At a Glance
| Member | Madeline Taylor Reams, MA — tough-spirited, soft-hearted, in that order when it counts |
| First chapter | Fashion model in her mid-teens — and already sure she was made for more than the camera |
| The detour | A deep love for animals that led her to veterinary school |
| The turn | Realizing she could help people even more — so she kept going |
| Education | Master's in Clinical Psychology, Pepperdine University |
| Practice | Marriage & family therapist — Newport Beach, California · in person and online |
| Works with | Individuals, couples, and families — and yes, she still shows up for the animals too |
| Off the clock | A good book, a boat, someplace new — work hard, play hard, in balance |
| C1ub note | She was there in the training days, before the c1ub had a name |
There are people you call when things are going well. And then there is the much shorter list — the people you call when they're not. The ones who pick up. The ones who don't flinch at the heavy stuff. The ones who make you feel, for the length of one conversation, like you're not carrying it alone. Madeline Taylor Reams has spent her whole life earning her place on that second list. Then she went and made a profession out of it.
Who Is Madeline Taylor Reams?
Madeline Taylor Reams is a marriage and family therapist practicing in Newport Beach, California, and a member of The Country C1ub. A former teenage fashion model with a deep love for animals, she first set out for veterinary school — then changed course when she realized she could help people even more. She earned her master's in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and now works with individuals, couples, and families, in person and online. Warm, direct, and tough-spirited in the best way, she is the kind of counsel you want in your corner — inside or outside the c1ub's walls.
A Model in Her Mid-Teens Who Wanted to Know What Else She Was Made Of
Start where most stories would be happy to end: Madeline was a working fashion model in her mid-teens.
For a lot of people, that's the dream. The camera finds you young, the industry opens its doors, and the path of least resistance rolls out in front of you like a runway. All you have to do is stay on it.
Madeline looked down that runway and asked a different question — the question that tells you everything about her: Is this all I'm made of?
She didn't think so. Being looked at is not the same thing as being seen, and being seen was never the goal anyway. She wanted to reach for more than being a model. She wanted to challenge her brain. She wanted to take herself somewhere hard on purpose and find out what was actually in there.
So she chose school. Not as a backup plan — as the main event.
The film above is a c1ub commission — our way of giving her the runway back for a moment, fireworks included. She walked away from that world on her own terms. That doesn't mean she didn't earn it.
She Was Going to Save the Animals First
If you want to understand Madeline, understand this: her first calling wasn't a career. It was a love.
A deep, lifelong love for animals — the kind that doesn't just melt at a dog in the park but feels a genuine pull of responsibility toward every creature that can't speak for itself. That love pointed her somewhere specific: veterinary school. She was going to spend her life healing the animals she adored.
And then, somewhere in the middle of that road, the path took a turn.
Not because the love faded. It never did — spend five minutes with her around a horse and you'll see it's as alive as ever. The turn came from a bigger realization: she could help people even more.
The same instinct that made her want to heal animals — the instinct to show up for a living thing that's hurting — had an even larger arena waiting for it. People. Families. Couples trying to find their way back to each other. Individuals carrying seasons of life too heavy to carry alone.
So she did what she always does when the harder, truer path presents itself. She took it. She continued school, kept climbing, and earned her master's in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.
The vehicle changed. The calling never did.
The Healing Room
Today Madeline practices as a marriage and family therapist in Newport Beach, California, seeing clients in person and online. Individuals. Couples. Families. The whole range of what it means to be human and struggling and still trying.
Her style, in her own words, is warm, direct, empowering, and a little humorous — which, if you've ever sat across from her, is exactly right. She is not the therapist who nods vaguely for fifty minutes. The tough spirit that carried her off the runway and through Pepperdine sits in that room with her. She'll meet you in the hard place, and she won't pretend it isn't hard. But she also won't let you stay stuck there.
That combination — genuinely soft heart, genuinely tough spine — is rarer than it should be. It's what makes someone safe to fall apart in front of and worth listening to when it's time to stand back up.
And underneath all of it sits the game she understands better than most: progress over perfection. Nobody walks out of one session healed, the same way nobody walks onto a range and strikes it pure on the first swing. Healing doesn't arrive as a lightning bolt. It arrives as a slightly better Tuesday. One honest conversation. One boundary held. One night of real sleep. It's the little things that make all the difference — and Madeline's whole craft is helping people notice them, stack them, and keep going when perfect never shows up. Because it never does. Progress does.
Work Hard, Play Hard — In That Order, In Balance
Here is the part of the story that keeps Madeline from being a cautionary tale about helpers who forget themselves: she never has.
She lives a balanced life the way other people talk about living one. Work hard, play hard — and mean both halves. When the work is done, she's gone: a good book in hand, a boat under her, someplace new on the horizon. Adventure isn't something she schedules twice a year. It's something she's a natural at, the same restlessness that made a teenage model look past the runway now pointed at open water and unfamiliar coastlines.
A good book, a boat, and somewhere she's never been. Who doesn't want that? The difference is she actually goes.
It's also, quietly, the best advertisement for her work. The woman helping you build a life you don't need to escape from is living one herself.
The Most Important Thing About Her
Strip away the degrees, the practice, the story arc — and the most important thing about Madeline Taylor Reams is the simplest one: she is there for others. People. Friends. Clients. And still, always, the animals too.
Inside the c1ub, we don't have to take that on faith. We have a witness.
"There was a stretch of my life when I was living out of my car. The training days, long before The Country C1ub had a name. Not many people knew, and fewer stayed close. Madeline was someone I could talk to through that season. She picked up. She listened. She treated me like a person building something, not a person failing at something. You don't forget who was there when you had nothing to offer them back. We are lucky to have her."
That is the résumé that matters. Anyone can be present for your highlight reel. Madeline was present for the front seat of a car and a dream that hadn't hatched yet.
If you are looking for that kind of counsel — inside or outside our walls — she is exactly who you hope is on the other end of the line. Her door in Newport Beach is open, and so is the online one: find her here.
Where The Country C1ub Comes In
The Country C1ub is a private mastermind and global ecosystem of high performers — builders, founders, competitors, and mission-driven people — who connect through elite events and weekly strategy calls, all working toward a 10-year mission of building a world-class, member-owned physical country club. Brick by brick. Connection by connection.
But strip away the events and the calls and the mission statements, and what's actually left is the thing that matters most: friendship, conversations, and helping others become the best version of themselves. That's what it's all about. That's the whole game.
Which is why Madeline didn't have to change a thing to belong here. Look at her days: real conversations with people about who they are and who they're becoming. Showing up in the hard seasons, not just the celebrated ones. The c1ub runs on one daily ritual — today we improved because… — a sentence built on the exact creed she practices for a living: progress over perfection, the little things making all the difference. She has been on both sides of that sentence her entire adult life: improving herself relentlessly, and being the reason someone else could.
A community is only as strong as the people you can call from the front seat of a parked car. Before there was a gate, a crest, or a single member, there was a friend who picked up the phone. Now she's inside the walls she helped hold up without knowing it. Nobody achieves great things alone — that's not a slogan here, it's the operating system.
The Session Notes: 5 Lessons from Madeline Taylor Reams
Being looked at isn't being seen.
The runway found her at fifteen and she still walked away from it. Applause for your surface is not the same as respect for your substance. Go where your substance gets built.
Change the vehicle, keep the calling.
Vet school to Pepperdine looks like a pivot. It wasn't. The calling — show up for living things that are hurting — never moved an inch. Hold your mission tightly and your methods loosely.
Choose the hard thing on purpose.
She went to school to find out what she was made of — and found out. Comfort never answers that question. Difficulty always does.
Balance is a discipline, not a reward.
Work hard, play hard — the book, the boat, the new horizon. She doesn't wait to deserve rest; she builds it in. The helpers who last are the ones who refuel.
Show up before it's convenient.
Anyone can be there for the highlight reel. The calls that count come during the car years. Be the person who picks up — it's the only résumé people never forget.
Progress over perfection.
Nobody heals in one session and nobody builds a life in one leap. The little things make all the difference — a better Tuesday, an honest conversation, one more small step. Stack them and keep going.
Reach Her
- 🗂️Work with her: Madeline Reams on Psychology Today — Newport Beach, CA · in person & online
- 📸Follow her: @madeline_taylorr on Instagram
- 🏛️Join the c1ub through her story: become a member — joining from Madeline's spotlight credits her on the member leader board
And if your path ever crosses hers — ask about the horses, or the boat, or the moment vet school turned into something bigger. Fair warning: she'll probably end up asking about you instead. That's rather the point of her.
Frequently Asked Questions About Madeline Reams
Who is Madeline Taylor Reams?
Madeline Taylor Reams is a marriage and family therapist practicing in Newport Beach, California, and a member of The Country C1ub. A former teenage fashion model who first pursued veterinary school out of a deep love for animals, she changed course when she realized she could help people even more — earning her master's in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.
Where does Madeline Reams practice therapy?
Madeline practices in Newport Beach, California, and sees clients both in person and online. Her full profile, background, and contact information are on Psychology Today.
Who does she work with?
Individuals, couples, and families — across the full range of what life throws at people, from anxiety and life transitions to relationship struggles and the heavier seasons people rarely say out loud. Her style is warm, direct, empowering, and a little humorous.
Does she offer online sessions?
Yes. Madeline sees clients in person in Newport Beach and online, so you can work with her whether you're in Orange County or elsewhere in California.
How do I get in touch with her?
The simplest path is her Psychology Today profile, which lists her practice details and how to reach her. You can also follow her on Instagram at @madeline_taylorr.
What is The Country C1ub?
A private mastermind and global ecosystem of high performers who connect through elite events and weekly strategy calls, helping members gain support building their dreams — with a 10-year mission to build a member-owned physical country club. Join at thecountryc1ub.com.
The Invitation
Somewhere in your life there is a conversation you've been putting off — with a partner, with your family, or with yourself.
You've been carrying it the way strong people do: quietly, capably, alone. And it's heavier than you let on.
Here is what Madeline's whole story teaches: the strongest people are not the ones who never need someone in their corner. They're the ones tough enough to put someone there.
She has spent her life being that someone. For the animals. For her friends. For a founder sleeping in his car who just needed one person to pick up. And now, if you want it, for you.
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