True Stance Family Counseling
Couples Counseling
Return to love with in-person couples counseling in Petaluma. Serving Novato, Santa Rosa, San Rafael, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, and Napa with online sessions across California.
resolve conflict
Enhance communication
deepen connection
"Can we rebuild trust after it’s been broken?”
The weight of unresolved fights can shatter trust and intimacy, leaving you questioning your commitment to the relationship. Over time, unaddressed hurts can erode the foundation, making every interaction feel like it could be the last straw.
Making the choice to be together is an important step in rebuilding your connection, but you can begin therapy even if you're uncertain about the future of your relationship. True Stance Family Counseling offers in-person couples counseling in Petaluma with online sessions across California.
Do you often ask yourself...
- Is this marriage repairable?
- Why can’t we just talk about things calmly?
- When will we stop having the same arguments?
- Are we just not compatible anymore?
- How do we rebuild trust?
- Can we ever get back to the way things were?
Couples Therapy In Petaluma & Online Across California
Reasons To Seek Couples Or Relationship Counseling
- Unresolved conflicts causing tension between you and your partner.
- Emotional distance between you and your spouse.
- Lack of affection and sex.
- Loneliness, even when in a relationship.
- Unhealthy family dynamics between parents and children.
- Unsuccessful blending of blended families.
- Lack of emotional support from one’s spouse and feelings of abandonment.
- Arguing, bickering, and verbal fighting.
- Difficulty discussing important couple issues and deciding on big decisions together.
- Desiring to share feelings and needs with each other more effectively.
At True Stance Family Counseling, we help struggling couples who long for love, find each other again, in a happier and more connected relationship.
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What Couples Counseling Can Help With
Enhancing Communication Skills
In relationship therapy, we work on improving how you talk and listen to each other. By focusing on empathy, active listening, and expressing needs clearly, you’ll find it easier to navigate relationship pet peeves and everyday conversations. This helps build a stronger, more connected bond.
RESOLVING ARGUMENTS AND CONFLICTS
Every couple has disagreements, but it’s how you handle them that makes the difference. Couples counseling provides a safe space to address arguments and relationship dynamics, teaching you conflict resolution skills. By understanding each other’s perspectives and learning to compromise, you can resolve issues more peacefully and maintain harmony.
STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP FOUNDATION
Couples counseling isn’t just for fixing problems; it’s also about building a solid foundation for your relationship. We help you identify and nurture your strengths as a couple, setting the stage for a healthier, happier partnership. With a focus on mutual respect and support, you’ll be better equipped to face challenges together.
NAVIGATING LIFE'S TRANSITIONS
Big life changes can put a strain on any relationship. Whether you’re dealing with job changes, moving, or starting a family, therapy can help you navigate these transitions smoothly. By fostering resilience and adaptability, you’ll learn to support each other through life’s ups and downs, coming out stronger on the other side.
PARENTING AS A TEAM
Parenting can be both rewarding and challenging, especially when partners have different approaches. In therapy, we facilitate discussions around parenting values, discipline strategies, and co-parenting dynamics. Through mutual respect, compromise, and collaboration, we empower you to navigate parenthood as a unified team, creating a supportive environment for your children to thrive.
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Nurturing Love,
One Session at a Time
We offer a complimentary 10-minute Relationship Assessment to explore what’s going on in your relationship and ways we can help you.
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Why Work With True Stance Family Counseling
We believe any situation can be turned around and made better.
Sometimes clients come in feeling hopeless or unsure of how to move forward. Often, they’re in so much pain that it’s hard to focus on progress. We help you discover inner strengths you didn’t know you had, fostering happier and healthier relationships with loved ones, family, friends, and colleagues. We assist in managing worries, anxieties, and other challenging emotions, providing the support you need to navigate tough times.
Life can present significant and painful obstacles. When you’re struggling with a difficult relationship or life challenge, talking to someone who offers empathy, understanding, and practical help can be invaluable. We aim to support you through these challenging times, helping you thrive, find enjoyment, and achieve your goals.
With over 26 years of experience, we offer compassionate, insightful therapy tailored to your needs. We walk with you toward your desired goals, using empathy, compassion, and experience to help you achieve the results you seek. Our practice is built on the philosophy of helping others achieve fulfillment and happiness.
With the right help, you can find more satisfaction, communicate better with those around you, and create a more fulfilling life.
Founder, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
For 20+ years, I have been helping struggling couples who long for love, find each other again, in a happier and more connected relationship.
True Stance Family Counseling offers:
Results
Clients often come in feeling hopeless or unsure of how to move forward. Our therapists listen, provide support around the pain, and help you take steps forward.
Experience
Our therapists, trained in graduate school and as licensed professionals, help clients get results and improve relationships. They guide you with professional and compassionate care.
Compassion
Life is challenging. Our therapists listen carefully and provide support when you’re feeling stuck or in emotional pain, helping you make your life work better.
As you learn to be yourself authentically in every area of your life, you can find your true stance.
Our Approach
How Our Couples Counseling Works
We get to know you
In our first session, we sit down with both of you to understand your unique relationship dynamics, concerns, and goals. This helps us get a clear picture of where you are and what you hope to achieve.
We develop a plan
After our initial assessment, we craft a personalized therapy plan just for you. This plan is tailored to address your specific needs and objectives, ensuring that we focus on what matters most to your relationship.
We work with you
Through regular sessions, we guide and support you as you work through the plan. We’ll be with you every step of the way, helping you implement strategies to improve communication, rebuild trust, and deepen your connection.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Couples Counseling
I’ve been in couples counseling before and it didn’t fix us. Why would this be any different?
Every therapist has their own style and their history and background. If one therapist that you’ve tried isn’t the right match, it can be important to try a different therapist. We suggest working with someone who has specialized in couples therapy.
What happens in couples counseling?
We help each member of the couple to express their needs more clearly. And to listen to their partner’s needs in a new way. Some couples benefit from learning new communication skills. We help couples learn how to sit with each other in ways that promote peacefulness, connection, and understanding.
Do we need to talk about the past in couples therapy?
Many times it is helpful to look at the past in couples therapy. It can be useful to notice how patterns we developed in childhood may affect how we behave in relationships. And sometimes painful experiences between you and your spouse from the past are still affecting the relationship in the present. It can be helpful to learn how to talk about these past hurts, so that they stop haunting the relationship and can get release.
How long will it take to feel better?
Usually, it takes couples a long time to get into the situation they are in, and it may take many sessions to get into a better place. While most people would like to have therapy work in just a few sessions, it usually takes longer. Please talk to us directly about this if you have some questions or concerns around the time.
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What You Can Expect From Couples Counseling
- Greater satisfaction and happiness with your spouse.
- Better self-awareness and awareness of your partner.
- Ability to set and honor healthy boundaries.
- Confidence in communicating your concerns and making decisions together.
- More peacefulness at home and less frequent arguments.
- A sense of emotional safety and feeling loved and appreciated.
- Strengthened trust and connection with your spouse.
- Reassured that you are role-modeling healthy relationship behavior to your kids.
See your partnership as a sanctuary again.
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How To Get Started
True Stance Family Counseling offers in-person counseling from our Petaluma location or online from anywhere in California.
You can book a free 10-minute phone consultation by calling us or submitting a message. We will schedule you for an appointment. Ready to get started? You can also book directly online using the button below.
