Masterful Couples

Masterful Couples of Northern Virginia, also known as Masterful Couples of NOVA Counseling, was a relationship counseling practice founded and operated by Ingrid Jean Melenbacker. Its website presented the practice as a source of marriage counseling and proven tools intended to strengthen relationships. Visitors could find information about the practice, services, frequently asked questions, forms, directions, and relationship resources.

The available site text does not detail specific counseling methods, programs, or service formats, so these cannot be described further. Masterful Couples is now closed following Melenbacker’s death from complications related to pancreatic cancer on August 16, 2025. Her husband, John, was with her when she died.

The site provides a link to her obituary and notes that interested parties may contact John DeLaura about purchasing the Masterful Couples business name and website domain. As a result, the practice no longer offers counseling services; its online presence now serves primarily to communicate its closure and share information about its founder