"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised
as impossible situations." 
~ Charles Swindoll
Deborah Leeds, LMFT
(510) 898-8874

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #MFC29407

Conscious Partnership
The Goal of Effective Couples Therapy

The challenge, and ultimately the promise of deep, effective couples therapy is weaving together the needs of both individuals and those of the relationship. It is a new paradigm. 

 Harville Hendrix, creator of Imago Therapy, describes this as “A new marital narrative: conscious partnership. It is the creation of a relationship in which two persons are reliably and sustainably present to each other empathically. This new form of relationship replaces the old toxic patterns that are filled with the debris of the suffering of childhood. Couplehood becomes the container for the joy of being, which is a connected relationship."

Encounter-centered Couples Therapy


"In order to meet itself,

a soul has to meet another soul."

~ 

Plato


As a practitioner of Encounter-centered Couples Therapy, I facilitate processes that bring you closer together, offering the deepest understanding of each other. This method invites you to live and love with depth and aliveness.


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Imago Couples Therapy


"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, 

but in having new eyes."

~ Marcel Proust


As a Certified Imago Therapist, I help you rediscover and enliven the connection between you and those whom you love. Together we untangle and resolve repetitive patterns of conflict. I teach you to talk together in a way that restores the love and caring you share.


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Encounter-centered Couples Therapy


As a practitioner of Encounter-centered Couples Therapy, I facilitate processes that bring you closer together, offering the deepest understanding of each other. This method invites you to live and love with depth and aliveness.


"In order to meet itself, a soul has to  meet another soul." 

~ Plato


LEARN MORE

Imago Couples Therapy


As a Certified Imago Therapist, I help you rediscover and enliven the connection between you. Together we untangle and resolve repetitive patterns of conflict. I teach you to talk in a way that restores the love and caring you share.


"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

~  Marcel Proust

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Your Next Step

Please call me today at (510) 898-8874 or reach out via my Contact Form to see if we might be a “good fit” to work together.