Are you parents who are living like roommates wanting to reconnect and be a team again?
Accepting new clients for in person couples therapy and couples intensive therapy in Murrieta and virtual therapy in California. Couples workshops and parenting workshops worldwide.
Real Talk: Parenthood is messy
You and your partner are sick and tired of fighting all the time. You’re on eggshells and being polite just to keep the peace. The cover is blown, and you’ve figured out that parenting isn’t a beautiful gift all the time. Parenting is challenging your personal identity. It’s threatening your mental sanity. Your finding that you’ve become parents feeling distant from each other. You told yourself that you didn’t want to become the “parents that fight.” You want your best friend back. You’re ready for relief. You’re a couple that’s ready to stop feeling disconnected.
Couples Therapy Intensives
2-day/3-day intensives for couples working deeply on a focused area of pain.
Couples Therapy
Weekly or bi-weekly therapy sessions working to identify patterns to implement change.
Couples & Parenting Workshops
Workshops that give parents connecting tune-ups to help strengthen their relationship.
Couples Therapy & Couples Intensive Therapy in Murrieta and virtual Couples Therapy in California
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Couples Workshops and Parenting Workshops virtually worldwide
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Couples Therapy & Couples Intensive Therapy in Murrieta and virtual Couples Therapy in California - Couples Workshops and Parenting Workshops virtually worldwide -
Real Talk: Therapy for busy and exhausted parents
You and your partner are committed to the relationship and to understanding each other. You still love each other. You know it’s not as easy as convincing your partner to come over to “your side” or that there’s a magical cure. You both are ready to do the hard work and know it’s necessary to compromise. You just need a how-to-guide to do it better. You’re not looking for just any support. You want actual help for parents with relationship issues because you want someone who gets your hard. You’re dedicated to setting your family up for success by prioritizing your relationship with your partner through couples therapy.
As your couple’s therapist, my goal/priority is to eventually work myself out of a job.
Real Talk: Ready to reignite your relationship after kids?
At Embrace Renewal Therapy, most of the couples that work with me are in for either an intensive couples therapy weekend or up to an average of 4-6 months. They come into couples therapy because the fights are getting ugly and the communication isn’t there and they leave knowing how to compromise without feeling like they lost a part of themselves and healing those relationship wounds that have caused resentment.
Here’s how:
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If you're looking for a magical elixir made in somebody's basement, I'm not the therapist for you. I work from a modality that is based on more than 4 decades of science and research. The goal will be to learn how to communicate better as parents and how to improve your relationship after kids. We'll focus on actual solutions like:
Tackling the root of your fight patterns and finding ways to compromise.
How to bring up an emotional topic without starting a fight.
How to apologize after a fight.
How to help your partner feel seen and heard.
Finding adjustments that need to be made in the relationship, so it lasts a lifetime.
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There will be a clear assessment phase where I'll be exploring each of your perspectives. We'll collaboratively set goals based on your relationship needs like, improving communication or learning how to fight fairly. The treatment time will be geared towards each goal, based on real-life examples that you bring in. And you'll have opportunities to practice the skills in-between sessions, like the art of compromise and building love maps.
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You can expect me to use your strengths as a couple (which you DO have) to help you relieve some of the tension and stress that comes from constant arguing. We'll figure out what brought you joy and happiness before and get creative on how to revive your relationship now. Let's get that heart, butterflies, and libido pumping again!
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I won’t be afraid to tell you my perspective or to compassionately call you out when needed. I'm not going to be mean about it. But I am going to be real with you. Let's call it like it is - this is not a one-party issue. If you are looking for someone who is just going to take your side, I'm not your therapist. My client is the relationship because it needs an ally!
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Guaranteed to be a safe space that is free from Judge Judy up in here telling you all the ways that you are "failing" - you are already likely too good at being your own worst critic - the shame and guilt piling stops here! Please see the coat check at the front door. Our time will be free of pot-stirring, culturally mindful, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and sex positive.
You’re still wondering if we’d be a good fit. Totally get it! After all, I’m human and not a one-size-fits-all romper. Ready for couples counseling?
Parents that work with me are…
Ready to work hard, knowing there isn’t an easy fix
Ready to learn to compromise
Open to research and science-based tools
Wanting to prioritize setting their children up for success
Ready to find the humor, love and joy with their partner
Ready to let go of ultimatums
Ready to stop scorekeeping and thinking tit-for-tat
Ready to let go of convincing their partner to see it their way
You want to know your in good hands and want the credentials. Your busy parents that don’t have time for anything but the best.
I feel ya!
Hi! My name is Reesa Morala and I’m a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA 104709)
Don’t let my skincare routine fool you … I’m a mom of 2, with my partner of 16 years and know firsthand how hard this sh*t, I mean stuff, is
Masters in Marital and Family Therapy from the University of San Diego
Worked with hundreds of families over the last decade
Gottman Level II Trained Therapist
Bringing Baby Home Educator
7 Principles of Making Marriage Work Leader
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