the end of the year to explore what worked, what didn't, and what you both need moving forward. It's about renewing awareness, repair, and intention, so your relationship keeps evolving.