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San Diego, CA Marriage & Family Counselor
Barbi Pecenco, MA, IMF
Personal Statement
I practice individual and couples relationship counseling in San Diego, CA.

I believe that healthy relationships are essential to our happiness and success in life. I specialize in working with clients who need help with communication and negotiation skills, decreasing blame and criticism, reducing resentments, creating more intimacy, de-escalating hostility in arguments, and much more.

Relationships enrich our lives and bring us great joy, but sometimes being in a relationship can also be difficult. When the bad times begin to outweigh the good, you may start to believe there there is something wrong with you or your partner. But there is nothing wrong with either of you! You simply need to learn the skills necessary to share your life with someone else. Couples counseling can teach you these important skills.

Most of us don't realize that relationships are hard work. We are socialized to believe we will find our "soul mate" and then we can sit back and do nothing and live happily ever after. This is just not the case! We all need an education in how to have great relationships, just as we get educated in every other area of our lives. Couples counseling provides these vital teachings.

Your loved one may not be as willing as you are to take the step to consult a therapist. If that is the case, I would be happy to work with you in individual therapy. I can help you create a more loving relationship with yourself, which will in turn improve your relationships with others.

I would like to help you:

Stop defending yourself
Find your voice and use it
Stop blaming yourself and your partner
Communicate so that your partner can hear you
Increase the intimacy and connection in your relationship

General Office Information
Office Hours
Day, evening and weekend appointments available.
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Finances
Avg. Session Cost: $75.00 - $90.00
Sliding Scale: Yes
Years in Practice: 1 year
Accepts Insurance: No
Qualifications
Graduate School: Alliant International University
Year Graduated: 2007
License Number: IMF 54917
License State: CA
Client Focus
Ethnicity: Any
Religous Orientation: Any
Gay/Lesbian Focus : No Preference




Barbi Pecenco
2333 First Aveune, Ste 204
San Diego, CA 92101
(917) 673-1668
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