Couples Therapy
Couples therapy can be of help with couples in all stages of relationships, where there is a need for outside help. Like each of us as individuals, our relationships change over time, and sometimes require help in getting back on track. All couples have disagreements and struggles, but you may feel things have gone beyond that.
Why get couples therapy?
While one partner is often initially more inclined to get help than the other, I will work to forge an alliance together so that both of you can find the work helpful.
Couples seek out therapy for a variety of reasons, including:
- preparation for marriage or parenthood
- disagreements about money
- approaches to parenting that are in conflict
- difficulties with intimacy and sex
- struggles with a partner's drug or alcohol use
- infidelity and affairs
- distance, detachment and alienation
You can expect that I will approach both partners fairly and evenly. My role is not to take sides or find blame, but to help each of you reconnect with yourselves and each other, for the sake of the relationship. In our work together I will offer practical ways of dealing with problems at hand, and give attention to deep or long-lasting struggles that have been difficult to recognize and resolve.
Couples therapy often results in:
- a more intimate and satisfying relationship
- improved collaboration in decision-making
- deepened feelings of understanding your partner and feeling they understand you
- better collaboration in parenting
- realistic optimism about taking on major life changes, such as home-buying, parenting and marriage
- increased acceptance of past difficulties between you
I welcome your call to discuss your situation and consider whether couples therapy could be helpful to you.
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J. Marc Wallis, LCSW I 1610 Scott Street I San Francisco, CA 94115 I (415) 820-9609 I marcwallis@sbcglobal.net
San Francisco Psychotherapy I Alcohol Counseling I Couples Therapy I Adolescent Therapist in San Francisco I Psychoanalysis
