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. . . and things aren’t going all that well. I hear this often when clients call for couples counseling. They seem surprised to be in that boat, and wonder how they got there. Often, before the marriage, so much focus and attention is spent planning the wedding and honeymoon (and overlooking premarital counseling, as […]

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About this blog: I am a LMFT specializing in couples counseling and grief and have lived in Silicon Valley since 1969. I'm the president of Connect2 Marriage Counseling. I worked in high-tech at Apple,...