Our Story is Rooted in Yours
We’ve walked through burnout, heartache, and disconnection—and we know how transformative this work can be. That’s why we’re here.
Our Story
There was a time when we couldn't imagine working together. We were barely maintaining connection at home, our existence reduced to parallel play at best—two souls orbiting the same space but rarely touching. The tender intimacy that once drew us together had been replaced by careful choreography around each other's wounds.
However, after the profound loss of our stillbirth son, we found ourselves standing at a crossroads. Grief has a way of stripping away pretense, and we were forced to confront the painful truth of how disconnected we had become. The shadow work could no longer be avoided—we knew our marriage wouldn't survive without courageously facing the difficult repair work around the ways we'd been unconsciously hurting one another, carrying forward the unhealed patterns from our own childhoods.
This descent into our brokenness became the very ground from which our intimacy would grow. As we began the sacred work of reconnection, addressing what was fractured with the tenderness it deserved, something beautiful emerged. We started facilitating relationship retreats for Dennis's Townsend Leadership Program groups, and it was there we first heard the words that would reshape our understanding of ourselves: "Wow—you're a superpower team."
We discovered we are beautifully atypical, flowing against conventional gender streams. Kimber embodies the strategic thinker—an INTJ who navigates with psychological precision and depth—while Dennis moves through the world as the empathic feeler, an ENFP who holds space for hearts to open. Where psychology might expect head and heart to be divided by gender lines, we found ourselves gifted with a complementary wholeness that defies such limitations.
"Humbled, kind, compassionate, honest, grace filled. It’s such a joy to watch you [both] and be a part of what you do so eloquently. It's such a joy to watch you and be a part of what you do so eloquently. You both felt authentic, peaceful, genuine. So sweet."
- Nancy Houston, Executive Coach
Our Vision
Del Valle Relational Institute is an organization invested in personal, spiritual, relational, and business growth. We offer a variety of services, all of which focus on moving closer to health, intimacy, and passionate purpose for individuals, couples, and organizations alike. At the core of our work is cultivating love for God, our neighbor and ourselves.
From Disconnection to Deep Connection
Real change is possible—because we’ve lived it.
We know what it’s like when communication feels foreign and connection seems impossible. Our own marriage has walked through seasons of distance, sought the help of trusted friends and skilled therapists, and found restoration we once thought was out of reach.
That journey—from brokenness to intimacy—informs every retreat we lead, every conversation we hold, and every space we create for couples like you who long for wholeness. We stand not as perfect examples, but as living proof that with courage, vulnerability, and support, relationships can heal and grow stronger than before.
The SuperPowers
(A Name We Didn’t Choose—But Embrace)
Dennis Del Valle
Executive Coach | Group Facilitator | Counselor
Dennis Del Valle holds a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Biola University (1992), an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University (1997), and an Educational Specialist credential from California State University, Long Beach (2002).
He is a Fellow at the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling and serves as a Director for the Townsend Leadership Program. For over a decade, Dennis has been a facilitator and speaker at Cloud-Townsend conferences. His work spans leadership consulting, executive coaching, and small group discipleship development within churches and organizations.
With a private counseling practice in Long Beach, Dennis is passionate about helping individuals and teams grow through group process, experiential learning, and relational dynamics—especially within family businesses and complex systems. He speaks and facilitates groups across the country, training both licensed professionals and lay counselors.
Dennis spent 14 years in public education, serving first as a school counselor and later as a Special Education teacher supporting students with autism, learning differences, hearing loss, and behavioral challenges.
He’s most at home spending time with his wife Kimber and their two children. Married for 28 years, Dennis brings wisdom, warmth, and humor to every circle he leads.
Dr. Kimber
Retreat Guide | Author | Speaker
As a clinical psychologist specializing in grief and trauma, she understands what it means to feel silenced by life's hardest moments. Her memoir Still: Making a Whole When Parts Go Missing—which reached Amazon's top 100 in pregnancy and childbirth—emerged from her own journey through profound loss, offering others a roadmap from brokenness to hope.
Dr. Kimber works with people ready to move from reactive to responsive, from hidden to authentic, from surviving to thriving in their most important relationships. Through her depth psychology approach, she helps clients regulate their nervous systems and reclaim their authentic selves without having to relive every painful detail of their past.
Her retreats are known for their transformative blend of psychological insight and unexpected playfulness—her "growling" exercises have become legendary among participants who discover new ways to access their power. She facilitates growth in her Fierce Gentle community, teaching regulation skills that help people respond rather than react.
Through her podcast I Thought I Was Over This and her Nightly Reflections journal, she creates spaces for people to slow down and reconnect with what matters most. Her biweekly newsletter offers gentle invitations to pause in a world that demands constant motion.
A country girl who's spent three decades in Southern California, Dr. Kimber lives with her husband and two children. When she's not helping others find their voice, you'll find her hiking, watching sunsets, or creating the kind of spaces where people remember who they really are beneath all the noise.
Learn more about Dr. Kimber at drkimber.net, follow her on Instagram @dr_kimber, or subscribe to her newsletter below.