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Relationships can be complicated and complex. Whether you’re dealing with communication problems, trust issues, role expectations, financial concerns, extended family dynamics, commitment phobia, intimacy issues, or other concerns, the relationship therapists at California Christian Counseling are here to help.

Take your relationship to the next level with the help and support of a Christian relationship counselor in California. Whether you’re dating, engaged, married, or having trouble with a different type of relationship such as a family member or friend, you’ll find encouragement and practical tools to help you repair, strengthen, and grow your bond. At California Christian Counseling, we take relationships seriously, and we want to see yours thrive, with God’s help. Browse our online counselor directory today to find the best therapist for your needs.

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Sarah Okugawa

Nov
2024
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Cultivating Healthy Family Dynamics: Challenges and Opportunities with Family Counseling

Sarah Okugawa

Families are the first communities many of us know and get to experience. In God’s providence, the families in which we find ourselves shape us profoundly, molding the people we will become. Things don’t always go well in families. In many situations, family is complicated, and it is a source of mixed blessings and hardships. Many find themselves in need of family counseling from wounds inflicted by family. The good news is that healing is available, and families can be made whole. It’s not easy to unpack years of unhealthy interactions, but if a family is willing to do the work, it’s possible to become a space of nurture and...

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California Christian Counseling

Nov
2024
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Relationship Advice for Men Who Lead

California Christian Counseling

If you are a man who holds a leadership position, you will realize that relationships are important. This article offers relationship advice for men in leadership positions from the standpoint of the “Drama Triangle.” Do you see yourself acting in any or all of these three roles described as the “Drama Triangle”? Originally described by Stephen Karpman, the triangle plots the route of destructive interactions between people in conflict. Karpman’s interest in acting influenced this description to explain that this model does not represent the actual participant, but rather how they feel and act. As you read through this widely respected method of reversing downward spirals of conflict into upward...

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Dr. Joe is one of a kind! He is not only very professional and knowledgeable he has a heart of compassion for his clients. He is humble and listens to understand. My family is blessed to have Dr. Joe as our therapist. His counseling and transparency has helped my family trust him and open up. My family has begun our healing journey🙏🏼He truly cares for his clients. I highly recommend Dr. Joe Raphael. We meet with him at the San Diego location. Thank you Dr. Joe

Working w/ Joe Raphael from Christian Counseling has been a pleasure. He has helped me and my fiance tremendously in many areas of our relationship. One of things I like most about working with Joe is that he extremely well rounded n the fashion that he can counsel on many different topics outside of relationship counseling.

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I have known Chris Chandler for many years, and highly respect his work as a colleague. He brings a professional and competent presence to his work, and clients feel cared for and can relate to his easygoing style.