Roseville Couples Counseling
James Christensen LMFT
License #142990
Your relationship needs help:
You want communication, but you get conflict.
You want connection, but you get anger.
You want affection, but you get apathy.
Things can be so much better:
You can have lifelong love
You can feel heard and understood
You can have connection and communication
I can help you:
Fix communication issues
Rebuild trust and intimacy
Feel heard and understood
Pricing:
$250 per session
First session is free
I don’t take insurance
Your First Session is Free
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How it Started
My wife and I married a few weeks before I started Air Force pilot training. We fought hard to protect our marriage from the pressures of military life, but we still drifted apart and eventually fell out of love. We cared a lot about having a good marriage and providing a loving home for our children, but we didn’t know how to make that happen.
We started couples therapy after my first deployment. We spent thousands of dollars on therapy, books, workshops, and retreats, but nothing changed. I became obsessed with the science of relationship repair, and decided to become a therapist myself.
We finally found a couples therapist trained by Dr. David Schnarch. Her no-nonsense “Crucible Therapy” approach was a breath of fresh air after years of ineffective counseling. She helped us rebuild our marriage from the ground up. We started talking like old friends, enjoying each other’s company, and feeling like we were on the same team again.
I started Crucible Therapy training as soon as I became a licensed therapist. I knew it was the best way to help couples fall in love all over again.
Nothing matters more than having a happy marriage. Rebuilding our relationship is the hardest thing we have ever done, and it’s been so worth it.
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Dr. David Schnarch
What is Crucible Therapy?
Dr. David Schnarch (pictured here) created Crucible Therapy to help couples have more connection, communication, and intimacy.
In Crucible Therapy, personal growth is the key to relationship improvement. You will learn to feel more safe and more connected in your relationship. You will also learn to communicate effectively, rebuild trust, and handle conflict in a collaborative way.
Crucible Therapy cuts straight to the root of relationship distress. We will immediately start addressing the underlying issues that stand between you and lifelong love.
Crucible therapy saved my marriage, and it just might save yours.
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Services
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Communication breaks down when you don’t allow your partner to want things that you don’t want, and to see things differently than the how you see them. Learn More.
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Problems in your relationship lead to increased anxiety at home and at work. I can help you understand and resolve relationship problems by getting to the root of what’s causing you to feel angry, upset, or distressed.
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Dr. David Schnarch’s Crucible Therapy is my preferred approach to helping couples untangle difficult relationship dynamics. In my experience, Crucible Therapy is much more effective than Gottman and EFT, especially for couples with extremely difficult dynamics. I also find that it works more quickly, and helping couples resolve conflict in weeks, not months. Click here to learn more about Crucible Therapy
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Do you want more connection in your relationship? Do you want to feel like you’re on the same page again?
Couples therapy can help you feel more peace, more passion, and less stress in your relationship. Improve communication, stop arguing, and learn how to resolve conflict in a more effective way.
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Sexual problems are present in most long-term relationships. The most common concern is a difference in sexual desire, where one partner cares more about sex than the other. I can help you use this difference in desire to create a deeper, more satisfying sexual relationship. Learn more
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Has there been a breach of trust in your relationship? Do you want to rebuild trust in your partner, and feel calm and safe again at home? Does your partner feel suspicious and want to check up on everything you do? I can help you rebuild trust and feel safe with each other again.
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The person you trusted most, the one you shared your life with, has betrayed you in the most intimate way. You feel foolish for not seeing the signs earlier. You’re questioning every moment of your relationship, wondering if any of it was real. You want to move forward, but you don’t even know where to start.
Emotional affairs can be just as damaging as physical affairs because they create a breach of trust and cause both partners t reconsider their commitment to the relationship.
If your relationship has been impacted by infidelity, click here to learn more about what you can do to make things better.
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Most couples attend 50-minute sessions every week or every other week. I also offer intensive couples therapy, which usually means three or four days of daily three-hour therapy sessions.
Consider intensive therapy if you want to move fast, if weekly therapy doesn’t fit into your schedule, or if you don’t live near Roseville but want to attend in-person therapy.