Couples Counseling El Sobrante. Couples Counseling El Sobrante, California.
Welcome to our network of couples counseling and realtionship therapists in El Sobrante. Couples therapy and couples counseling El Sobrante, CA with a licensed and experienced therapist will strenghten your relationship and help resolve the issues that are causing you to struggle. Our California psychotherapists are trained in understanding the complex dynamics of relationships that couples face- how they fail, and how they thrive. Choose a El Sobrante couples counselor below and start your new journey towards a healthier relationship.
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Kathryn Kinsey, LCSW
Couples counseling is useful at any stage of a relationship. Premarital counseling can focus on the creation of mutual goals and anticipate potential problems so that they may be dealt with constructively. In long-term marriages there may be specific problems such as financial decisions, fidelity issues, child rearing problems, and communication problems that counseling can help. In a marriage that has lasted for many years, keeping things fresh and exciting can be a challenge. My approach is practical, research based, and utilizes resources such as reading, communication exercises as homework, and attention to creating passion and sexual satisfaction.
Esther Lerman, M.A., M.F.T.
In working with couples, I take a 3 pronged approach: 1) We examine the "baggage" that each person is carrying into the current relationship, from their original family or other significant relationships.
2) I facilitate communication between you to help each person feel heard and understood.
3) We look at the dynamic between you of repetitive patterns of interaction, to find ways to interrupt it.
Not all couples need all 3 of these, so we may only use 1 or 2, but it will be a great feeling to get past the fighting or distancing and get back to feeling connected to each other. And most likely, it will be at a deeper level than ever.
Dino Di Donato, MFT, MS, M.Ed Counseling
My work with couples is based on the belief that we are bringing two unique individuals, with their own perceptions of reality and the dynamics produced by those perceptions, together to form a third entitiy called, "The Relationship." The task is to learn about the dynamics formed within the context of this third entitiy and how best to work with them. Frequently, it requires learning how to describe our personal internal processes and how we are perceiving the other in the relationship. It requires learning to pay attention to non-verbal as well as verbal cues. We have to learn how to form a partnership by accepting various roles in the relationship in an ever changing, dynamic environment
Harry Lieberman, MFT
Myy area of specialization is working with couples. I blend contemporary psychology with humanistic and compassionate problem solving. Our alliance will focus on creating a more fulfilling conscious partnership to receive the support you need to be heard and understood by the other. Our goal is to increase intimacy by supporting the couples'strengths,the need for personal growth within the relationship, managing issues of non-productive anger and achieving goals.
Maren Gleason, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Email: Contact Maren
12 Crow Canyon Court, Suite 110, San Ramon 94583
Email: Contact Maren
12 Crow Canyon Court, Suite 110, San Ramon 94583
I help couples who have become stuck in arguments that seem to repeat and rarely get resolved. Sometimes it can seem like the same argument happens over and over even though the topic might look different. Often partners don't feel that they are understood or heard. I help couples with understanding, seeing, and hearing their own and their partner's more vulnerable feelings. These feelings can quickly ignite into anger and frustration or have one person pull away in silence. This sets up a pattern that people get stuck in. However, understanding what is driving that pattern can help couples change and find the support, safety, and closeness they crave from their relationship.
Lawrence Tunis, Ed.D, LMFT
I subscribe to the John Gottman method which teaches effective listening, softening tools, creating love maps and building mutual respect and value for each family member. Family therapy is one of my favorite areas as I love to see couples and families relearn how to experience the love they share for one another and give every family member a voice so they can gain selfesteem that they can bring out in to the world.
Melissa Lapides, MA, MFT
I strive to help couples overcome any obstacles, and learn to work as a team. Relationships take a lot of work and it is not always easy to see eye to eye with your partner. In couple's counseling sessions, I will assist each partner to really be heard and seen in a way that creates more intimacy and understanding. Through a process of deeply hearing one another and reflecting, couples can have a much richer relationship and love for one another.
Robert Hardman, MA, MDIV
As a Certified Couple Communication instructor (Interpersonal Communicatin Programs, Inc.) I integrate material from the Couple Communication Program into my work with couples. My goal in using this award-winning program is to help "you understand yourself and connect with your partner better. You learn 11 skills and other processes to communicate effectively about day-to-day events and important issues. To view a video introduction to Couple Communication go to www.couplecommunication.com/ The video shows what you may expect from Bob’s instruction and gives you access to information on Thrive an online marriage inventory he uses in couple therapy.
Dan Quinn, Psy.D.
My work focuses on a combination of skills training in how happy couples talk and argue, and the creation of safety and opportunities to create "heart-to-heart" conversations to restore and revitalize intimacy in your relationship. It is these two approaches that are supported convincingly by a large body of research, and it requires a therapist who acts as coach and referee. I don't let couples fight their same old fights in my office - the whole point is to get past the same old arguments and have the deeper and more useful conversations that have been sidetracked.
Kelly Wilcoxson, , MA, MFT Intern #66475
Therapy with your mate can provide you with new perspectives and positive options. Powerful strategies and tools are needed to break old patterns and overcome the challenges.
It is true that most adults enter into relationships today without having had the right tools to eventually be successful. This explains the rate of divorce and discontent. Couples therapy gives you the knowledge to learn how to speak, how to be heard, touched, adored, and grow old together. These tools are priceless for your lives whether you are fielding a current conflict or want to come in for preventive measures to insure a connected union.
Ben Goldstone, LMFT
We enter relationships with high hopes and desires. We want to be loved and understood, seen and heard, supported and appreciated. In addition to our qualities, we often bring “baggage” – deeply held beliefs or patterns from our early experiences, that need to be updated. Couples get stuck. Fighting follows as partners blame and attack without resolution. Over time, this can erode the relationship.Many men succeed in their professional lives but find themselves ill-equipped to participate fully in their emotional lives. Unable to access and express their true feelings, they struggle with anger, depression, addiction and anxiety impacting their daily lives. Some isolate, while others, surro
Bill Roller, Director, Group and Family Therapy Institute
Marriage and Family Therapist, state of California
Email: Contact Bill
1104 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 94707
Email: Contact Bill
1104 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 94707
The essence of couple work is communication. I am able to assess quickly the communication deficiencies of couples and address the specific remedies needed to amend their faulty attempts to be intimate in their relationships. Too often, therapists presume to know these deficiencies ahead of time and do not listen closely to the specific needs of the couple. My skill is to focus on those specific needs.
Jill Kane, Psy.D.
Each couple has a unique dynamic. I work hard to ensure that both individuals in the couple are heard and understood so that the couple feels safe to work on their communication goals and meet their intimacy needs. Relationships change as life circumstances change - new couples, couples considering marriage, addition of children to the dynamic, individual job challenges, death of parents, financial difficulties all impact the health of the couple. Come discuss the issues and improve the relationship bond.
Claire Stone, LMFT
Do you feel frustrated with your relationship and keep repeating the same fight over and over again? Or do you have many feelings that you don't express and so feel more and more isolated from your partner? If so, you are not alone. In couples' counseling, you will learn how to stop arguments and begin to listen and empathize with each other. You will learn how to negotiate in a win-win manner so that you both become part of the solution. Doing this will bring you closer together, and you will feel stronger as a couple. As you strengthen this bond, as well as maintain your individual selves, your relationship will become alive and interesting.
Ruth Schweitzer-Mordecai, LMFT
In my work with couples, my focus is on helping them to identify and change disturbing patterns that repeat over and over. With compassion, I invite each partner to a deeper understanding of their own contribution to these interactions. This leads to healing the kind of wounds we all bring to all of our relationships. Once learned, couples can take this method of self-understanding into their daily lives.
I provide a safe space in which each partner can discuss openly their concerns, fears and hopes. I help couples get in touch with the love that is present in the relationship, often buried under frustrations.
Debbie Bauer, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Email: Contact Debbie
2255 Morello Ave, Suite 103, Pleasant Hill 94523
Email: Contact Debbie
2255 Morello Ave, Suite 103, Pleasant Hill 94523
Relationships are hard. We need to acknowledge that, then address issues specific to your relationship. The most critical needs of any relationship are trust and friendship. I work to bring those into the relationship and find ways to foster them to make them prevalent over conflicts and everyday struggles. Communication is often the presenting issue with couples, however, IF an underlying warmth is present, conflicts are addressed and managed in a gentler, more loving manner. Couples need to find shared meaning in their lives and become each others' refuge. I explore with you desires, dreams, regrets, wants, etc.. Call me today and begin the journey back to your passion / friendship.
Cheryl Deaner, LMFT
Cheryl Deaner, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Email: Contact Cheryl
842 Elizabeth Street, San Francisco 94114
Email: Contact Cheryl
842 Elizabeth Street, San Francisco 94114
Couples come together through great love but often, this love can be slowly lost in the day-to-day work of living busy lives and taking each other for granted. Then when a crisis hits a couple realizes just how far they have drifted from each other.
Just think if it this way. If you had a beautiful new car but never took care of it, never changed it's oil or brought it in for a tune up, how long would that car last? Couples often neglect obvious problems in their relationships because they just don't think to look under the hood.
Honest and safe communication is the first step to finding your way back to each other. I any of this rings true for you, please contact me today.
Jane Steinberg, MFT
Couples often come to counseling when they are having difficulty resolving conflicts related to communication, finances or sexual intimacy. You may be experiencing distance, frustration or hopelessness in their relationship, or feel that their partnership lacks passion or romance.
My work with couples focuses on teaching relationship skills that allow each person to speak and listen from the heart, cultivating a partnership based on mutuality, love and respect. I’ll guide you toward building openness and intimacy in your relationship, making positive changes that will strengthen you as individuals and as partners.
I work with couples of all sexual orientations and cultural backgrounds.
Claudia Sinay-Mosias, MFT, MHA
For many of us, relationship with our significant others provide the cornerstone of our lives. The significant other may be a spouse, life partner, sibling, parent, child or friend. I have counseled people in all of these combinations. Issues of communication, intimacy, trust and cooperation are often at the forefront of the difficulty. My work with couples is very interactive and may involve assignments between sessions. It is based on 20 years of specialization in this area and a profound dedication to helping people find joy in each other and opportunity to heal through their relationships. Often the healing is not just the "couple" but has deeper roots into healing into one's life.
Shauna Reiff, MS, MFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT)
Email: Contact Shauna
2001 Blake Street, Berkeley 94706
Email: Contact Shauna
2001 Blake Street, Berkeley 94706
I specialize in seeing distressed couples: Couples that are stuck in the same argument over and over again, couples that avoid having difficult conversations because they fear conflict, couples who struggle with concrete or emotional betrayals. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help couples stay in difficult conversations long enough to recognize their negative cycles of interaction, create shifts in their responses, and establish new modes of relating. EFT has evidence based effectiveness; research shows 75% of couples move from distress to recovery with 90% showing significant improvement. Short-term: 12-30 sessions. Healing and reconnection is possible.
Philippe Nicolay, MS, MFT
I thoroughly enjoy aiding couples in their ability to communicate with one another so they can fully enjoy the potential of their marriage/relationship. Facilitating deeper understanding in your personal feelings and workings and those of your partner, enable you as a couple to grow closer & stronger. It builds capacity to face adversity, for example past trauma.
Thomas A. Gonda, Jr., MD, MFT
Psychiatrist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Email: Contact Dr. Gonda, Jr.
3150 18th Street, Suite #302, San Francisco 94110
Email: Contact Dr. Gonda, Jr.
3150 18th Street, Suite #302, San Francisco 94110
What is happening to your relationship? I won't take sides and my style zeros in on a solution focused dialogue. Couples frequently present with difficulties with: alcoholism and drug abuse, anger, anxiety, blame, blended-family problems, communication, financial conflict, infidelity, jealousy, job stress and loss of affection. We will discuss sex and love. I will give you the tools to communicate better, negotiate differences in personality and values, problem solve and even argue in a healthier way. An emphasis is placed on: establishing goals, fairness, objectivity, clarity of thought and purposeful communication.
Mark Hirschfield
I specialize in co-parenting and have a great deal of experience working with separated couples and blended families struggling to communicate effectively. I am very interactive and give all parties many tools to correct their situation to enable them to all work together to give their children the best parenting possible. Extensive tips for co-parenting on my website www.markhirschfield.com
Jonathan Goodman-Herrick, LCSW
Married for 40-years and having counseled hundreds of couples over a 30 year period, I have a deep passion and wide range of skills for helping clients. Though my work over-all is highly pragmatic and pro-active, my approach always varies to match the particular couple. Whether a couple seeks to improve communication, improve intimacy, reduce conflict or simply enrich their relationship, when possible I enjoy helping a couple turn the relationship into a vehicle for opening the heart and propeling each partner's psychological and spiritual evolution. To learn about my work, visit marriagemastery.com, marincouplecounseling.com or read my book The Heart of Relationship.
Kristina Schasker, M.A., MFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Email: Contact Kristina
2 Crow Canyon Court, Suite #110, San Ramon 94583
Email: Contact Kristina
2 Crow Canyon Court, Suite #110, San Ramon 94583
I specialize in working with couples struggling with a wide range of issues. From problems with communication and feeling connected, to parenting, affair recovery and just learning not to take the relationship for granted anymore, therapy can make a big difference. Like any other living thing, a partnership is a dynamic, growing thing that needs attention and to be nurtured and cared for. Couples therapy is an effective way to learn how to identify and express your own needs at the same time hearing, understanding, and meeting your partners needs. I have helped many couples overcome seemingly impossible challenges and go on to build happy, healthy, more satisfying relationships that last!
Fiachra Figs O'Sullivan, MA
Marriage and Family Therapist Registered Intern
Email: Contact Fiachra
3093 Sacramento Street, San Francisco 94115
Email: Contact Fiachra
3093 Sacramento Street, San Francisco 94115
I specialize in couples counseling. My best training to be of service for you comes from my own commitment to showing up vulnerably for my own relationship. Yes, nothing like my own relationship to keep me humble!
Additionally, I am a believer in following the Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) road map. Basically this means our work together will always be held within a larger empirically proven and effective framework. Clients tend to find me very safe, warm hearted, easy to share with, and very effective at helping resolve seemingly intractible conflicts or processing grief and anger over affairs or other attachment injuries.
Matthew Lindgren, MFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Email: Contact Matthew
610 16th Street, Suite 208-B, Oakland 94612
Email: Contact Matthew
610 16th Street, Suite 208-B, Oakland 94612
Your relationship used to be full of love and laughter. Maybe now you're at a point of crisis where you're considering moving out & call it all off. You've been trying to work things out. Maybe you saw a therapist who didn't seem to know how to help, or you've had bad experiences with therapists in the past. Therapy does cost money, but it's far less expensive than a divorce, new living arrangement & the considerable pain & suffering of ending a relationship. You owe it to yourself & your partner to to make an appt. with me today. http://matt-lindgren-oakland-marriage-therapist.com/
Diane Kaufman, MFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
Email: Contact Diane
582 Market Street, Suite 419, San Francisco 94104
Email: Contact Diane
582 Market Street, Suite 419, San Francisco 94104
I work with married and unmarried couples who have reached an impasse due to long standing problems or a more recent traumatic crisis. I also do premarital counseling. My approach is based on Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples in which we work to uncover the emotions beneath the repetitive destructive patterns that lead to painful disruptions and emotional distance. Then new patterns are developed, along with deeper communication, restored trust and greater intimacy. Many of my clients tell me that they feel truly understood and appreciated by their partners for the first time.
Aaron J Feldman, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Email: Contact Aaron J
Location of Therapist: Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Email: Contact Aaron J
Location of Therapist: Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Are you overwhelmed, frustrated, demoralized, afraid, fed-up, worried, unsure, or feeling hopeless about your relationship?
Have you stopped talking about things or does everything turn into a fight? Do you feel alone even when you are together?
Perhaps you are concerned about your own feelings and behavior. Maybe all of this is true.
You are not alone, and I can probably help.
Whether the dissatisfaction, the growing distance, the tension, and the arguments are about money, intimacy, a lack of communication, the kids, or broken promises, people often find themselves stuck, even trapped in painful situations.
I offer practical and lasting help for couples who are in these situation....
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