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Meet Carolyn Sharp
Award-Winning Relationship Expert & Author

Real Tools. Real Growth. Real Love.
Led with Wisdom, Experience, and an Edgy Sense of Humor.​

​Your relationship stuck in neutral while life races ahead?

 

You've built the career and the life—but somewhere along the way, the spark faded. The romance, laughter, and connection got buried under success and stress.

You're ready to change that.

 

I'm Carolyn Sharp—award-winning author of Fire It Up, 30-year relationship expert, and PACT Level 3 therapist. I help successful couples bring their love back to life using cutting-edge neuroscience and real-world strategies.

 

What Makes Me Different:

  • Proven Results: Thousands of couples transformed across the U.S. and internationally

  • Science-Based: PACT methodology combining neuroscience + attachment theory

  • Fast Impact: Dynamic coaching designed for visible change quickly—not years of therapy

  • Dual Expertise: Couples coaching + corporate team building

My Specialties:

✓Fire It Up Marriage Accelerator - Power Coaching Program to Strengthen Any Relationship
✓ Couples Retreats - Italy adventures + weekend intensives
✓ VIP Coaching - Private intensives for rapid transformation
✓ Corporate Workshops - High-performing team dynamics

"I marvel at the ways our brains wire together to create this incredible dance between our nervous systems. Watching people learn to do so positively and watching this transform their lives and relationships is one of the most satisfying experiences of my professional life.”

~ Carolyn Sharp

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Professional Work

Carolyn Sharp, LICSW, is a nationally recognized relationship expert with over 30 years of experiencehelping couples, individuals, and teams build resilient connections.

Her career began working with severely impacted children in foster care, later serving as Clinical Director at the YMCA and faculty member at Washington School for Professional Psychology, training future therapists.

In 2005, Carolyn launched her private practice, specializing in high-conflict couples therapy. She trained extensively with Dr. Stan Tatkin, founder of PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy), and served as a PACT Institute ambassador.

Carolyn expanded into coaching, retreats, and corporate consulting, creating transformational experiences worldwide using real-time, science-based interventions.

She's the award-winning author of Fire It Up: Four Secrets to Reigniting Intimacy and Joy in Your Relationship, has spoken for The New York Times Company, and is a Psychology Today columnist. She leads sold-out retreats across the U.S. and Italy.

Known for her direct, insightful, humor-infused style, Carolyn brings deep compassion and a no-nonsense drive for real change.

Personally, after navigating divorce and blending a family of four teenagers, Carolyn understands firsthand the work required for lasting love. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, passionate about helping others build relationships that are joyful, resilient, and fully alive.

Carolyn Has trained to Level 3.
Carolyn is verified by Psychology Today
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SECURE CONNECTIONS

Under the leadership of Carolyn Sharp, Secure Connections offers coaching, couples retreats, and workshops based on PACT in West Newbury, Massachusetts. Current therapy clients, visit my therapy website. 

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