San Jose Couples Counseling

Kanchan Sachdev, MA, LMFT

Kanchan is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist with a practice aimed at creating a safe, caring and confidential environment, allowing for deep reflection on the self and on relationships, which serve as a catalyst for healing and change.

As a holistic psychotherapist, Kanchan attends to various aspects of the person, including the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, creative and physiological. She has had in-depth trainings in Expressive Arts Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and the Developmental Model of Couple Therapy. This enables her to offer and teach couples a wide range of tools and techniques as they navigate challenges such as differences in values, beliefs, and communication styles as well as the effects of trauma, anxiety and depression that arise in their relationship.

Additionally, Kanchan is culturally sensitive and enjoys providing therapeutic services to inter-racial couples, immigrants, children of immigrant parents and people across the gender and sexuality spectrums.

Mark Mouro, MA, LMFT

Mark is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in couple therapy. His clients have appreciated his warmth, curiosity and gentle humor. He has a deep appreciation for his clients and the resilience of the human spirit.

In the room he focuses on the strengths of each person and the routines between couples that can develop over time. The couple learns to manage their initial reactions in disagreements in order to respond with more empathy. He provides them with tools to repair their relationship after an argument.

With emotions as a signal, Mark supports his couples to “Change their position on the seesaw”. He says “I never take lightly what an honor it is for me to join two people in their sacred space, trying to love again”. Mark worked for 20 years in the film and television business before becoming a therapist. He is a strong advocate for the community and has lobbied local representatives in Sacramento as a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. He lives in San Jose where he chases around his toddler and keeps trying to return to Burning Man.

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Location: San Jose, CA, USA

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