Marriage and Couples Counseling in San Francicso
Our San Francisco Bay Area couples counselors specialize in marriage, premarital and family therapy, providing you with the support you need to revitalize your relationship.
We have assisted hundreds of couples, using the latest developments in couples therapy research, to discover the most effective solutions to the challenges couples face.
Couples Therapy, Marriage Counseling & Psychotherapy in San Francisco
Our San Francisco Bay Area couples counselors specialize in marriage, premarital and family therapy, providing you with the support you need to revitalize your relationship. We have assisted hundreds of couples, using the latest developments in couples therapy research, to discover the most effective solutions to the challenges couples face.
Our approach is warm, interactive, and practical, allowing our marriage counselors to focus on short-term results so that you can quickly experience more ease and connection with your partner.
Our couples counselors in San Francisco Bay Area are skilled in the most up-to-date research and educational information available on relationships. No matter your needs, our experts can help guide you and create an action plan for you to achieve your most exceptional relationship.
We also offer sliding-scale therapy to those with limited financial resources. Our goal is to support you in having the fulfilling, passionate relationship you desire. We offer relationship counseling to individuals and couples as well as weekend seminars, workshops, and free lectures. In addition to several offices in San Francisco, we serve clients in the East Bay and South Bay.
You can have the relationship you want.
We focus on experiential practices.
Improving Communication
Are you getting stuck in the same arguments again and again? The Couples Center of the San Fransisco Bay Area can help you resolve underlying issues, so that you can easily speak about the things that matter most…. read more.
Building Trust
Intimacy is built on trust. When trust in a relationship has been compromised, it can feel very lonely. Marriage counseling can support you in taking the steps for rebuilding trust and connection… read more.
Igniting Passion
Do you feel more like roommates than lovers? Has your sexual passion declined? Couples counseling can help you rediscover the vitality of your physical and romantic relationship… read more.
Check out our F&Qs to learn more about how we are different!
We work with the Experts.
Relationship Specialists: We help both individuals and couples improve their relationships.
Focused Process: When you work with a specialist, progress can happen quite fast.
Engaging & Interactive: Within a warm, supportive environment we offer direct feedback on how you can make your relationship better.
Finding a Good Fit: It is important for you to feel comfortable with your therapist. We’ll do our best to find you the counselor who best fits your needs.
Specialized Focus: Our therapists and coaches specialize in individual therapy, Couples Counseling, and Sex Coaching + Therapy. No matter what you are experiencing, our therapists have the skills to help you find happiness.
Meet Our Team
Alan Camardo
LMFT
Abigail Rooney
AMFT
Ephrat Shapiro
LMFT
Ethel Monstrel
LMFT
Francesco Cerminara
LMFT
Gal Szekely
Senior LMFT
Jeff Shore
LMFT
Joanna Fassl
AMFT
Josh Greene
LMFT
Jessica Hansen
LMFT
Kimberly Jones
LMFT
Kristina Nakamura
LPCC
Lisa Anderson
LMFT
Lori Roniger
AMFT
Mariella Lauriola, PhD
Senior Therapist
Mia Yoder
LMFT
Pnina Shamsi
AMFT
Robbie Richler
AMFT
Sarah Wagner
AMFT
Satwinder Mahabir
LMFT
Dr. Seth Prosterman
LMFT, Sex Therapist
Taune Lyons
AMFT
Relationship Therapy and Couples Counseling in the San Francisco Bay Area!
Whether you are a couple or an individual, we believe that achieving happiness and security are essential for relationship success.
We can help you better attune to yourself and your partner. Here are some of the common areas we help our patients in:
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If you’re coming to couples therapy for the first time, you probably have some questions about it. Here are some of the basics, with links for further resources: In relationship counseling, you’ll meet with one of our San Francisco marriage therapists once a week for 50 to 60 minutes, or sometimes every other week for 75 to 80 minutes.
Most of the time the sessions will be together with you and your partner, but occasionally your therapist will meet with each one of you individually.
You’ll meet in one of our San Francisco counseling offices, depending on the relationship counselor assigned to you – most of our locations are in or around the Financial District.
In the first marriage therapy session, your therapist will get some background information from you and will clarify your goals for working together. Once your goals are clarified, your marriage counselor will work with both of you to identify the strengths of your relationship and how to build on them, and also the challenges you have and how to understand them. Every couple has one or a few underlying patterns that cause most of their challenges.
Once you identify them and know how to overcome them, your relationship can become much easier to manage and a lot more intimate. If you have specific questions, our marriage counselors will be happy to have an initial phone consultation with you.
For more information, read what to expect from marriage counseling or our counseling FAQs.
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