Roseville
Couples
Counseling

Couples Therapy in Roseville, CA
James Christensen LMFT
916-292-8920

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Our Story

I spent 25 years in the Air Force, and military life was hard on our marriage. We wanted to provide a peaceful home for our children, but we kept drowning in resentment and anger.

We started couples therapy after my first military deployment, but it didn’t help much. After working with five different couples therapists, we were still arguing and avoiding each other most of the time.

Our sixth therapist was different. She seemed to understand exactly what was going on in our marriage, and she told us exactly what we we needed to change to have a better marriage. She was trained in an approach I had never heard of, something called “Crucible Therapy.”

This new kind of therapy was like a breath of fresh air. It only took us a few weeks to work through problems that had stumped all of our other therapists.

I became a Crucible Therapist to help couples the way our therapist helped us. My goal is to help you see concrete improvement after every single session.

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A Different Kind of Couples Therapy

Crucible Therapy helps couples solve the problems that make marriage miserable.

Unlike traditional couples therapy, crucible therapy focuses on personal growth and personal responsibility.

Crucible Therapy can help you work through:

  • Communication problems: stop arguing and start communicating.

  • Infidelity: Feel heard, feel understood, and start rebuilding trust.

  • Intimacy issues: Rekindle sexual desire and solve sexual problems

  • Narcissism: overcome personality problems that destroy relationships

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Services

  • 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.


    Click here to learn more about how couples therapy works.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Almost all of my couples work with me at my office on Harding Blvd in Roseville, California.

    I also offer relationship coaching via zoom, but I prefer working in person when possible.

    I chose my Roseville location because it’s easily accessible from Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Rocklin, and Antelope.

  • I'm more blunt, bold, and direct than most relationship therapists.

    Almost all of my clients are couples, and all of my post-graduate training is focused on helping couple improve their relationships.

    Most therapists specialize in individual therapy, not couples therapy. Because my work is so focused on helping couples, I have a lot of in-depth experience working with all sorts of relationship challenges.

  • Most of my clients are couples, but I do sometimes work with individuals and families.

  • 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.

  • I often focus on communication problems during my first session with couples in my Roseville office.

    I can help you learn how to get your point across in a more powerful and collaborative way.

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