Whether you are going through a rough patch or a crisis, couples and marriage counseling can help. The sooner you respond to problems, the faster you and your partner will be able to get your relationship back on track. Our approach is based on the latest marital research and methods of Dr. John Gottman and the Gottman Institute. This positive “nuts and bolts” approach to working with couples provides you with the tools and skills that will get results.  Learn More.

Are you unable to talk about difficult issues without fighting or stonewalling? Do you feel that you and your partner have become polarized, extreme and unwilling to compromise? Are you dealing with an affair, threat of divorce, serious illness, substance abuse or domestic violence? In these situations it is very important to take steps to stabilize the situation before major decisions are made.  Learn More.

Couples in Crisis

In addition to our availability of HIPAA Compliant Online Couples Counseling and Coaching, A Couple’s Place Counseling Center offers couples therapy & marriage counseling for all to Marin County, California, and the greater San Francisco Bay Area including the communities of: San Rafael, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Ross, San Anselmo, Sausalito, Tiburon, Belvedere, and Novato, California.

In addition to offering couples The Art & SCIENCE of Love - Weekend Retreat Couples Workshops (which are also eligible for continuing education units for professional clinicians), we train therapists to use research-based Gottman-Method couples therapy for their clientele with relationship issues.

Our other websites include aCouplesWorkshop.com for The Art & SCIENCE of Love - Weekend Retreat Couples Workshops and TrainingForCouplesTherapy.com for therapists interested in learning Gottman-Method Couples Therapy.

Our clientele is diverse and includes married, cohabiting, straight and gay couples as well as individuals.

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All long term relationships go through difficult transitions. Common challenges for couples are parenting a newborn or a teen, a lost job, a move, elder parents, mid-life or empty nest. Unfortunately, sometimes couples fall into bad habits during these times that starts them on a negative slide. You will know when that is happening because you will experience an increase in what Gottman has termed “The Four Horsemen”, Defensiveness, Criticism, Contempt and Stonewalling.  Learn More.

Our Approach to Gottman-Method Couples Therapy

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are Divorce Predictors

A Couple’s Place

Research-based Relationship Counseling

You will receive a complete assessment, treatment plan and tools that work!

A complete assessment of your relationship based on the latest marital research.

A clear and precise treatment plan that targets specific goals for your relationship.

Tools designed to help you manage conflict, build your friendship and uncover your dreams.

Extended Sessions or Marathon Therapy may be the approach for you. Extended Sessions are an expansion on our standard sessions designed especially for the couple who is traveling to the Center from outside of the immediate area. Marathon Therapy or our special “Weekend Couples Intensive” are focused approaches to relationship issues that can span two or more days. They help couples move quickly through specific issues and learn important new skills in a short period of time. Couples out of the immediate area or out-of-state may also wish to enhance their experience by planning vacation time here in the SF Bay Area.  Learn More.

Extended Sessions & Marathon Therapy

Learn tools for relationship success that are grounded in decades of research by John Gottman and his colleagues at The Relationship Institute! We will teach you what successful couples do to keep their relationships strong. You will learn how happy couples build rituals of connection, manage conflict and keep alive their dreams and aspirations. You will be building the foundation of a Sound Relationship House to withstand time. We offer a special Pre-Marital/Pre-Commitment Counseling package which is tailored to your relationship.  Learn More.

Pre-Marital or Pre-Commitment Couples Counseling

Most couples go through difficult periods and struggle from time to time. This is true for both healthy and unhealthy relationships. The question for many is knowing when to seek help from a couple’s counselor. On average, couples wait six years form the onset of problems before seeking help. No one knows for sure why. It might have something to do with their fear of being blamed for the problems. Or it could be that they just don’t realize that they have developed patterns of communication that are destructive to their marriage or relationship until they get a wake up call. The wake up call may come in the form of a crisis like an affair, or it may be more subtle, like realizing that you are not feeling or receiving the love, fondness and admiration that you once did.