Hi, I’m John Sherwood of Sherwood Couples Counseling.

Since 1985 I have worked with couples, and this is what I have observed…

Couples in conflict suffer the misery of their ongoing pain...

… they suffer openly through aggressive, verbal and physical fights — and they suffer silently as their emotional injuries mount and endure from year to year. In the end they come to believe that they have no power, that their situation is hopeless, and that their lives will be miserable forever. Ultimately these couples divorce, throwing their lives into greater chaos, or they stay together, passively and unhappily resigned to a gloomy and unfulfilled life.

Couples in conflict have a joyless existence...

… they speak only about superficial matters; they avoid important and difficult issues; they don’t have fun together; they no longer show or ask for affection; they develop solitary hobbies; they work long, unforgiving hours; they don’t have sex with each other and if they do, one partner is often silently reluctant. It is in these relationships where one or both parties often resort to alcohol, drugs, overeating, over-spending and infidelities as a way of coping with the dreariness of their inescapable misery and pain.

John Sherwood of Sherwood Couples Counseling

BUT… There IS hope!

Since 1985, Sherwood Couples Counseling has been a recognized and respected resource offering counseling in San Antonio, Texas, and providing hope though therapy and skill building for suffering couples, families and individuals locally. Now committed to providing flexible and creative methods to reach and serve more clients, we are vigorously providing access to new clients globally via private teleconferencing.

At Sherwood Couples Counseling, we build skills and provide promise to clients in these important specialty service areas: couples, individual, child and custody problems, counseling for divorce, grief counseling, infidelity, anger and domestic violence, alcohol and drug addiction, anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, trauma and PTSD, and psychiatric referrals. We offer couples counseling, intensive or marathon therapy for breaking through relationship roadblocks, and confidential private video teleconferencing sessions. Whether you need regular therapy sessions, ongoing maintenance, concentrated work on issues like infidelity, or just want to brush up on some communication and conflict resolution skills to make a good marriage better, we can help.

Stressors at work and in our families and personal lives have dramatically increased levels of depression, anxiety and widespread drug abuse, sometimes resulting in divorce and even suicide. That’s why Sherwood Couples Counseling is even more dedicated to helping couples heal emotionally from past wounds, rediscover the friendship in their relationships, and develop healthy and effective communication skills. These new skills will assist them in not only managing and resolving conflict but also in honoring the life dreams that once brought them together – this can only contribute to building peaceful, happy families.

And now coaching and skill building via the Internet removes all geographical barriers, extending hope to a wider range of adults and children. Whether you are seeking counseling in San Antonio, Texas, live anywhere in the U.S., or live anywhere you have internet access for that matter, you can get coaching, skill building and counseling from Sherwood Couples Counseling. Contact us today to get started!

All Sessions Conducted Via Video

Motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic and in the interest of client safety, all appointments are now via private video session. Your relationship can have immediate access to powerful research-based techniques that in a few short sessions can change your relationship dramatically.

With just a handful of sessions, your marriage can begin to go from avoidance to engagement, from attacking and defensive behaviors to listening and expressing feelings, from criticism and name calling to skillfully and successfully asking for what you want and need.

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Once you and your partner learn some basic principles and techniques on how to communicate respectfully, we’ll turn our attention to older, historical injuries and losses that still hurt and haven’t gone away. You’ll learn the emotional and healing value of talking about these enduring issues even though you can’t undo them. As we deepen our work, you’ll discover more about the truth of your own core values and the values of the families that you came from; you’ll learn how to have more fun together; and you will learn once again to enjoy the beauty and the intimacies of sex. You will receive so much more than I can describe in this short introduction, and rest assured, no matter your age or the state of your relationship, it is not too late to refocus on the forgotten, lost or unexpressed dreams that first drew you together. CLICK to take the Relationship Quiz CLICK for Couples Counseling CLICK for Intensive Couples Therapy