Roseville Couples Counseling
Couples Therapy in Roseville, CA
Your First Session is Free
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James Christensen LMFT
Your relationship needs help:
You want communication, but you get conflict.
You want connection, but you get contempt.
You want intimacy, but you get indifference.
Things can be so much better:
Feel heard and understood
Repair, restore, reconnect
Build back better than ever
Pricing:
$250 per session
Your First Session is Free
We don’t take insurance
Our Story
Molly and I got married two days after I graduated from the Air Force Academy. Full of hope for our future, we packed up our first U-Haul and headed to Texas for pilot training.
Military life was hard on our marriage. We moved five times during our first five years together, and every move seemed to increase the emotional difference between us.
More than anything, we wanted to provide a peaceful, loving home for our children. Instead, we were drowning in anger, resentment, and hurt feelings. This wasn’t the marriage we wanted.
We started couples therapy after my first deployment. We spent five years working with five different therapists, but nothing changed.
We still felt tense and uncomfortable around each other, and we couldn’t communicate about our relationship problems.
Our sixth therapist was the one who saved us. She was trained in Crucible Therapy, which completely different from all of the other therapy we had done.
Our new therapist told us exactly what we needed to change if we wanted to build a better marriage. She was so direct and confident, it was like a breath of fresh air.
We listened to her, and things started to get better. The pain and resentment melted away, and our marriage started to heal.
I signed up for Crucible Therapy Training as soon as I got my own therapy license. Molly plans to join me at Roseville Couples Counseling as soon as she becomes a licensed marriage therapist.
Molly and James Christensen
Services
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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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Create a solid foundation for your marriage. Improve communication, resolve resentment, and learn skills that will help you build a lifetime of love and caring. Click here to learn more about premarital therapy
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Your faith is welcome in my therapy office. I love working with Christian couples who are committed to the work of building a marriage that can stand the test of time.
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I offer couples therapy for communication issues in Roseville, California. Communication is the key to healing your relationship. Come learn how to have calm, collaborative conversations about even the most difficult topics.
Click here to learn more about Communication Therapy for Couples
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Sexual problems are normal in long-term romantic relationships. If you have been together with your partner for more than a few years, there is a very high probability that you have already encountered sexual problems.
I have extensive postgraduate training focused on helping couples improve sexuality and work through differences in sexual desire.
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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.
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I'm not licensed to offer therapy outside of California, but I can still help you improve your relationship with relationship coaching. Unlike therapy, relationship coaching does not include diagnosing or treatment of mental illness. Coaching can help you improve connection, communication, resolve conflict, and get your relationship back on track. Your first session is free. Reach out today to schedule.
FAQ
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Almost all of my clients work with me in person at my office on Harding Blvd in Roseville, California.
I also offer online relationship coaching that is available worldwide.
Wherever you are in the world and wherever you are in your relationship journey, I can help you build a better relationship and have the kind of love you dream of.
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I work between noon and 7pm on weekdays and between 10am and 2pm on Saturdays.
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Couples therapy is the best way to restore trust to your relationship after infidelity.
I break trust into the following three categories:
First, trust in your partner that they will no longer deceive you and cheat.
Second, trust in yourself that you will take care of yourself no matter what your partner chooses to do.
Third, trust in your ability to accurately perceive how trustworthy your partner is at any moment.
If there has been infidelity in your relationship, then all three of these categories of trust have been broken and you must work to rebuild all three of them, including the two that are within your control.
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I'm more blunt, bold, and direct than most relationship therapists.
I only work with couples, and I attend several weeks of in-person couples therapy training every year. I have helped hundreds of couples improve their relationships.
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Almost all of my clients are couples, but I also work with individuals and families. I am trained in EMDR and accelerated resolution therapy for treating trauma, and I specialize in working with law enforcement officers and the military community.
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I offer premarital therapy to help couples prepare for the commitment of marriage.
My wife and I have been married for 24 years. During that time I have grown to appreciate the work and dedication required to make a marriage that lasts a lifetime.
Premarital therapy is the best way to set your marriage off on a good course.
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I have extensive experience providing couple therapy to couples who struggle with intimacy concerns in their relationships.
Sexual difficulties are a normal part of long-term relationships, and I have postgraduate training focused on improving sexuality in long-term relationships.
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My wife and I worked with quite a few couples therapists in Roseville before we finally found a therapist who could help us with our relationship. I offer my first session for free because I want you to know for sure what you're getting before you have to pay for it.
The Three Stages
of Couples Therapy
Stage one: Identify Blindspots
You can’t change what you can’t see. My job is to help you see yourself more accurately, so that you start making positive changes in your relationship.
Stage two: Build New Pathways
Learn how to stay calm, communicate more effectively, and stand up for yourself with power and grace. This is where you become a more powerful, kind, and caring person.
Stage 3: Continued Growth
Now that you can communicate well and you enjoy each other’s company, we’ll work on increasing intimacy, decreasing anxiety, and putting you on a path to long-term happiness.
Your First Session is Free
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What is Crucible Therapy?
Dr. David Schnarch developed Crucible Therapy to help couples improve communication, resolve conflict, and overcome intimacy challenges.
In Crucible Therapy, personal growth is the key to relationship improvement. You will learn to feel more powerful and safe in your relationship. You will learn to communicate, rebuild trust, and handle conflict.
Crucible Therapy cuts straight to the root of relationship distress. We talk about the foundational issues that keep couples from enjoying lifelong love.
If you have already tried other kinds of couples therapy without success, I hope you will give Crucible Therapy a chance.
Dr. David Schnarch
