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Couples Counseling and Marriage Therapy
Unfortunately no formal education exists on how to have relationships. Each person in the relationship has certain expectations for how the relationship
will develop following the marriage. Many couples do not communicate their expectations.
This, coupled with poor communication habits, can lead to negative feelings and problems for the relationship. My approach is to help
you strengthen the weak areas of your relationship and further improve upon the strong areas. We will cover everything from trust and
communication to romance and sex.
By learning the tools in a caring nurturing environment, we can begin to take steps to confront issues, patterns and approaches that are
causing friction. And by learning new skills and adapting old habits, together, we can prepare to take your relationship to the next level.
Couples counseling is a team effort
The foundation of high quality therapy is a close client-doctor relationship. I seek to establish a close working and collaborative
relationship with you and your partner. Our communications will be strictly confidential and caring. This begins during our initial
discussion and continues to develop throughout the course of counseling. This is goal oriented therapy. Counseling begins with your
objectives and ends once they are achieved!
I focus exclusively on saving and improving relationships. When a relationship is in trouble, the parties may not be aware of all
the reasons for the conflict. Both partners continue to defend their positions, misunderstand each other and escalate the negative
feelings. At this point the conflict becomes destructive and professional help is essential.
Often, couples end relationships pre-maturely, without realizing the trauma that awaits. This is especially disheartening when the
relationship could have been saved. Also, couples fail to realize that patterns repeat, and that they are likely to be in the same
position with a different partner.
I specialize in restoring, repairing and rebuilding relationships. My caring commitment and deep
compassion for your relationship supports your ultimate success. To do this, I combine elements of proven individual and relationship therapy models,
including:
- Psychoanalytic, object relations, transgenerational, pluralistic, and narrative, all of which focus on issues stemming from childhood as the basis for problems in the relationship.
- Cognitive behavioral, behavioral, integrative behavioral, emotionally focused, and ego analytical, which help with communication issues.
- Solution focused and structural therapies, which are solution-based approaches that are good when a more furture-oriented approach is needed.
- Bowen family systems, an approach during which the couples counselor becomes part of the relationship dynamic in session..
- The Gottman approach, which focuses on the couple's strengths as opposed to weaknesses.
When we work together, I am committed to helping you feel supported in your journey to health and happiness with your partner.
If you have questions or would like to make an appointment, please call my office ( ).

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Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
~ Franklin P. Jones
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
~ Carl Jung
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Dr. Randi Fredricks, Ph.D., LMFT ♦
San Jose Psychotherapist, Psychotherapy and Couples Counseling
1174 Lincoln Ave Suite 6 ♦
San Jose, California, 95125

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Randi Fredricks is a Psychotherapist providing Psychotherapy and Couples Counseling, and Licensed as a Marriage Family Therapist MFC 47803.
Dr. Fredricks is Executive Director of Randi Fredricks, Marriage and Family Therapist, Inc.
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relationship. Dr. Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. of San Jose Psychotherapist, Psychotherapy and Couples Counseling is a psychotherapist in San Jose, California
providing counseling, psychotherapy, and therapy for individuals and couples with relationship issues, anxiety, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress
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