Our Therapy Services
Comprehensive psychological services designed to meet you where you are
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy provides a safe and supportive space to explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Whether you’re working through a specific challenge or seeking personal growth, we meet you where you are.
Couples Counseling
Relationship support for all partnership types and structures. Whether you’re facing communication breakdowns, trust challenges, or repeating patterns, we help you build stronger connection.
Counseling for Anxiety
When worry, racing thoughts, and constant fear take over, anxiety counseling provides tools and support to find relief. You don’t have to live with that knot in your chest anymore.
Therapy for Depression
Depression can steal your light, making even simple tasks feel impossible. Our compassionate approach helps you understand what you’re experiencing and find a path back to yourself.
Counseling for Painful Life Experiences and Trauma
Trauma has a way of showing up uninvited, shaping how you experience the world. Our trauma-informed approach helps you process difficult experiences and reclaim your sense of safety and wholeness.
EMDR Therapy
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful, evidence-based approach for healing trauma and distressing memories. This specialized therapy helps your brain reprocess difficult experiences so they no longer hold the same emotional charge.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps you identify and change thought patterns that keep you stuck in anxiety, depression, or unhelpful behaviors. This practical, evidence-based approach gives you tools you can use right away.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT provides powerful skills for managing intense emotions, navigating relationships, and tolerating distress. Originally developed for emotional regulation challenges, these tools benefit anyone seeking more balance.
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Emotion-Focused Therapy helps you understand and transform difficult emotional patterns in your relationships. This approach deepens connection and helps you respond to each other with compassion instead of defensiveness.
Anger Management
Anger is information, and learning to listen to it without letting it control you is powerful. We help you understand what’s beneath your anger and respond in ways that protect your relationships.
Coping Skills Development
Life throws challenges at us, and having effective coping strategies makes all the difference. We help you build a toolkit of healthy skills for managing stress, emotions, and difficult situations.
Therapy for Women
From navigating societal expectations to managing life transitions, women face unique pressures and challenges. Our therapists provide a space where your experiences as a woman are understood and validated.
Divorce Recovery Therapy
Divorce brings grief, identity shifts, and major life changes, even when it’s the right choice. We support you through this transition with compassion and practical guidance for rebuilding.
LGBTQIA+ Relationship Issues
Your relationships deserve affirming, knowledgeable care where your identity and partnership are celebrated, not questioned. We provide specialized support for the unique challenges LGBTQIA+ couples face.
Peer Relationships
Whether it’s friendship struggles, workplace dynamics, or feeling like you don’t fit in, peer relationship challenges can be deeply painful. We help you navigate these connections and find your people.
Non-Monogamous/Polyamory, Kink & Diverse Sexualities
If you’re in a polyamorous, open, or otherwise non-traditional relationship structure, or if you explore kink or diverse sexualities, you deserve therapy that understands and respects your choices. We offer specialized, sex-positive care where you don’t have to explain yourself.
The Spaces Have Been Too Small. You’re Not Too Much.
Maybe you’ve tried therapy before and felt like you had to explain yourself. Maybe you’ve wondered if someone could really understand your experiences, your relationships, your identity, or your journey.
You don’t have to wonder anymore.
At Relationship Counseling Center of California, we created this practice because we know what it’s like when therapy doesn’t quite fit. When you need someone who truly gets it. Someone who won’t make you feel like you’re too complicated, too different, or too much.
Whether you’re carrying past hurts that won’t let go, navigating anxiety or depression, working through relationship challenges, or simply needing a space where you don’t have to perform or pretend, you belong here.
We serve first responders who carry the weight of service. We work with individuals and families at every life stage. We specialize in trauma and EMDR. And yes, we have therapists with specialized training for diverse communities and experiences that traditional therapy often overlooks.
Who We Support
Everyone belongs here.
You don’t need to explain or justify who you are. This is a space where your story is respected and your identity honored.
High-functioning adults navigating anxiety, burnout, trauma, and relationship strain.
We also provide specialized support for couples, teens and families, first responders, people navigating life transitions and veterans, and LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples.
What We Can Help You Can Work On
Real struggles. Real support. Real transformation.
Anxiety That Won’t Quiet
The constant worry. The racing thoughts. The feeling that something terrible is always about to happen. You deserve relief.
Painful Experiences That Follow You
Whether it happened yesterday or decades ago, trauma has a way of showing up uninvited. We specialize in helping you reclaim your life.
Depression That Steals Your Light
When getting out of bed feels impossible and nothing brings joy anymore. There’s a path back to yourself.
Relationships That Keep Repeating Patterns
The same fights. The same disconnection. The same feeling of not being understood. Patterns can change.
Identity & Self-Worth Struggles
Not knowing who you are outside of what others expect. Feeling like you’re never enough. You’re already whole.
Life Transitions & Uncertainty
Career changes, relationship shifts, becoming a parent, or simply feeling lost. We meet you in the uncertainty.
Anger You Can’t Control
When emotions explode and relationships suffer. When you feel out of control. Anger is information. Let’s listen to it.
Grief & Loss
Whether it’s death, divorce, or dreams that didn’t come true. Your grief deserves space and compassion.
Burnout & Compassion Fatigue
For caregivers, first responders, and helpers who give so much they have nothing left. It’s time to refill your own cup.
How We Work With You
Healing happens when we honor the whole you: your lived experiences, your resilience, your identity, and every part that deserves to be witnessed without judgement.
We Meet You Where You Are
No pressure to be “ready” or “healed enough.” Your timeline. Your process. Your pace.
Trauma-Informed
Care
Every therapist on our team understands how trauma lives in the body and shapes your life. We work with your nervous system, not against it.
Evidence-Based Methods
We use proven approaches like EMDR, CBT, DBT, and EFT, but we never let the method overshadow the person.
Culturally
Affirming
Your identity, relationships, and experiences are valid. We provide affirming care for LGBTQIA+ folks, alternative relationships, and diverse communities.
This is partnership, not prescription.
We walk alongside you, not ahead of you. Your expertise on your own life matters here.
Getting Started Is Simple
We understand that reaching out can feel daunting. We’ve made it as easy as possible.
Schedule Your Free Consultation
A brief, no-pressure phone call where you can ask questions, share what brings you to therapy, and see if we’re a good fit. No commitment. Just conversation.
Choose Your Therapist
We’ll help you find the right match based on your needs, preferences, and what feels comfortable. If you want someone who specializes in trauma, relationships, or specific identities, we’ll connect you.
Begin Your Sessions
Meet with your therapist in person at our Fresno office or online anywhere in California. Sessions are typically 50 minutes, scheduled at a frequency that works for you.
Progress at Your Own Pace
Some people come weekly. Some every other week. Some need intensive support through EMDR intensives. We adjust to what serves your healing.
Why Choose Relationship Counseling Center of California
We’re not a corporate franchise. We’re a locally-owned practice built on genuine care and specialized expertise.
Frequently Asked Questions
We want to make this as clear and accessible as possible
During your free consultation, we’ll talk about what you’re looking for and help match you with a therapist who specializes in your needs. You can also browse our team page to learn about each therapist’s approach, specializations, and personality. Finding the right fit matters, and we’re here to help you find it.
We accept most major insurance plans and also offer sliding scale options. Check here to see all of our insurance options.
Regular therapy sessions are typically 50 minutes, once a week or every other week. EMDR intensives are longer, concentrated sessions (often 3-5 hours) designed to process trauma more deeply in a shorter timeframe. Intensives can be especially helpful for single-incident trauma or when you need focused healing work. We’ll help you determine which approach is right for you.
Both options are available. We offer secure telehealth sessions anywhere in California, as well as in-person sessions at our Fresno office. Many clients appreciate the flexibility of switching between formats based on their schedule and needs.
There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. Some people come for a few months to work through a specific issue. Others engage in longer-term therapy for ongoing support. You’re in control of your timeline. We’ll check in regularly about your progress and goals, and you can adjust as needed.
This is actually really common, and it doesn’t mean therapy can’t work for you. It often means the approach, therapist, or fit wasn’t right. Our specialized training in trauma, evidence-based methods, and affirming care creates a different experience. We’re also happy to talk about what didn’t work before so we can approach things differently.
You Deserve This Space
A place where you don’t have to explain yourself. Where you can finally be yourself. Where healing happens when you honor the entirety of who you are.
Whether you’re processing trauma, strengthening relationships, navigating a difficult transition, or simply seeking a space to be truly yourself, we’re here.
Complimentary 10-minute consultation. Let’s see if we’re the right fit for your healing.
All inquiries are confidential, and we typically respond within 2-3 business days.
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Crisis Support:
If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis, please call 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or go to your nearest emergency room.
Our practice is not equipped for crisis intervention.