We specialize in couples therapy, marriage counseling, discernment counseling, and relationship support for all stages of relationships. Our therapists help couples improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional connection. If you’re not sure you want to stay together or want support in ending your relationship well for the sake of your kids, we’ve got you there too. We offer both in-person sessions in Riverside and Murrieta, California, and secure online therapy throughout California.

Yes. We provide in-person couples therapy and marriage counseling at our Riverside and Murrieta offices. We are proud to offer in-person couples therapy sessions when so many therapists are moving their practices fully online. We work with couples throughout the Inland Empire who want to improve communication, resolve conflict, and reconnect emotionally.

In a nutshell, you need couples therapy if you’re not able to resolve your conflicts or differences on your own. Couples therapy can help if you feel stuck in repeating arguments, emotionally disconnected, struggling with trust, or going through a stressful transition. Therapy provides tools and guidance to help you better understand each other and create positive, lasting change.

Yes. We offer secure online couples therapy for clients anywhere in California. Online sessions provide flexibility and convenience while maintaining the same level of professional care as in-person therapy.

We work with people in all stages of relationships including dating, engaged, premarital, married, long-term partners, and co-parents and blended families. We help couples experiencing communication issues, emotional distance, infidelity recovery, life transitions, relationship crises, and blended families.

Couples therapy helps you:

• Communicate more effectively

• Manage conflicts and differences in healthier ways

• Rebuild trust and emotional safety

• Understand each other’s needs and perspectives

• Strengthen your emotional and physical connection

• Have more satisfying physical intimacy together

• Feel confident and competent in your relationship, knowing you have the skills to face whatever live brings you together

Our practice focuses exclusively on couples therapy and relationship counseling. Our therapists use evidence-based approaches and provide a supportive, structured environment where both partners feel heard and understood. We are committed to helping couples create meaningful, lasting change. This means that our therapists don’t just watch you fight or ask you endlessly how you feel. We help you make real change in your relationship!

Getting started is simple. You can contact our office to schedule a free consultation. During the consultation, we’ll answer your questions, learn about your needs, and match you with a therapist who is the best fit for your relationship. Whether you’re looking for couples therapy in Riverside CA, marriage counseling in Murrieta CA, or online couples counseling in California, the first step is to schedule a free consultation. We’ll take care of you!

Yes. Emotional distance is one of the most common concerns couples face. Therapy helps identify the underlying causes of disconnection and provides tools to rebuild closeness, trust, and emotional intimacy.

You don’t have to wait until your conflict is out of control or one of you is considering divorce. Getting help at the emotional disconnection phase is vital. You’ll need fewer sessions to get results than if you wait for things to get even worse.

Yes. We help couples facing serious challenges, including ongoing conflict, trust issues, and relationship crises. Marriage counseling provides professional guidance to help you stabilize your relationship and determine the best path forward. If you’re ready for real change in your relationship, you might also consider a two-day couples retreat to jumpstart your progress.

Yes! We take this very seriously. All therapy sessions are confidential. Your privacy is protected according to professional and legal confidentiality standards.

There have been lots of changes in the mental health field in the last few years as new technologies have become available. Some of these companies aren’t run by therapists and don’t take protecting client data seriously. At Inland Empire Couples Counseling, we are very careful about which technologies we partner with, doing our best to ensure we can maintain your privacy according the ethical duties of our profession.

Soon! We pride ourselves in providing excellent care to the people who work with us. We don’t overwork or overbook our therapists. What that means is that once you decide to work with us, you will be able to see your therapist every week. And first appointments can usually be booked within about a week of your consultation. Contact us to schedule your free consultation and begin the process of strengthening your relationship.

Yes. We serve couples in Riverside, Murrieta, and surrounding Inland Empire communities, as well as clients throughout California via online therapy. Our Riverside office is just off the 91 freeway at Arlington and our Murrieta office is near old town Murrieta.

Yes. Many couples use therapy to address problems early, improve communication, and rebuild connection, which can help prevent separation or divorce. Addressing problems early is the most effective way to prevent divorce. If one or both of you are considering divorce, we can still help. Discernment counseling helps walk you through the decision to stay together or separate. And if you want to stay together, we will work with you for as long as it takes to get your relationship stable and satisfying again.

Your first session will start with a discussion of what each of you wants for your relationship. Then we’ll discuss the problems, your relationship history, and how you manage conflict. It’s important to start with what you want so that your therapist can guide you there. If we don’t have a clear sense of what you’re working toward, we can end up spending all our sessions endlessly talking about problems. And that won’t get you anywhere except feeling more stuck!

Your second session will be split in half, with each of you spending some time individually with your therapist. We get to know you as an individual and you get a chance to talk to us about any issues that are hard to discuss in front of your partner.

In the third session you’ll work together to set priorities for your future sessions, so that you can all have your energies focused on the same issues getting you results as quickly as possible. You’ve probably already experienced how frustrating it is when you and your partner are trying to solve different problems at the same time. We don’t want to repeat that in therapy.

Then you get to work! You’ll stay in weekly sessions with us until you’ve reached your goals or are far enough along that you know you can get the rest of the way without our help.

Some couples can see results in as little as 5 sessions and some stay with us for a year or more. We’ve been in business for 10 years, and our data shows that most people who make meaningful progress toward their goals stay with us for 4 months of weekly therapy (about 16 sessions).