"Meeting Jayn was a landmark moment in our lives and learning from her, a complete life changer. I feel I have this extra halo of knowledge around me […] She became an integral part of our subconscious + conscious mind - that is how powerful a teacher/therapist she ended up being for both of us." - V.K.
Couples therapy at QRC?
Couples- When couples come in, and genuinely want to work on improving their partnership, at Quick Results Counseling, we do not start the treatment by focusing on the past ,or on what did not work. Couples do not possess the tools and skills to navigate these gridlock conversations. First phase - The couples work starts with putting in place immediate changes that needs to be adhered to on a daily basis, that produces positive results. Couples are 'banned' from speaking about the past, for a few weeks, during this phase. In the second phase, new tools and sills are taught with a lot of role playing, to instill them. Couples find this phase extremely enlightening, and are usually keen to keep trying the new skills outside of the sessions. In the third phase, after couples feel encouraged, and feel that the changes are working, then the work on the past is started. Please watch this videoon the distress a person experiences, in their relationship with a loved one, and the explanations behind it.
At Quick Results Counseling, we believe therapy sessions should be extremely focused, and clients should NOT be in therapy for months, or years. In most cases, clients are able to discharge from therapy, within 12 - 24 sessions (around 3-6 months), especially if it's a life transition problem. It is the job of the clinicians at this practice, to get to the bottom of these issues, so any clinical diagnosis can be addressed, and if possible, eliminated, once and for all. Once you are functioning at your 2019 level, you will learn all the age appropriate tools, and skills. Armed with the new tools and skills, 95% of the work can start to happens outside of the therapy office - you will experiment, practice them, and keep tweaking your 2.0 version, till it works for you. Once you are at your optimal level of functioning, you should be able to graduate from sessions. In most cases, this should ONLY take about 12-24 sessions. The goal is for you to not work on these issues again.
All couples—even the strongest and most loving—inevitably hit some difficult patches. While couples can overcome some of their problems on their own, other problems are too difficult to resolve without professionalhelp. Fortunately, couples can be guided through even the most difficult situations with the aid of couples counseling (which is sometimes referred to as couples therapy, couples coaching, marriage therapy, or marriage coaching). Dr. Jayn Rajandran and her team of couples counselors in SF and around the Bay Area would like to briefly introduce you to their very successful and unique approach to helping you and your partner/spouse resolve your differences and problems. Our program is described below. Preliminary Steps As an initial matter, couples who are seeking couples counseling will undergo some preliminary assessments before starting with counseling sessions. These assessments will allow your couples therapist to pinpoint the areas in which your relationship needs some help. The four assessments include:
Gottman Couples’ Assessment
5 Love Languages
Locus of Control
Attachment Styles
Phase 1 — Put the Past Aside In order to move forward in life, we need to not be looking backward. In the case of romantic relationships, the past is frequently the reason that couples need to seek couples counseling in the first place, as couples are often not able to move beyond past disagreements or problems. Therefore, in Phase 1 of our counseling program, couples agree to temporarily refrain from speaking about the past.
Phase 2 — Learn New Skills and Tools When you and your partner/spouse have cleared the past from your daily lives, you will be free to move on to the second phase of the couples counseling work, which is learning new skills and tools through open communication (sharing and listening) and role playing. In this phase, couples will begin to feel some hope and excitement that things can change for the better.
Phase 3 — Unpack and Sort Through the Past After you and your partner/spouse have developed a solid foundation for communicating about your issues, you and your partner/spouse can use the new tools and skills that you’ve learned to start working on your past and resolving the issues that led to your problems in the first place. Addressing the past at this advanced stage—using your newly-acquired tools and skills—gives you a far greater chance of success by allowing you to address and resolve your past issues one-at-a-time rather trying (unsuccessfully) to address all of them at the same time, or even worse, ignoring them and feeling that they’re constantly hanging over you.
Emotionally-focused couples therapy is challenging, but if couples go into it with a sincere and unified goal of staying together and improving their relationship, they can find the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel that leads to a happy life together. We offer emotionally focused couples therapy in San Francisco Bay Area. If you’d like to learn more about the innovative philosophy and approach of Quick Results Counseling, click this link. If you’re ready to get started on the path to peace and happiness, contact our office now at 510.319.0688 to book an appointment.
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