My Mission

The Art of Love, LLC was established to assist relationships with identifying various strength-based approaches to enhancing and strengthening relationships. We provide couples/polyamory/open consensual non-monogamy therapy, premarital therapy, marital therapy, and couples sex therapy. We provide therapy that views all aspects of your life with the philosophy to celebrate the strengths, identify and work on areas to strengthen relationships and learn how to accept differences. Our mission is to provide practical approaches in sessions that are encouraging, caring, and supportive.

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Meet Dr. Rice

Dr. Domonique Rice, IMFT-S, CFMHE, CCCE, CFBA, CFP

AAMFT Approved Supervisor

Trained Holistic Sex Therapist

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.

My Story

After several years of counseling families and individuals in hospitals, correctional facilities, treatment centers, and even their homes, I decided to take all of my training and experience to help couples because I realized this is the foundation on that all other relationships are built. When couples know how to communicate, resolve conflict, and meet each other’s needs, they become empowered to give to their children and others because instead of strife and gridlock their home is now a place of refuge where they come to be restored. This happens when couples learn how to ask for what they need in a way the other can hear it and communicate without the pressure of weird communication techniques.

When a couple’s underlying friendship is restored, they are allowed to simply be themselves, to work together in an environment where conflict sometimes happens but doesn’t threaten the foundation of the relationship, and that legacy of broken relationships finally comes to an end.

I also work to ensure connection and intimacy are created in a comfortable approach to developing an understanding of what each other is emotionally and mentally yearning for. I work to assist in developing skills and ways to make the connection a pleasurable, satisfying, and enjoyable intimate sexual experience for everyone.

This is my philosophy and the way I approach working with couples. If this makes sense to you, then I would encourage you to call me today so we can begin making this a reality for your relationship, too. I specialize in working with Pre-marital couples, High conflict couples, and Couples who are working to rebuild communication and connection after a break in trust.

I also provide Systems Theory Based clinical supervision.

Personal Statement:

“We were not built to break, we will use the obstacles in our life as lessons to build upon our strengths.”

~Dr. Domonique Rice, IMFT-S, Holistic Sex Therapist

CFMHE, CCCE, CFBA, CFP AAMFT Approved Supervisor

Skills

Polyamory
Consensual Non-Monogamy
Sex Therapy
Couples
Marital
Family
Individual
LGBTQI
Prepare and Enrich
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Gottman Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level I, II, & III
Child Custody Evaluations (Offered in Ohio only)
Mental Health Evaluations
Forensic Evaluations

Dr. Domonique Rice is licensed in Ohio, Arizona, and Nevada as an Independent Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor. Dr. Rice has obtained the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Approved Supervision Credential. She is trained as a Holistic Sex Therapist through the Institute of Sexuality Education and Enlightenment and Gottman Method Therapy through John and Julie Gottman she utilizes these skills and incorporates them when she works with relationships.

For services related to Evaluations; Dr. Rice is also a Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator (CFMHE), Certified Child Custody Evaluator (CCCE), Certified Forensic Behavior Analyst (CFBA), and Certified Forensic Psychometrist (CFP).

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, & MEMBERSHIPS

Independent Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor - License #: F.1800041-SUPV
State of Ohio Board of CSWMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor- License #: LMFT-15616
State of Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Primary Supervisor- License #: 4423-R
State of Nevada Board of Examiners
Gottman Seven Principles Leader
Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator- Certificate #: 168
National Board of Forensic Evaluators, Inc.
Certified Child Custody Evaluator- Certificate #: 40
National Board of Forensic Evaluators, Inc.
Certified Forensic Behavior Analyst- Certificate #: 12
National Board of Forensic Evaluators, Inc.
Psychological Assessment Resources- Level C Approved Psychological Assessor
National Board of Forensic Evaluators, Inc.
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy- Professional Member
National Organization for Human Services- Professional Member
Tau Upsilon Alpha- Member

TRAININGS

2023 Treating Trauma and Affairs
2023 Bringing Baby Home
2023 Gottman Methods Couples Therapy Level 3
2023 Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship
2023 Gottman Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
2022- Holistic Sex Therapist Certificate; Institute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment
2022- Implementation of Counseling Services in Florida
2022- Adult Children of Immigrant Parents and Mental Health
2022- Forensic Evaluators Guide to Parental Reunification
2021- Trauma & The Sensory System
2020- Community Resiliency Model (CRM)
2020 Specialized Family and Divorce Mediation; Supreme Court of Ohio
2020- Fundamentals of Mediation; Supreme Court of Ohio
2020- Specialized Domestic Abuse Issues; Supreme Court of Ohio
2020- Domestic Abuse Issues in Mediation; Supreme Court of Ohio
2020- Neural Evaluation: Family Law Cases; Supreme Court of Ohio
2020- Specialized Family/Divorce Mediation: Family Systems, Family Dynamics & Child Development; Supreme Court of Ohio
2020- Specialized Family/Divorce Mediation: Statutes, Rules, Standards & Ethics; Supreme Court of Ohio
2019- The Soul of Trauma- Informed Care
2018- Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS)
2018- Gottman Couples Therapy- Level 2
2016- Gottman Couples Therapy- Level 1

Licensure Verification:

Ohio: State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board

Arizona: Arizona State Board of Behavioral Health Examiners

Nevada: State of Nevada Board of Examiners