Couples Therapy in Marin County

You love each other and you want to become even better at loving each other.

Some couples come to therapy because they are caught in painful conflict, growing distance, or a rupture in trust.

Others come because the relationship matters deeply and they want to strengthen their skillfulness, presence, intimacy, and capacity to create emotional safety together.

Couples therapy is not only for relationships in crisis. Things do not have to be bad for you to want more depth, greater understanding, or a more conscious way of being partners.

A place to deepen your relationship

You may want to become more able to truly listen instead of preparing your defense. To respond with care when emotions run high. To communicate your needs clearly, stay present with your partner's experience, and create conversations that bring you closer.

Therapy can offer a dedicated space to refine how you relate and to notice the subtle places where you miss one another, build greater relational mastery, and practice being the kind of partner you most want to be.

When love starts to feel hard

You may also find yourselves stuck in cycles of criticism, defensiveness, withdrawal, or escalation. One of you may push for closeness while the other pulls away. Trust may have been strained by betrayal, secrecy, resentment, or years of feeling unseen.

These patterns do not necessarily mean your relationship is broken. Often, they are protective strategies that once made sense but now keep both of you from the connection you want.

How couples therapy can help

Our work is designed to help you slow these cycles down, understand the attachment needs underneath them, and practice new ways of turning toward one another.

Together, we can work to:

Listen with greater openness and respond rather than react

Communicate needs without criticism, blame, or shutting down

Build presence, emotional safety, and relational skillfulness

Understand and interrupt recurring conflict patterns

Repair trust after betrayal or emotional injury

Create greater emotional and physical intimacy

Make thoughtful refinements to an already strong relationship

Become more fully the partner you most want to be

A relational, attachment-focused approach

I am Dr. Rachel Greenberg, a licensed clinical psychologist with over two decades of experience supporting individuals and couples. My approach integrates attachment-based therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, somatic work, trauma-informed care, and practical relationship tools.

I do more than help couples talk about what happened. I help you recognize the deeper pattern as it unfolds in the room, understand each partner's experience, and practice a different way of meeting the moment together.

Couples therapy in Corte Madera

Limited in-person sessions are available at my Corte Madera office for couples throughout Marin County, including Larkspur, Mill Valley, San Rafael, Tiburon, Kentfield, Greenbrae, and nearby communities.

Telehealth sessions are also available to couples throughout California.

What to expect

Couples sessions are $350 for 50 minutes. I work exclusively with private-pay clients and can provide a superbill for possible out-of-network reimbursement, depending on your benefits.

We will begin by understanding what brings you in, the patterns shaping your relationship, and what each of you most wants to deepen or change. From there, our work will focus on meaningful shifts—not simply managing conflict, but strengthening how you listen, respond, repair, and experience one another.

Ready to begin?

You do not have to wait until the relationship is at a breaking point. You may want to heal something painful, deepen something good, or continue becoming more intentional partners. If you are ready to create a more secure, skillful, and intimate way of relating, I would be honored to support you.