Vienna Pharaon

"Licensed therapist helping people trace adult patterns back to their origin"

Vienna Pharaon is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder of Mindful Marriage and Family Therapy in New York City. She trained at The Family Institute affiliated with Northwestern University and has spent more than twenty years and 20,000+ clinical hours helping clients trace adult struggles back to childhood "origin wounds." Her Instagram following of over 680,000 and her podcast have made her one of the most recognized relationship therapists working today. The Origins of You, her debut book, became a national bestseller and an Amazon Best Book of the Month.

1 book·20,000+ clinical hours

Books by Vienna Pharaon

Our in-depth summaries and reviews of his work

Key Ideas & Recurring Themes

Five Origin Wounds

Worthiness, belonging, priority, trust, and safety are the five core wounds Pharaon traces back to childhood family patterns.

Trading Authenticity for Attachment

Children learn to please, perform, adapt, or disappear to stay connected to caregivers — strategies that outlive their usefulness.

Book Author Vienna Pharaon