Couples Counseling

In couples counseling, two people in a significant romantic relationship meet with a counselor to address challenges and learn skills to improve their connection. Examples of couple’s issues may include communication, conflict, cultural issues, sexuality, infidelity, and family concerns.  Couples counseling is LGBTQ friendly.

As of Fall 2019, couples counseling is only available to couples who are both registered students at Cal State East Bay.  Please see the following resources for additional relationship support.

Gottman Institute  - many resources for couples, including:

• Find a Gottman trained therapist
• Gottman Card Deck
• Gottman Cards app

Educational YouTube series about couples:

• Fighting the Fray
• Secrets of a Couples Counselor
• How to get over the end of a relationship

These centers have indicated that they offer sliding scale couples therapy. 

• Couples Center (Berkeley)
  
• San Francisco Marriage Center (San Francisco)

Psychology Today - allows you to search for therapists by different criteria, including those who specialize in couples, or by geographic area.

If you are concerned about abuse in your relationship:

• Love is Respect.org
• Break the Cycle