Couples Therapy in Folsom California

Strengthen your relationship or recover from infidelity/betrayal

Build Intimacy | Develop Trust | Increase your Bond

A non-gendered couple holding hands after receiving affair recovery couples counseling from Soul Journey Therapy.

In the early days of your relationship, you felt unconditionally loved, supported, and like you could conquer the world together.

But relationships have a way of revealing both the best and the hardest parts of us, often bringing past experiences into the present. Now, instead of being a united front, it feels like it’s you against your partner. You’re stuck in a painful cycle of hurt, disconnection, and frustration that neither of you can break on your own.

Old wounds you thought had healed are resurfacing, and it feels like your partner keeps pressing on those sensitive spots. Whether intentional or not, their actions trigger anger in you, when really, beneath the surface, it’s pain that’s driving your reactions.At the beginning of your relationship, you felt unconditionally loved, supported, valued, and like the two of you could take on the world. 

Relationships have a way of bringing out the best and worst in all of us—including how each of your pasts affects how you relate- you’re hitting struggles that leave both of you hurt, disconnected, alone, angry, and betrayed. 

What once felt like the two of you against the world now feels like you’re on opposite sides. But this doesn’t have to be the end of your story.

Couples Therapy can help, set up a free consultation 916-761-5492

At Soul Journey Therapy, we offer Couples Counseling for partners navigating challenges such as:

Love is a practice, and in order for it to succeed, it requires effort, patience, flexibility, and courage.

You deserve to feel loved and supported. Deep down, you know that building the relationship you truly want requires honesty, self-reflection, and commitment from both of you. Yes, it will take effort, but it’s possible to create a relationship rooted in respect, compassion, and mutual understanding. Even during conflicts, you can learn to resolve them in a way that strengthens rather than divides you.

Imagine a partnership where you lift each other up, make healthy choices together, and grow closer every day. A space where the past no longer controls your interactions, and you both feel like a united team, ready to take on whatever life brings. You can set aside defensiveness and reactivity, creating room for vulnerability, trust, and feeling truly heard and understood by each other.

It will be a lot of work but it’s possible to build a relationship with respect and compassion for each other. When you have conflict, you’ll learn to resolve it in a way that connects rather than drives your relationship further apart.

A relationship where you support each other and make healthy choices together. Build each other up and connect in a way that helps build a stronger bond each day. You can create a space where the past isn’t controlling your interactions and communication.

You'll learn tools of how to set aside defensiveness and reactivity, allowing you both to be vulnerable and truly hear one another.

"All couples have conflict. But how you show up for each other and interact while facing stressors and conflict will either bring you closer together or further apart." -Heather Moss LMFT

There is Hope.

Things might feel hopeless but couples therapy can help

With support and new tools, your relationship can become an amazing opportunity for growth and a deeper level of connection.

Seeking a Real, Lasting Connection

We all dream of that fairytale romance sold to us in movies, but real, meaningful relationships are built through trial, growth, and transformation. At Soul Journey Therapy, we recognize that every couple's journey is unique, and we tailor our approach to fit your specific needs.

We offer couples therapy for:

  • LGBTQIA+ couples

  • Neurodiverse partners

  • First responders

  • Couples at every stage—from newlyweds to empty nesters

Your Relationship is Our Focus

In our couples therapy, your relationship becomes the client, and we’re fully on its side. We dive deep into understanding each partner’s past and present experiences to uncover how they impact your connection. With empathy, compassion, insight, and even a touch of humor, we help you build a strong foundation.

Our Approach

We start by teaching you to communicate more effectively, helping you both feel heard and understood. Through safe, guided conversations, we’ll help you:

  • Express and identify emotions that may have gone unspoken.

  • Recognize unmet needs and articulate them to your partner.

  • Break free from unhelpful cycles and patterns that keep you stuck.

  • Build deeper emotional and physical intimacy.

  • Support one another as individuals while growing together as a couple.

  • Heal past trauma using approaches like EMDR to remove barriers to closeness.

What You Can Expect

Through our work together, you'll learn to:

  • Foster a nurturing, resilient relationship that grows with you.

  • Communicate mindfully and stay present with one another.

  • Resolve conflicts in a way that strengthens rather than divides.

  • Reconnect emotionally, becoming more attuned and empathetic.

Creating the Relationship You Want

Happily ever after doesn’t just happen—it takes intentional energy and effort. We're here to guide you on where to focus that energy, helping you build the relationship you've always wanted.

Happily ever after doesn’t just happen…. It takes energy and effort.

Reach out today to begin your journey toward a deeper, more fulfilling connection.

Couples Therapy Specialties

Infidelity Recovery for Couples-

When one partner in a committed relationship is unfaithful it can be devastating for the relationship. It can turn the betrayed partner’s life upside down leaving our world feeling chaotic, confusing, and emotionally unstable/unsafe. We feel isolated, jealous, and have so many questions.

Not only does the betrayal impact your feelings about the relationship but it also impacts your feelings about yourself.


The betraying partner may feel confused and overwhelmed. How do you help when you have hurt your partner so much?

At Soul Journey Therapy we work with all kinds of betrayal and infidelity including:

  • Sexual Infidelity- Physically cheating, when one partner becomes involved in physical attachment outside of the original relationship

  • Emotional Infidelity- one partner becomes emotionally attached to another person

  • Cyber Affairs- may take place through sexts and chats but never happen in real life

  • Financial Infidelity- when one or both lie to each other about money or finances

  • Object Infidelity- Neglect of the relationship for an outside interest like work or a hobby

The definition of an infidelity can vary from couple to couple. Often a betrayal occurs when one partner breaches the previously set boundaries of the relationship whether verbally discussed or assumed.

Infidelity can end your relationship but it doesn’t have to..

With the guidance and support of a therapist and couples counseling, you can heal from this trauma and emerge even stronger, with a deeper level of connection.

Trauma/CPTSD-

We know the things that happened in our past can impact our day-to-day life. But now it's affecting your relationship.

Interactions that start as a small miscommunication get blown way out of proportion and reactions are more extreme than they should be. All of the sudden one or both you are reacting defensively and you don’t understand why. 

Sometimes you or your partner also seem completely checked out and not all there. It feels like the relationship is being pushed away but at the same time being desperately clung to. 

Both of you want to get back to feeling connected, and a relationship that is a loving, stable, calm space that you both desperately want, need, and deserve.

In couples therapy, we’ll help you understand and heal from the hurtful things that happened in the past so that they no longer interfere with the relationship. We’ll help you understand each other. From there you can build a stronger foundation where you can grow together and communicate with empathy. 

The two of you can have the healthy dynamic that that you crave. 

Neurodiverse Couples-

The difference between the way the two of you engage with the world has been making it harder and harder for the two of you to connect. The way your partner behaves or communicates leaves you feeling uncared for and ignored.

The differences between you are making it difficult to receive the love and understanding that each of you deserves in your relationship.

Sometimes it is so hard to see the other’s point of view and understand where your partner is coming from.

Couples counseling with a therapist who understands neurodivergence can help you to get back on the same page, to help you understand each other's needs, and to learn to communicate in a way that leaves both of you feeling heard.

Before receiving couples therapy for object infidelity. White CIS gender couple in bed together, wife glaring at partner while he is looking at cell phone.

First Responder Couples-

As a couple where one member is always on for their work, when that work is all-consuming, and dangerous it makes being present at home significantly difficult. 

As the partner you know to make plans expecting that they won’t be there and it’s just a bonus if they are. You spend parts of your day worrying they might not make it home. 

As the First Responder you want to be present in your family and you are trying but the pull from work is always there even if when you are supposed to be off. If you are off it’s easier to just check out.

The stress impacts the connection between you and your spouse- you react bigger than you mean to over little things.

You want things to be better.

But it feels like so much of this is just part of the job but how do you keep it from ruining your marriage?

In couples therapy for First Responder Couples, we work with the stress and trauma (with EMDR) that is part of the job and help you figure out how to make it manageable as a team and not so isolating. You’ll learn tools that will bring you closer together as a couple.

Just as each relationship is distinct from another, the process of recovering from infidelity will vary...close up of a couple holding hands.

Couples Struggling With Addiction-

Addiction can feel like it’s tearing apart the fabric of your relationship, leaving both partners feeling desperate, hurt, and overwhelmed. Watching someone you love fall deeper into addiction, and seeing its painful impact on both your lives, can be heartbreaking. When addiction enters a partnership, it can create distance, erode trust, and leave both partners feeling isolated, powerless, and overwhelmed. For the partner facing addiction, feelings of shame, guilt, and self-doubt may add to the struggle. For the other, there may be feelings of anger, fear, betrayal, or disconnect.

Couples therapy can provide a path forward, fostering understanding, resilience, and hope. Counseling offers a space for each partner to openly share their experiences and feelings, and to work toward rebuilding trust and connection. Here, both partners can explore their roles in the cycle of addiction, learn healthier ways to communicate, and address the impact of addiction on their relationship.

How can you move forward as a couple?

Recovery is challenging, but with the right support, couples can work through the pain and find ways to reconnect and grow stronger together. Couples therapy offers hope, tools, and the guidance needed to move beyond addiction’s impact, rebuilding a future rooted in understanding, empathy, and resilience.

Rediscover Each Other As New Parents

Welcoming a new baby is a life-changing experience, but it often challenges relationships. Sleepless nights, new responsibilities, and a lack of personal time can make you feel disconnected or frustrated with each other. It’s natural to feel like the intimacy and understanding you once shared are slipping away.

Couples therapy offers a compassionate space to reconnect. Our approach helps you:

  • Rebuild Your Connection: Find ways to prioritize each other amid the demands of parenting.

  • Improve Communication: Share openly, fostering empathy and understanding.

  • Adapt to New Roles: Balance shifts in responsibilities as you both embrace parenthood.

No couple is perfect; we all bring our own stuff to a relationship. It’s not about striving for perfection—it’s about finding a partner who will navigate life's ups and downs with you, side by side. At Soul Journey Therapy, couples therapy helps you reprioritize your relationship, rediscover your bond with each other, and grow together through this new chapter. If you are interested in couples counseling, reach out for a free consultation.

 

We provide virtual telehealth and in person sessions call 916-761-5492 for free phone consultation.