"The most important relationship that affects your quality of life is the one you have with your partner or spouse. I work with couples on how to come together during difficult times instead of growing apart as well as enhancing intimacy and communication."

"I use Gottman and Bader Pearson as my foundational approach to marriage counseling."

"As counselors, we know that your partner relationship is extremely important and that it affects almost everything you do. In a safe environment, we work with couples helping them to create a more genuine, loving, and life-enhancing union."

"Besides being a Marriage and Family Therapist, traditionally trained in verbal therapy with its emphasis on communication and empathy, I am a mind/body therapist. This means that body language is an essential way of communicating and contacting others."

"Being in a successful marriage since 1985 and practicing therapy since 1976 likely helps effectively working with challenges couples face. Communication skills training is touted, and the core work is in healing the wounded images each has of their parents and partner."

"I have worked as an MFT therapist since 1994. I specialize in "goal-oriented therapy" ... I can help you identify your goals and create a success-strategy for reaching these goals. Contact me (925-855-1745) so we can get down to working on your success-plan!"

"•Are you feeling misunderstood, invisible or constantly criticized by your partner? •Are you lacking the sexual and emotional intimacy you once enjoyed with your partner? • Have you lost the closeness and friendship you once shared? Contact me for a free consultation."

"I have extensive experience in couples/marriage counseling. Using a research- proven model, I am able to identify concrete, clear ways to improve your relationship in the areas that matter most to you."

"I specialize in 'all things relationship:' especially marriages, using cognitive, psychodynamic, and trauma resolution models."

"Just as people change, intimate relationships need to change and grow. I help couples get back on track and transform the confusion and pain of relationship gridlock into opportunities for growth and intimate connectedness."

"I use an approach that supports the emotional bond between partners. This is different from teaching communication skills in that it helps both partners understand the underlying feelings and needs of the other partner in a safe environment."

"Some of my areas of expertise in working with individuals, adolescents and couples are; depression, anxiety, self esteem, anger, high risk behavior, school pressure, family issues, abusive relationship, separation, communication, intimacy, parenting and affair recovery."

"Couples, Families and Relationships, both gay and straight. I work with one or more members of the relationship to help sort out the underlying issues and move towards providing tools and skills for a more satisfying interaction and life."

"I take an active role in supporting my clients in addressing what troubles them. With couples the focus may be on addressing a relationship crisis or improving communication and developing a more fulfilling and rewarding partnership."

"I enjoy working with couples or families whose relational systems are preventing them from communicating their needs and wishes to one another. Education about family structure and communication skills will help to work through situations of emotional chaos."

"Working with gay and straight couples, I use a collaborative approach to help strengthen marriages or navigate the separation/divorce process. All couples experience repetitive conflict; a therapist can help break entrenched patterns and open new doors."

"Palo Alto Parenting Solutions is a practice that addresses difficulties affecting the whole family. We work with couples to help them through difficult times. Couples learn important tools to address and improve communication, understanding, compromise and healing."

"I can help you move past old traumas so that you can live from a place of safety, calm, and forgiveness for yourself and those who may have caused you pain, and help you increase the amount of joy, centeredness and peace in your life. One of the tools I use is EMDR."

"Families, marriages, and couples--all experience conflict. Learn to lower emotional reactivity, anger and hurt by creating new, effective patterns of conflict management. Learn to stop having the same fight over & over. Learn how get what you want without 'giving in."

"Dr. Goodwin enjoys working with couples to build their ideal relationship. Relationship conflict feels overwhelming to those experiencing it. Yet, there are common patterns that couples experience, as well as successful interventions for these patterns. LGTBQ friendly."