Relationship and Marriage Counseling in San Diego, CA
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Relationships
Karina Rivera
Pre-Licensed Professional, APCC 14780, supervised by Nora Katz, LCSW 112300
If the same argument or pattern keeps coming back, we look at the dynamic itself and what each person brings to it, so something can finally shift.
2 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92108
Online in San Diego, CA
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Nora Katz
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Founder and Clinical Director, Inner Compass Psychotherapy
Relationship patterns tend to repeat until we understand where they started. I help individuals and couples see the cycle, feel less stuck in it, and connect in ways that feel more honest.
7 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92108
Online in San Diego, CA
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Tendril Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Communication struggles, unresolved conflicts, and growing apart can weigh on even the strongest relationships. Here at Tendril, we provide a space for couples to explore these challenges, rebuild connection, and nurture understanding.
7 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92127
Online in San Diego, CA
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Hayden Dover
Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT, CST
My work with couples focuses on helping partners create more honest, connected, and fulfilling relationships. I work with communication problems, recurring conflict, emotional distance, resentment, desire differences, sexless relationships, infidelity, trust repair, and major life transitions. As a Certified Sex Therapist, I also help couples talk more directly and respectfully about sexuality, desire, intimacy, and the patterns that keep them disconnected.
22 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92116
Online in San Diego, CA
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Alyssa Zarske
Pre-Licensed Professional, AMFT 158291, supervised by Nora Katz, LCSW 112300
For couples stuck in the same argument or drifting apart, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method to understand the cycle between you and build new ways to talk, repair, and reconnect.
2 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Ross Kellogg, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Individual, Marriage, and Family Therapist (LMFT)
I have extensive training and experience in providing by Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy for partners at any stage of their relationship.
12 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Claire Babbitt, LMFT, JD
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, J.D.
Meeting with couples can be helpful to reduce immediate tension, anger and confusion. In some cases where individuals are experiencing divorce or separation it can be very helpful to gain perspective from a third party who presents a non judgemental, empathic, and goal oriented approach to the immediate problem. My legal training is often helpful in presenting a practical, non emotional approach to the ongoing conflict or
immediate crisis
16 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92127
Online in San Diego, CA
Relationships
Dr. Diane Carlson
Marriage and Family Therapist, Psy.D., MFT., Holistic Psychotherapist
I am dedicated to an eclectic approach to help clients be in control of their lives and find joy. These times are confusing and overwhelming to most of us but we can face the challenges together. After 25 yrs in practice I am a seasoned therapist who is comfortable accepting your present realities.
38 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92108
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Jennifer Warkentin
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
As a licensed marriage and family therapist, the bulk of my research and practice is on relationships. Couples often seek counseling to improve their communication, resolve conflicts, improve their intimacy, recover from infidelity, manage an addiction, or work through a stressor. Sharing a life with another person comes with challenges. I'll share some tools for managing roadblocks and help strengthen your bond.
18 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Matthew Bishop
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Doctorate in Behavioral Health Leadership
Couples therapy is not about deciding who’s right — it’s about learning how to hear each other and rebuild trust. I help partners slow down their conflicts, identify recurring cycles, and practice new ways of connecting that strengthen the relationship.
10 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92102
Online in San Diego, CA
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Yukiko K Hartman
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MS, LPCC, LMHC
Why are relationships so sweet some time and so difficult other time? It's because we have emotional connection with our loved ones. In fact, building close relationship and maintaining it require a lot of awareness of what's happening in you and your partner, and between two of you. Also, knowing how to maintain emotional connection and how to repair the connection quickly when it's broken is the key for you to keep your important relationship going. In my therapy, we will look into your relationship to see what is not working and how it has affected you and your partner. I will introduce to you many elements of healthy relationship and have you learn new skills and behaviors. Relationship issues are often complicated and take time before you see the improvement. So, you may need to commit to therapy, but I believe it is worth your time and effort if you think your relationship is important for you.
15 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Dr. Aleksandra Drecun
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Relationship counseling strengthens bonds involved in interpersonal relationships. It is not necessary to have a troubled relationship to seek counseling. Relationship counseling can include couples or families to achieve more adequate, satisfying and productive romantic and family relationships and social adjustment. Relationship counseling or therapy also includes premarital counseling, divorce or separation counseling and other relationship counseling.
25 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92130
Online in San Diego, CA
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Whole Wellness Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Whole Wellness Therapy believes that change and growth happen most through relationships. Relationships bring out the best and the worst in us. In order to understand ourselves and our partner in the context of our relationships, it's essential that we are able to recognize the patterns that contibute to any disconnectedness, disagreements, hurt or betrayals that occur. Our therapists use a wide variety of approaches to assist our couples in healing their relationship and themselves from the inside out.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92108
Online in San Diego, CA
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Saralee Kramer Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I value loving marriage as a challenging and satisfying personal growth path. I also believe raising children is important and a challenge. Parents need a strong relationship for themselves and their children.
And it's a joy for me help women find their forever person. I work with them through their dating process to assess possible partners, and choose a good person. I teach tools like the Myers Briggs Personality Indicator, Attachment style assessment, and Effective Communication Skills to help them strengthen their relationship toolkit.
With my married couples, I help them develop communication and intimacy skills within their marriage to create the positive relationship that will thrive in our current culture and last forever.
26 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Alexandra Duran
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC
If you find yourself repeating painful relationship patterns or struggling to feel close to others, therapy can help. Together, we’ll explore your attachment style, uncover what’s getting in the way of connection, and develop new ways to build fulfilling, balanced relationships.
10 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Elvina Inzano (legal name: vincent inzano)
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT 164356
I work with relationships to cultivate emotional closeness and embracing of each person’s fullest expression.
6 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Dr. Tracy Mallett
Psychologist, Psy.D., L.M.F.T., Licensed Psychologist
Relationships are some of the most rewarding parts of life—but they can also bring stress, frustration, and conflict. I specialize in helping couples and partners navigate challenges such as communication difficulties, trust issues, emotional disconnection, infidelity, and differing values or expectations.
In therapy, couples gain a safe, structured space to explore underlying dynamics, improve understanding, and develop skills for healthy communication and problem-solving. My approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Family Systems Theory, helping partners identify negative interaction patterns, manage emotional reactivity, and create new ways of relating that foster connection, empathy, and mutual respect.
Whether you are looking to repair a struggling relationship, navigate major life transitions together, or strengthen an already healthy partnership, therapy focuses on both insight and action—teaching practical strategies that partners can implement in daily life. I also support blended families, co-parenting couples, and couples navigating significant stressors such as relocation, career changes, or family illness.
My goal is to help couples build resilience, deepen intimacy, and create a relationship foundation that is not only functional but also fulfilling.
22 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Su Boudreau, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Domestic Violence Counselor
A Marriage and Family Therapist has an extensive knowledge on the relational aspects in a family unit. Relationships take much effort as it takes both parties to work toward establishing a healthy relationship as well as maintaining and making further progress in a long-term relationship. The main modalities that can be used are Gottman Methods and Attachment-Based Systemic Therapy. Also a certified domestic violence therapist can help identify warning signs in the relationship to help mitigate or prevent potentially dangerous situations and/or build a healthy relationship if you have been in an unhealthy codependent relationship.
11 Years Experience
Online in San Diego, CA (Online Only)
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Chris 'Bucky' Bateman
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Strong marriages don't happen by accident, they're built intentionally, one conversation at a time. We help couples at every stage understand the patterns keeping them stuck, rebuild trust and emotional intimacy, and develop the skills for a relationship that genuinely thrives. Whether you're in crisis or simply wanting more, we provide a calm, structured space to do the work.
21 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92037
Online in San Diego, CA
Relationships
Inner Compass Psychotherapy
Therapist, Group Practice | Clinical Director: Nora Katz, LCSW
For couples caught in the same argument or growing distant, we use Emotionally Focused and attachment-based approaches to slow things down, understand the cycle between you, and rebuild closeness and trust.
6 Years Experience
In-Person in San Diego, CA 92108
Online in San Diego, CA
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in San Diego, CA Statistics
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in San Diego, CA average 17 years of experience and charge around $205 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (64%), Psychodynamic Therapy (44%), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (40%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$205
Accept insurance
37%
Offer sliding scale
47%
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) |
| 44% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 40% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 36% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 35% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 34% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 32% | Relational Psychotherapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 60% | Young Adult |
| 55% | Senior |
| 53% | Teen |
| 25% | Children |
Client Focus
| 55% | Women |
| 42% | LGBTQ+ |
| 39% | Men |
| 27% | Christian |
| 24% | Hispanic / Latino |