Accepting New Clients
In person - Rancho Bernardo, San Diego
Online - Across California.
Session Rates:
$180 · Individual therapy (50 minutes)
$195 · Couples therapy (50 minutes)
$345 ·Extended Couples Session (90 minutes)
Couples Beginner Bundle (see below)
$1895
Ongoing Couples 10-Session Bundle
$1795
Insurance Reimbursement
For clients with out-of-network benefits, I’m happy to provide a detailed receipt (a “superbill”) that you can submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement.
Ten sessions, including intake/feedback sessions, is often the point where couples begin to see meaningful change in communication, connection, and conflict patterns, based on research behind the Gottman Method.
The extended 90-minute joint intake session gives us space to understand your relationship history, goals, and patterns—and begin laying the groundwork for meaningful change.
Each partner also meets individually to share their personal perspective, history, and hopes for therapy—helping ensure both voices are heard from the very start.
Partners will take the Gottman Relationship Checkup—an online, research-based assessment that highlights strengths and challenges across key areas like communication, conflict, and intimacy, helping us tailor your therapy to address your needs and goals.
In the feedback session, we’ll review the results of your Relationship Checkup and intake, identify key themes, and outline a therapy plan that supports your goals as a couple.
The Gottman Relationship Builder is a digital tool designed to strengthen your relationship between and beyond sessions. It includes research-based videos, exercises, and activities tailored to the challenges you’re working on in therapy—helping you integrate skills like communication, emotional connection, and conflict repair into daily life. As your therapist, I’ll guide you in selecting and applying the modules that best support your goals.
Ongoing sessions focus on building and practicing Gottman Method skills in real time. You’ll learn how to apply tools like effective communication and conflict repair to your relationship’s specific challenges, with guided support that helps you develop confidence using these strategies outside of therapy.
At the 3 to 6 month mark, we’ll revisit the Gottman Relationship Checkup to assess progress, adjust goals, and ensure your work together is moving in a meaningful direction.
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Sarah Straus, PsyD, LPCC #13975
16870 W. Bernardo Drive, San Diego, CA 92127
The Bluffs @ Rancho Bernardo, Suite 400
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