Seeking the BEST Marriage Counselor in San Diego

Updated on December 23, 2011
C.P. asks from San Diego, CA
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Hello!

I am looking for the very best marriage counselor/therapist in the San Diego area please - for me and my husband to see together...

We have been married 7 years at the end of this month and have two wonderful children that are almost 4 and 2 years old. I have had hormone issues as far back as when I was 20 years old. My body doesn't produce estrogen and progesterone like it should, so I am like the Sahara Desert down there. Intercourse is the most painful thing for me that I have come to really hate sex. And with that said, our sex life is not healthy and we would usually have sex once every month or so. I am so tight at insertion and I cry almost every time during. And then I bleed afterwards because I tear during sex. We use lubricants and nothing helps.

My husband also is delusional in the sense that it is very important for him to have a wife that is a size zero and model-looking. He doesn't know why it has always been important to him, but it has. And a size zero I am not! Back in March he told me I was fat and that our son was then 18 months old and that I'd had a year and a half to lose weight but had done nothing. I have since then lost 26lbs and instead of "great job" I get "how much more do you plan to lose??" and if I say 5 more pounds he says "why only 5, why not 30??". I'm 132lbs right now as it is!

Well, with all our fighting off and on for the past several years he finally came to a breaking point and decided he just didn't care anymore. He travels very frequently to China and Korea on business and finally confessed to me this past weekend that during his trip to China in April he slept with someone that he met in the hotel bar. I knew something had happened because from the second he came home from that trip, everything about him was different. And as time went on, he grew more distant from me, didn't want to have sex with me - even when I initiated it, he started sleeping on the couch more, etc. I confronted him about why he was so distant, and had even asked him at some point if something had happened in China and he said no and would tell me everything was okay. But I knew it, I just knew it.

I've cried, I've talked to friends, I've screamed, and I've had nothing but time to think about things. We want to move forward with our marriage and work on us and fix us and make us better and stronger. I know what he did was a mistake, a stupid drunken mistake. He has agreed to couples therapy with me and now I need to find the best one out there!

Whew, sorry that was so dang long. Once I got started it just felt so good to keep going and let it out.

Thanks!!

-Char

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C.D.

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I would suggest besides the marriage counseling, you find yourself a good doctor that does the bio-idenitical creams for your hormones. You may be able to get them into balance with somthing like that and find it may help the dryness from within rather than/ or with lubricants you currently try to help in the sex department.A better sex life would be a great improvement for your problems. I have been doing them for over a year since going into menopause and I love what they have done for me. I can see where that would be a big part of your problem for both of you. As for his obession with "skinny" he should work on that with the counselor. If he does not love you deeper than for just your appearance, then you should do some sole searching yourself. Most of us do not remain what we were when we met if the relations stands the test of time. I hope you can work things out and I think that you are willing to forgive him this one mistake and try t work things out is wonderful. Just make sure he knows there is only one free pass for something like that, so you can reastore your trust and faith in him especially since he travel for his work. Good luck and best wishes to you.
C.

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V.W.

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If your ob/gyn is not helping you with the hormonal issue you should change doctors. That being said there may be reasons other than physical, that you feel like the Sahara Desert. I think you are on the right track getting the best counselor in San Diego, but for yourself, you need to figure out how you can have a normal sexual response. Do you use a vibrator to have orgasms and if so does that result in a little moisture in the vagina? Sex didn't cause the problem and sex won't fix it but you deserve to have a pleasurable sex life and it is an important part of a healthy married relationship.
Are you still breastfeeding? That does alter the hormones and vaginal lubrication but it comes back.

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A.B.

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Hello C.,
I am so sorry to hear about your difficult situation.

The VERY best therapist in town is Matt Burgan.

He specializes in couples and relationships. Specifically, those couple's with sex issues. Please also check out his website for more information.

Matt Burgan, MFT
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MattBurganMFT.com

I hope you contact him. I hope he can help you guys.
Good luck,
A.

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S.M.

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I LOVE my therapist- I would not be married to my husband right now if it weren't for her. Her name is Patti Metz and she is a PhD. ###-###-#### I can't say enough good things about her.

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P.L.

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First make sure you take care of yourself physically right now. This is a huge stress and it will take a toll on your health.
There is an awesome site www.marriagebuilders.com that has a lot of resources and there is great phone counselling available. They are pro-marriage which is sometimes hard to find in counselling it seems. It is expensive but you develop a plan and they work with you with proven results. Even if you only check out the site and the forums you will glean a ton of information that will help you right now.

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K.K.

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So sorry to hear you are struggling...the best therapist BY FAR in San Diego is Matt Burgan MFT. Give him a try, you won't regret it!

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T.B.

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You should be seeking the best divorce lawyer in San Diego.

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