QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

An experienced pastoral counselor and psychotherapist, Rod Kochtitzky (Kuh tit skee) has specialized in working with couples for more than 30 years, offering discernment counseling in Portland, Maine, for couples seeking greater clarity in their relationships. 

Imago is his primary approach, designed to help couples of all faiths and those of no religious belief build lasting, mutually satisfying, and rewarding relationships.  

Rod, Portland, Maine, has also trained with Gottman, Real (RLT), Bader, and in EFT.

Rod was a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.  He is a Certified Workshop Presenter and Advanced Clinician of Imago Relationship Therapy in Portland, Maine, through evidence-based approaches that support lasting relationship growth. 

Rod holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and a Master's in Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He completed his training in psychotherapy at the Institutes of Religion and Health in New York City and trained at the Institute of Relationship Therapy founded by Harville Hendrix.

Rod has served on the boards of Attachment Parenting International, Imago Relationships International, and Nashville Psychotherapy Institute.  He also has had an active leadership role in the international Imago movement.  Rod is a licensed Clinical Pastoral Therapist in both Maine (LP7239 2023) and Tennessee (CPT042 2005). 

With over 30 years’ experience working with couples, as a therapist and an ordained minister, he helps couples learn the skills that make the unconscious conscious, and thereby foster a deep, loving and long-lasting connection.