About

Nathan D. Croy

Connection defines our world.

Nathan D. Croy, MAMFT, is an organizational consultant who helps individuals, couples, and leadership teams strengthen connection through clarity, structure, and practical skill-building.

Nathan holds a Master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy and has worked across clinical and organizational systems for over a decade. He is the Founder & President of Existential Family Therapy (est. 2016).

Nathan D. Croy
Education

Master’s in Marriage & Family Therapy

Experience

15+ years in clinical and corporate systems

Leadership

Founder & President of Existential Family Therapy

Speaking

AAMFT trainings & keynote work

What Nathan Builds

Nathan’s work is built around a simple goal: help people create connection that holds under stress. That means fewer reactive loops, clearer expectations, and stronger follow-through, whether the setting is a relationship, a leadership team, or an entire organization.

Published Work

Nathan D. Croy is a contributing author to multiple professionally edited volumes focused on relational ethics, emotional health, and applied systems for human change. His writing emphasizes clarity, responsibility, and connection that holds under stress.

His approach is structured and implementation-driven. Clients do not leave with “insight” and good intentions, they leave with tools, language, and repeatable systems that can be practiced in real time.

Method

Nathan combines evidence-based practice with direct coaching structure. Sessions are focused, practical, and implement measurable progress based on data.

Clients can expect: clear goals, specific tools, and accountability Focus: connection, emotional regulation, communication systems Outcome: sustainable behavior change under real-world stress

What This Looks Like

  • Identify the pattern that keeps the system stuck.
  • Replace it with a specific skill and a clear standard.
  • Practice it until it becomes reliable.

Why It Works

Connection improves when people learn what to do differently, not when they simply understand why they struggle.

Training & Speaking

Nathan has delivered trainings for clinicians and community organizations, including national and professional education work and keynote presentations focused on resilience, response under pressure, and managing relational systems.

Professional: AAMFT-related training and CEU workshops Community: Keynote speaker for Piper School District
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Common Topics

  • Systems under stress: why people get reactive
  • Conflict repair and relational structure
  • Leadership clarity and cultural stability
  • Practical frameworks that actually get used

Training Goal

Teach skills that survive the real world, not a slide deck.