KINSHIP counseling COLLECTIVE
Relationship Therapy
Virtual therapy for California residents statewide.
In-person available in the Bay Area & Sonoma County.
Relationship Therapy That Honors Every Kind of Love.
Relationships are where we are most ourselves — and most exposed. They surface our oldest wounds, our deepest longings, and the places where we've learned to protect ourselves in ways that no longer serve us.
At Kinship, relationship therapy isn't about fixing what's broken. It's about understanding what's actually happening between people — and building something more honest, more connected, and more sustainable in its place.
We work with couples, partners, families, and all relationship configurations using approaches that go beneath the surface: Gottman Method for building real communication skills and repairing trust, the Developmental Model for understanding the growth edges your relationship is asking you to meet, and IFS/Parts Work for exploring the individual patterns each person brings into the room.
This isn't one-size-fits-all therapy. It's careful, relational work with clinicians who take your relationship as seriously as you do.
Something Feels Off.
You're Not Sure How to Name It.
You keep having the same fight, and neither of you feels heard
The distance between you has been growing and you don't know how to close it
Trust was broken — by betrayal, by years of small ruptures, or by something you're still trying to understand
You're navigating real differences — culture, identity, family, values — and the relationship is feeling the weight of it
You're in a non-traditional structure and can't find a therapist who doesn't treat that as the problem
You love each other and you're not sure that's enough anymore
You're coming alone, trying to understand your part and what you actually want
If any of this sounds familiar — you're in the right place.
“When we feel emotionally safe, we are more likely to take risks, explore new ideas, and pursue our dreams.”
— Dr. Brené Brown
What Becomes Possible
Understanding the cycle you're stuck in — and actually interrupting it
Saying the thing you've never been able to say, in a way that can finally be heard
Rebuilding trust that felt permanently damaged
Learning how your individual histories are showing up between you — and what to do with that
Finding language for what you need, not just what you don't want
Navigating transitions, endings, or restructuring with clarity and care
Leaving sessions feeling closer than when you walked in
Your relationships have carried you this far. Therapy is how you carry them forward.
Who Comes to Us for Relationship Therapy
Relationship therapy in California at Kinship is for anyone navigating the complexity of being in connection with another person — or people.
You might be in a partnership that started strong and has lost its footing. A couple trying to rebuild trust after a rupture, or trying to find each other again after years of distance. Two people who love each other and keep having the same fight.
You might be in a non-traditional relationship structure — polyamorous, non-monogamous, relationship anarchy — and looking for a therapist who doesn't need you to justify or explain how you love. We work with all relationship configurations without judgment.
You might be queer or trans and navigating relationship dynamics that don't map neatly onto heteronormative frameworks — chosen family, found family, relationships that defy easy categorization.
You might be in a mixed-heritage or intercultural relationship navigating the real differences that identity, culture, and family bring into the room.
You might be a family — biological, blended, chosen — trying to find a way through conflict, transition, or disconnection.
Or you might be one person coming alone, trying to understand your patterns, your part, and what you want from your relationships going forward.
All of it belongs here.
FAQs
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Anyone navigating the complexity of being in connection with another person — or people. We work with romantic partners, married couples, families, co-parents, chosen family, and individuals who want to understand their relational patterns better. If relationships matter to you and something feels stuck, this work is for you.
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Yes — and this is work we take seriously. Intercultural and mixed-heritage relationships carry a particular kind of complexity: different family systems, different assumptions about love and loyalty, different ways of handling conflict and repair. We don't flatten those differences or treat them as obstacles. We work with them directly because that's where a lot of the real material lives.
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Yes, without reservation. We work with polyamorous, non-monogamous, relationship anarchy, and all other non-traditional configurations. You won't spend your session time explaining or defending how you love. We're here to work on what you actually came to work on.
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Come anyway. Individual relationship therapy is real and valuable work. Understanding your own patterns, your attachment style, what you bring into the room — that work changes relationships even when only one person is doing it. Healing doesn't require everyone to be ready at the same time.
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Individual therapy puts you at the center — your history, your patterns, your growth. Relationship therapy puts the space between people at the center — how you communicate, rupture, repair, and reach for each other. Both are valuable. Sometimes people do both simultaneously, working on themselves in individual therapy while doing relational work together. We can help you figure out what makes sense for your situation.
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Not at all. Some of the best relationship work happens before things fall apart — building communication skills, understanding each other's patterns, creating agreements that actually fit your lives. If you're in a good place and want to go deeper, that's a completely legitimate reason to be here.
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Yes. Sometimes therapy helps people find their way back to each other. Sometimes it helps them end things with clarity, care, and less damage than they would have done alone. Both are valid outcomes. We're not here to save your relationship at all costs — we're here to help you figure out what's true and what's next.
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For many people, finding a therapist who shares or deeply understands their identity isn't a preference — it's a prerequisite for the work to actually be safe. You shouldn't have to spend session time explaining your culture, your family structure, or why certain things carry the weight they do. Our clinicians bring lived experience and cultural fluency to this work. You can start from a place of being understood, not having to earn it.
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It depends on what you're working on and what you want. Some people come for a focused period — a few months to work through a specific rupture or transition. Others stay longer because the work keeps opening up. We don't have a formula. We have a conversation about what you need and we check in as we go.
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Reach out for a free 20-minute consultation. It's a chance to ask questions, share what's bringing you in, and get a sense of whether Kinship is the right fit. No pressure, no commitment. Just a conversation.
Email us at info@simplykinship.com
Accessible Online Therapy
We offer telehealth sessions to California residents statewide, so you can receive care from wherever feels right. In-person sessions are available in the Bay Area and Sebastopol, Sonoma County.
Oregon telehealth is available with Raquel Wells only.
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Healing starts with connection. Whether you're seeking therapy, clinical supervision, or simply a space where you can feel seen and supported, we’re here to walk alongside you. You don’t have to do this alone. Reach out today, and let’s take the next step together.
