Marriage counseling that Heals in Clayton, CA. Restore Your Relationship.

I provide premarital counseling to couples planning to get married to help ensure that their marriage starts on a healthy foundation. I provide marriage counseling to couples who are struggling with day-to-day challenges as well as life changing events.

I work with couples to repair and rebuild their relationships. My goal is to help couples find a deeper understanding of one another and create a more meaningful relationship where more effective communication and healing can occur.

In my private practice, I see adults, couples and children. My focus is on such issues as grief and loss, anger, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, communication concerns, impulsivity, parenting, sexuality and gender identity.

All deep, long-term relationships trigger emotional wounds and learned patterns. I work with couples who want their relationship to be a pathway toward healing and transformation. We use experiential processes to deepen authentic communication and enhance intimacy.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

We want connection- a space to be vulnerable and truly seen. But emotional intimacy is risky, and that scares us, especially with a difficult history! Instead of being vulnerable, we build up walls to protect us. Let's break down the walls and build a loving connection.

I use Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help couples identify parts that are interacting within a relationship, developing a better understanding of themselves and their relationship patterns.

I specialize in working with couples. I trained with couples therapy expert Terry Real (Author of "Us" and use his Relational Life Therapy approach, which helps couples to navigate more effectively the natural relational cycle of disharmony, harmony, and repair.

Though we are not licensed marriage counselors, Grey Matters International, Inc. provides cutting edge brain optimization and rebalancing technology to better align the minds of partners to reduce conflict, increase hope---for the brain has the final word on change.

Couples, Families and Relationships. Are you and your loved one feeling disconnected from one another? Do you find yourself constantly in the same dysfunctional patterns? Are you feeling shut out/shut down in your relationship? Let me help you find connection again!

I specialize in 'all things relationship:' especially marriages, using cognitive, psychodynamic, and trauma resolution models.

We are all made for relationship and marriage is one of the most special relationships we aspire to in life. I can help you work through relational challenges to improve your marriage and experience the relationship you and your partner desire!

Relationships have become increasing difficult in these stressful times. Couples often require support and a neutral place to identify and work through their issues. I help couples to focus on the positives and manage the conflicts while building friendship and trust.

Rooted in attachment, neurobiology, and client-centered work, I use experiential methods to help those who feel disconnected from others and themselves find the link playfully back to being in relationship. I serve children, adolescents, and adult individuals.

I provide couples counseling which can be beneficial whether you are married or in a long term partnership. Therapy can be helpful for all couples to open up communication, gain mutual understanding and have a safe place to be vulnerable.

The path of loving can sometimes be difficult. Even the most devoted partners have conflicts from time to time. A compassionate therapist with experience in helping couples can be an invaluable resource for your relationship. If I can help, please call me.

Though we are not licensed marriage counselors, Grey Matters International, Inc. provides cutting edge brain optimization and rebalancing technology to better align the minds of partners to reduce conflict, increase hope---for the brain has the final word on change.

In couples therapy, I create a safe space for partners to build a deep and lasting transformation with improved communication, mutual empathy, and a renewed (or new) intimacy.

If you Love your partner a lot, but they drive you crazy. Are you alone in your relationship? Does your partner not really see you for who you are? I can help change the painful dance that you are caught in. I love helping Therapy Resistant Men empathize & listen!!!

My approach employs: two cutting-edge diagnostic tools; addresses core issues not just surface ones; is goal & solutions-oriented; provides steps to rebuild your relationship; involves real-time changes not long-term therapy; focuses on reconciliation not treatment.

Sylvia has pioneered therapeutic approaches to communication skills with families & couples. She facilitates seminars on marriage. She is certified in Prepare/Enrich. Sylvia also has significant experience working with adolescents and children including victims of crime