Relationship and Marriage Counseling in Grass Valley, CA
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Relationships
Dan Michels
Therapist, LPCC, LPC, CHT, MA
Please contact me if you think we'd be a good fit. I offer a free 30-minute consultation.
9 Years Experience
In-Person in Grass Valley, CA 95949
Online in Grass Valley, CA
Relationships
Shila Vardell, AMFT
Pre-Licensed Professional, AMFT
I have specialized training in Level 1 Gottman Method Couples Therapy. I work with many couples on a vast range of issues. Together, we can work to improve your unique relationship. You and your partner will learn how to establish goals, rebuild trust and intimacy and deepen your connection with one another.
3 Years Experience
In-Person Near Grass Valley, CA
Online in Grass Valley, CA
Relationships
Relationship Therapy Center - serving individuals and couples in CA online and in the Sacramento area
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, Certified Gottman Therapist
Wondering when to seek couples counseling? Marriage counseling can help when you feel like you have disconnected and feel like roommates or if there is a high level of conflict and you struggle with communication, or if there has been a betrayal or affair. Couples therapy or couples counseling works. At our relationship counseling center we us Gottman couples therapy and it is marriage counseling that really works.
12 Years Experience
In-Person Near Grass Valley, CA
Online in Grass Valley, CA
Relationships
Dr. David Shapiro
Psychologist, California Licensed Psychologist (License# PSY17495)
Relationship & Marriage Counseling
Transforming Relational Barriers into Opportunities for Depth and Healing
Even the strongest partnerships encounter periods of emotional distance, repeating conflict loops, or painful friction. When high-pressure stress or unaddressed grievances accumulate, partners often find themselves stuck in reactive cycles—feeling misunderstood, defensive, or disconnected from the intimacy they once shared.
My approach to couples therapy is grounded in a powerful premise: our adult romantic relationships naturally activate our deepest unhealed wounds and unmet needs from childhood. Rather than viewing these activations as evidence of failure, we approach them as a profound opportunity for mutual healing, personal growth, and deeper connection.
An Integrative, Need-Centered Approach
I do not force couples into a rigid, one-size-fits-all framework. Instead, I integrate gold-standard relational principles—including attachment theory, Imago frameworks, and systemic communication tools—to help both partners build a secure, thriving relationship architecture:
De-escalating Reactive Cycles: We identify the unspoken triggers and defensive scripts that drive recurring arguments, helping you step out of defensive posture and into calm, productive dialogue.
Understanding Your Partner’s Blueprint: We explore how each partner’s history, early family dynamics, and core attachment style shape their current emotional needs, expectations, and vulnerabilities.
Cultivating Active Empathy & Responsiveness: We shift the relational dynamic from blame to genuine curiosity—helping each partner learn how to express their needs clearly and respond to their partner's longings with care, consideration, and love.
Restoring Intimacy & Trust: Whether healing from emotional distance, major life transitions, or breaches of trust, we focus on rebuilding a strong foundation of safety, emotional presence, and shared purpose.
A Safe, High-Touch Environment for Both Partners
A successful therapeutic space for couples requires absolute neutrality, discretion, and deep clinical poise.
Whether working with couples in active crisis, partners navigating a major crossroad, or couples simply seeking to deepen their emotional and physical intimacy, my goal is to provide a balanced, non-judgmental environment where both individuals feel heard, respected, and empowered to build a meaningful future together.
26 Years Experience
In-Person Near Grass Valley, CA
Online in Grass Valley, CA
Relationships
Jean-Marie Bottequin
Life Coach, WAPP
Would you like to work on your partnership that will further enrich your partnership?
Do you want to understand your partner better and thus become a little happier?
Are you single? Do you want to prepare for a partnership, maybe you also want to understand why it didn't work out with the last partnership, or or or ...
As a Life Coach I have been married for a relatively long time and that 3 times!
So I know that marriage is not always easy, that it is a task, but how fulfilling it can be and how rewarding partnership can be if we don't give up but work on the relationship.
"Man is a mine rich in precious stones of inestimable value"
Let us try to apply this reference from Bahá'u'lláh to our partner and ourselves.
The coaching topics could be:
- Marriage as a life task
- From being in love to being in love
- Understanding my partner better
- to be afraid. Fear or anxiety? Of what?
- Desires confuse me
- What can I do myself?
- Family of origin, childhood and sibling constellation, is that important?
- How can I work on my independence?
- How can I develop my own strengths and abilities?
- Cooperation, with whom?
- Partner search, how do I do that?
- Encouragement / discouragement
- Which diverse signals do I send out?
- How is my communication? How should it be?
- Do I know my partner?
- About sexuality
- Being able to forgive is worth its weight in gold
- What is a marriage vision?
- What is my vision and attitude?
- Living conditions and crisis conditions
- Where do we go from here?
- Why or what am I on this planet fore?
36 Years Experience
Online in Grass Valley, CA
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Grass Valley, CA Statistics
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Grass Valley, CA average 16 years of experience and charge around $206 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (64%), Psychodynamic Therapy (43%), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (39%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$206
Accept insurance
36%
Offer sliding scale
46%
Gender ID
| 64% |
Female |
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| 32% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 68% |
In Person and Online |
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| 32% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 64% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 43% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 39% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 35% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 35% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 34% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 32% | Relational Psychotherapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 60% | Young Adult |
| 55% | Senior |
| 53% | Teen |
| 24% | Children |
Client Focus
| 55% | Women |
| 42% | LGBTQ+ |
| 39% | Men |
| 26% | Christian |
| 24% | Hispanic / Latino |