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Couples & Pre-Marital Therapy for Deeper Emotional Intimacy

Whether you're dating, engaged, or have been together for years, relationships take work. Our couples and pre-marital counseling sessions help partners strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and grow closer. At Whole Health Counseling, we hold space for both challenges and possibilities—working with you to develop healthier patterns and a deeper emotional connection.

 

Using evidence-based methods like emotionally focused therapy (EFT), we tailor each session to your relationship goals.

 

Therapy is available in person at our San Francisco office and virtually for couples living anywhere in California.

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Most couples get into trouble because they never learned the tools and skills necessary for making a long-term relationship successful. Imagine how much better your life could be if you could see yourself and your partner through the eyes of compassion. I believe the power of connection, trust, honesty, and safety are the key foundations of a healthy and thriving relationship.

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We welcome couples of all ethnicities, sexual orientations, religions, and races.

Our Services

Our experienced and empathetic therapists are here to offer a safe and non-judgmental space for you and your partner to explore your feelings, improve communication, and resolve conflicts. Whether you're dealing with trust issues, communication breakdowns, or simply looking to strengthen your bond, our couples counseling services are tailored to meet your unique needs.

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At Whole Health Counseling Center, we use evidence-based techniques to help you understand each other better and develop practical strategies for a healthier relationship. Our friendly and knowledgeable team is dedicated to supporting you every step of the way in our couples therapy.

 

You can also contact Whole Health Counseling Center to learn about our workshops and then start your journey towards lasting connection and happiness.

Benefits of Couple Counseling

Couples Counseling can help you:

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  • Communicate more effectively & create positive life patterns

  • Work through disagreements or differences

  • Feel trust and at ease with one another

  • Learn how to identify one’s needs and share those needs with the other

  • Create safety together, building authenticity

  • Let go of the past, and forgive, grow, and cultivate into something new together

  • Relate to each other more healthily, leading to the development of even more love

  • Empathetic listening vs. defensive listening

  • Understand positive and negative communication cycles

  • Deal with hurt and disappointment with one’s partner

  • Explore emotional and practical needs, what those needs are for each individual, how to ask for them, and how to recognize others' needs.

  • Intimacy: this includes touch, kind words, sensuality, and sex

  • ​Understand and explore the lack of romantic or sexual feelings in your relationship

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If you are at the end of your relationship and want support navigating how to break up, move on, process feelings or events, our therapists are available to go through this with you. The ending can be a new beginning, as well as an opportunity to reflect and grow.​

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Premarital Counseling

This is an exciting time for you, but maybe you want to dive deeper into understanding your relationship. It's better to fill your toolbox early in your relationship so you are equipped for the transitions, changes, celebrations, and tension that will arise at some point.

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This is a 10-12 week program that specifically covers the following topics so that you feel are important. Your therapists will guide you in exploring personal beliefs, family patterns, societal expectations, social media influences, and personal needs.

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  • Personal goals and personal dreams​

  • Career and/or further education​

  • Deciding on whether or not to have children and what that looks like​

  • Extended family, its impact, role, and influence in your life​

  • Physical Health and Self-Image​

  • Finances, your relationship with money and shared goals​

  • Spirituality and/or religion​

  • Social life, friends and activities​

  • Location, where to live, raise kids, costs of living, ideas of lifestyle

  • Trauma that has impacted you and your relationship​

  • Shared values â€‹

  • Sex, intimacy, and closeness​

  • Feelings and beliefs around arguing and disagreements​

  • Previous relationships including friendships or romantic partners that are impacting you​​

  • Great way to deepen your connection!​​

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