ABOUT US

Shine Family Resources is co-founded by Catherine Lucey and Hilary Saltzman, who facilitate Shine workshops and counseling with passion, energy and a good dose of humor.

Their focus is working with parents and couples in times of transition.

Nothing has encouraged their passion for working with parents more than becoming parents themselves.

Catherine Lucey, M.S. MFTI Co-founder
Marriage and Family Intern #49636
Bay Area Location

Catherine received a MS in Counseling Psychology from Dominican University and is a certified Gottman Educator. She has over 18 years of experience working with families and children as an educator and a therapist. Her passion for helping individuals through transition began while working for the National Outdoor Leadership School and continued her work as a director and educator for an Environmental Wilderness Program for school children on Oahu, Hawaii. In the Bay Area, Catherine has worked as a parent educator with families of divorce at Kids Turn, counseled students and parents at Kent and Del Mar Middle Schools in Marin, and provided psychotherapy for adolescents, parents, and groups at the Family Service Agency of Marin.

Currently, Catherine facilitates support groups for new moms as well as workshops and counseling for couples seeking to strengthen their partnership in early parenthood. With compassion and understanding, she uses an interactive, support-focused approach to help each client build on their "unique" strengths and skills they need to shine. She is a member of the Marin Parents Resource Network and lives with her husband, two young children and border collie-mix in Marin.

Supervised by Ellen Hammerle, Ph.D., LMFT #32398
Community Healing Centers

Hilary Saltzman, M.S., MFTI Co-founder
Austin, TX Location

Hilary has had extensive experience working with families and children of all ages for over twenty years as an educator and counselor. Her passion for children started as a caregiver for infants and young children. After earning a BA in Psychology, she went on to coach women’s high school field hockey in Philadelphia at Springside School for Girls and taught at Saint Luke’s Preschool and Stretch the Imagination, both in San Francisco. After creating a small play based program for two year olds, her interests in transitional change and family dynamics led her to earn a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy from Dominican University of California. She counseled teenagers and groups at Bay Area Community Resources in Marin and most recently worked as a personal consultant to new parents. In addition, she is a certified Gottman Educator.

She is currently facilitating workshops and counseling at the second location of Shine Family Resources in Austin, where she lives with her husband and two young children.