About TalkThinkThrive

Meet Omar Ruiz, LMFT

I’m Omar Ruiz, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I established TalkThinkThrive as a relationship counseling practice offering sessions online or at my office at 11 River Street in Wellesley, MA.

I focus deliberately on two things: infidelity recovery and communication struggles. I’d rather go deep in the areas I know best than offer a little of everything — so that’s what I built this practice around.

Why I Do This Work

I didn’t come to this work in the abstract. Early in my first marriage, I experienced infidelity firsthand — a betrayal I didn’t learn about until years after it happened. I know, from the inside, what it feels like to have the ground disappear under you, and what it takes to rebuild something afterward, or to grieve it honestly. That experience shaped how directly I work with clients now — including my own decision to go through couples therapy myself, in that marriage and in my current relationship, to become a more grounded, present partner.

Communication wasn’t something I was taught either. I grew up in a Puerto Rican household shaped by domestic abuse, where defensiveness became a survival skill long before I had to unlearn it as a partner. Most communication programs, even at graduate level, rarely teach the specific relational skills couples actually need — so I bring both research-based tools and what I’ve had to learn firsthand about how our upbringing shapes the way we do, or don’t, communicate with the people we love.
In 2022, I was featured in The New York Times discussing what it means to fall out of love — this isn’t just professional interest to me. It’s something I’ve lived and continue to work on.

My Approach: Narrative Therapy

I work from a narrative therapy framework — the belief that you are not the problem, the problem is the problem. Rather than deciding who’s “right” or assigning blame, I help couples name what’s actually happening between them — a pattern, a betrayal, a breakdown in communication — as something separate from either person’s identity. That distinction makes room for real collaboration instead of defensiveness.

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My
Values

Commitment

Working hard to deliver action plans and concrete solutions toward real change — not just conversation for its own sake.

Genuineness

Real conversations with real people. I work to break down the stigma around therapy, one honest session at a time.

Collaboration

Connecting with the people already in your life — partners, family, other providers — to ensure continuity of care rather than working in isolation.

Expertise

A specific, narrow focus on infidelity recovery and communication, backed by 15+ years of clinical training and experience — not a generalist approach applied to every kind of relationship struggle.

Why Work With TalkThinkThrive

A Conversational Experience That Will Change the Way You Think I'm a licensed professional with 15+ years of experience supporting people and the ones they love. You'll leave sessions with effective, concrete strategies — not just a space to vent.

Available Virtually, Anywhere Wherever you are, I'm ready to meet with you online, in addition to in-person sessions at my Wellesley office.

Your Life, Your Process Consider me a helping hand for the problems you're facing — this is your process and your life. I'm here to support it, not direct it for you.

Focused, Experienced Professional 15+ years of experience, with training and expertise specifically in narrative therapy, infidelity recovery, and communication-focused couples work.

What Clients Say

Natasha Harrison

If you’re a couple in need of help, especially when it comes to communication issues & infidelity, I would highly recommend you consider contacting Omar.

Elizabeth Mahaney

Omar’s speciality in helping couples navigate the challenges of infidelity, affairs, and betrayal is outstanding.

Megan Shaw

Omar was supportive to our non-monogamous marriage and was extremely helpful in complexities of this new-to-us relationship structure…

What Clients Say

Elizabeth Mahaney

Omar’s speciality in helping couples navigate the challenges of infidelity, affairs, and betrayal is outstanding.

Megan Shaw

Omar was supportive to our non-monogamous marriage and was extremely helpful in complexities of this new-to-us relationship structure…

Natasha Harrison

If you’re a couple in need of help, especially when it comes to communication issues & infidelity, I would highly recommend you consider contacting Omar.

Why I Do This Work

My Approach: Narrative Therapy

- AS FEATURED IN -

MyValues

Commitment

Genuineness

Collaboration

Expertise

Why Work With TalkThinkThrive

A Conversational Experience That Will Change the Way You Think I'm a licensed professional with 15+ years of experience supporting people and the ones they love. You'll leave sessions with effective, concrete strategies — not just a space to vent.

Available Virtually, Anywhere Wherever you are, I'm ready to meet with you online, in addition to in-person sessions at my Wellesley office.

Your Life, Your Process Consider me a helping hand for the problems you're facing — this is your process and your life. I'm here to support it, not direct it for you.

Focused, Experienced Professional 15+ years of experience, with training and expertise specifically in narrative therapy, infidelity recovery, and communication-focused couples work.

What Clients Say

Natasha Harrison

Elizabeth Mahaney

Megan Shaw

What Clients Say

Elizabeth Mahaney

Megan Shaw

Natasha Harrison

My
Values