Couples Therapy San Francisco Relationship Counseling

Support For The Love You Want to Last

Is your relationship feeling turbulent or unhappy? Are you having trouble communicating with one another effectively? Maybe you feel that your love with one another used to be so easy, but now everything seems so hard. Maybe it starts with bickering over something small and then somehow spirals out of control. Or perhaps the low-grade bickering lasts all day without ever erupting into anything dramatic—but a grim slog through life isn’t what you’d hoped “forever” in love would look like.

Or maybe you are in a relationship that never had a true “honeymoon” period. Perhaps the unwanted conflict with your significant other, lover, partner or spouse has been there from the beginning. Perhaps in this relationship, there has always been an undeniable connection—but also far too much pain. People in this situation sometimes consider couples therapy, marriage therapy or relationship counseling. Theses words all describe the same support that I provide as a relationship counselor. The work we do together helps couples and spouses move beyond their difficulties with one another and a more gratifying, happy relationship.

Effective Couples Therapy in San Francisco

I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I provide relationship counseling to people in traditional marriages and monogamous relationships. Other relationship styles are also welcome.

I provide relationship counseling to straight couples and LGBTQ couples. I also work with ADHD couples.

In couples therapy, I help romantic partners and married couples—

• Notice when strong emotions in the present are tied to earlier life experiences

• Cultivate an ability to speak with one another productively about their experiences

• Learn, as a couple, how to cope when one or both of you are dysregulated

• Make space for both people’s feelings in the relationship

• Learn how to speak and listen in order increase understanding

• Strengthen the foundation of the relationship

• Increase feelings of security and safety

• Recover from acts or experiences of betrayal

• Become a unified team that supports one another well

• Negotiate areas of true disagreement

I work with couples, partners and spouses in a non-judgmental, respectful and compassionate manner to help you increase feelings of satisfaction and fulfillment in your relationship.

In Couples Therapy San Francisco couples get support.

If you are looking for a San Francisco relationship counselor, I encourage you to contact me. I meet with couples for therapy in-person. I also provide online relationship counseling to couples in California. If you are ready to get started in relationship counseling or marriage therapy now, this is a good time to reach out.  I will be glad to hear from you.

You can schedule a time to talk, call me, or email me.