Who does Dr. Nicole Ohebshalom work with?

Dr. Ohebshalom works with founders, CEOs, C-suite executives, and senior engineers on the San Francisco Peninsula and across Silicon Valley, as well as their partners and co-founders. The practice serves clients in Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Hillsborough, Woodside, Portola Valley, Mountain View, Redwood City, and throughout California via telehealth.

What is the Co-Founder Clarity Program?

The Co-Founder Clarity Program is an 8-week structured engagement for co-founders who are stuck and ready to get aligned. It addresses recurring conversations that go nowhere, decisions that cannot get made, eroded trust, and unclear roles. Outcomes include a shared communication framework, role and decision-making clarity, tools to navigate conflict before it escalates, and a co-founder operating agreement. One weekly session with structured work between sessions.

What is sex therapy and what does Dr. Ohebshalom address?

Sex therapy is talk-based therapy that helps individuals and couples address low and mismatched desire, sexual pain including vaginismus and pelvic floor dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, post-baby and post-illness reconnection, intimacy after infidelity, and reclaiming erotic vitality in long-term partnerships. Dr. Ohebshalom is AASECT-certified and holds a PhD in human sexuality.

What modalities does Dr. Ohebshalom practice?

Clinical modalities include EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples and individuals, AASECT sex therapy, Gottman Method, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Deep Brain Reorientation (DBR), Flash Technique, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Hakomi, somatic therapy, mindfulness, and positive psychology.

What is an EMDR intensive?

An EMDR intensive is a concentrated format of EMDR therapy — typically 6 to 12 hours across 2 to 3 consecutive days, tailored to the client's availability and goals. It is designed for founders, executives, and high-pressure professionals whose schedules cannot accommodate months of weekly sessions, allowing deeper trauma processing without long-term disruption.

Where is Dr. Ohebshalom licensed?

Dr. Ohebshalom is licensed in California as a Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC #11181). Therapy is available in person at offices in Palo Alto and Los Altos Hills, and via telehealth throughout California. Executive coaching and the Co-Founder Clarity Program are available globally without geographic restriction.

What credentials does Dr. Ohebshalom hold?

Dr. Ohebshalom holds a PhD in human sexuality, is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California (LPCC #11181), is a Registered Nurse (RN), is a PSI-certified Perinatal Mental Health specialist (PMH-C), and is an AASECT-certified sex therapist.

What is the difference between therapy and executive coaching?

Therapy treats clinical conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and relational trauma, and works with history, identity, and the nervous system. Executive coaching focuses on present-day decisions, skills, and performance — leadership transitions, hard conversations, scaling, and board management. Many clients move between the two as the work demands.

Co-Founders

The Co-Founder Alliance: A 7-Week Intensive

Protect your most valuable asset. Scale your partnership.

Co-Founder friction isn’t just interpersonal, it’s a business risk. Co-founder conflict follows predictable patterns. The same conversations that go nowhere. Misalignment slows decisions, drains energy, and undermines execution. The decisions that can't get made. The trust that's quietly eroded. The roles that were never truly clarified. Left unaddressed, these patterns don't resolve themselves — they compound. I work with founders to cut through repeating conflicts, clarify roles and trust, and reset communication so you can move faster and lead stronger. The Co-Founder Alliance Intensive is a structured engagement designed to break those patterns and build something more durable in their place. This program is on average 7 weeks long.

This program is designed for partners navigating:

The Loop: Recurring friction points that stall strategic momentum.

Structural Ambiguity: Friction regarding authority, equity, or shifting roles.

Decision Drag: Escalating tension that erodes trust and slows execution.

Relational Debt: Unresolved internal dynamics that are quietly impacting the bottom line.

The Stalemate: High-stakes negotiations that result in gridlock rather than growth.

Practical, confidential, and founder-focused. We map the friction points, identify what’s driving reactivity, and build precise agreements for roles, communication, and conflict repair. There is no endless processing. Just clear understanding of the dynamics, corrective communication, and actionable steps to protect the partnership and the business.

The 7-Week Roadmap to build your relational intelligence

Each phase is curated to build deep structural resonance between partners.

Phase 1: Architecture of the Loop. Identifying the unseen patterns
Phase 2: The Underlying Metrics. Moving past the "business logic" to the human drivers of decision-making.
Phase 3: Strategic Re-engagement. Tools for de-escalating high-stakes tension in real-time.
Phase 4: The Unspoken Contract. Aligning the evolving personal narratives of each founder.
Phase 5: Resilience & Reach. Establishing a "Secure Base" for aggressive risk-taking.
Phase 6: Integrating the Success Loop. Resolving "technical debt" in your communication.
Phase 7: The Scaling Roadmap. A long-term maintenance plan for hyper-growth and beyond.

Founders choose this because 65% of startup failures trace back to cofounder issues. A reset here protects your biggest asset: the partnership powering execution.

Get clear. Move fast. Build strong.

Apply for the Co-Founder Alliance Intensive → here.