Dr. Ray and Jean Kadkhodaian founded The KBH Center in 2025 with an original desire to provide an affordable and more successful approach to helping couples improve their relationships. Dr. Ray and Jean were married on February 14th 1998. They met while working in a community mental health setting and discovered they were both attending Roosevelt University and working on their master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. Dr Ray went on to pursue a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.

Their passion and life’s work to help couples learn and grow together led them to create Couples Synergy, Family Synergy Therapy and founded The Lighthouse Emotional Wellness Center.