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Couples counseling and marriage counseling in Los Gatos

Private, Discreet Support for High Net Worth Couples

Hello, I'm Dr. Jené Verchick, a licensed clinical psychologist with over 26 years of experience. I work with couples in Los Gatos and throughout Silicon Valley via secure, confidential video sessions.

Los Gatos is the kind of place where people come to enjoy what they've built — the tree-lined streets, the downtown, the schools, the feeling of a small town with big-city ambition right next door. But the marriage that was supposed to be the reward for all the years of building often gets the least attention. You pour energy into your career, your kids, your home — and give your partner whatever's left. Eventually, whatever's left isn't enough.

If you and your partner are running on routine instead of connection, you already know something needs to change.

How I Work With Couples

I don't do passive therapy. I don't sit back while you and your partner talk around the real issue for the tenth time.

In session, I step in. When I see the pattern — the defensiveness, the withdrawal, the rational-sounding argument that's actually about feeling invisible — I name it. And I help you try a different response. Not as a concept. Right there, in real time.

Los Gatos couples tend to be smart, driven people who solve problems all day. The instinct is to apply that same approach to the marriage — analyze it, strategize it, optimize it. But relationships don't work that way. I help you shift from solving mode to actually feeling something together.

Why Los Gatos Couples Choose Me

Los Gatos feels like a small town — and in many ways it is. You see the same families at Los Gatos High, at the farmers market on Sunday, at Testarossa, at the trail on St. Joseph's Hill. Your social circle overlaps with your kids' school community which overlaps with your neighbors which overlaps with half the parents at your gym.

Working with me means:

• No overlap between your therapist and your Los Gatos world

• Secure video sessions from the privacy of your home — no office on Santa Cruz Avenue, no parking lot encounters

• Complete confidentiality — nothing shared without your written consent

• A therapist who understands the specific pressures of Silicon Valley life without being part of your network

 When your therapist will never be at Back-to-School Night, you can say things you wouldn't say to someone local.

What Brings Los Gatos Couples To Therapy

The relationships I see from Los Gatos and the surrounding area tend to share certain patterns:

• Two tech careers creating a marriage that runs on efficiency but has lost its warmth — you're great teammates and terrible partners

• One partner whose startup or company consumed the relationship while the other built the family and quietly lost themselves

• The golden handcuffs — stock options, RSUs, and a lifestyle that's impossible to maintain on one income, creating pressure that neither of you can release

• Kids and schools driving every decision — where you live, how you spend weekends, how much you work — and the marriage absorbed the cost

• A betrayal that would shatter your reputation in a community this small

• Retirement or a career transition exposing how much of your identity — and your marriage — was built around work

• The comparison trap — every family on your street looks like they have it figured out, and the gap between their highlight reel and your private reality is exhausting

Premarital Counseling

I work with couples before marriage — especially when significant assets, equity compensation, and dual careers are part of the picture. In Los Gatos, where financial complexity is the norm, premarital counseling is about practicing the conversations that prenups can't cover: power, ambition, whose career takes priority, what happens when one of you wants to slow down and the other doesn't.

26+ years of experience

I've spent over two decades working with high-achieving couples, including many in Silicon Valley who need a therapist who understands the specific pressure of building wealth while trying to maintain a marriage. The consistent lesson: the couples who do best are the ones who find a therapist willing to be direct. Not just supportive. Direct.

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What Clients Say​​​

"We moved to Los Gatos for the schools. Both of us took bigger jobs to afford it. Within two years we had the house, the kids in great programs, and a marriage that was dead. Dr. Verchick helped us see that we'd optimized everything except the one thing that mattered most." — Los Gatos

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"My husband's company got acquired and suddenly we had money we'd never had before. Instead of bringing us closer, it pulled us apart — different priorities, different visions for what comes next, and a power dynamic that shifted overnight. Dr. Verchick helped us navigate the transition without destroying each other." — Los Gatos

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"I was the one who wanted therapy. My wife thought we were fine. Dr. Verchick started with just me, and within a month my wife noticed something had changed at home. She asked to come in. Now we go together every week and our marriage is better than it's been in a decade." — Los Gatos

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"Every couple on our street looks perfect. We looked perfect too. We weren't. Dr. Verchick was the first person who saw through it — because she wasn't in our world. That distance is what made it possible to finally be honest." — Los Gatos

Frequently Asked Questions about couples therapy in Los Gatos

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We're both in tech and incredibly busy. How does scheduling work?

Sessions are 50 minutes via secure video. No commute, no parking, no blocked-out afternoon. Most couples do early morning, lunch, or after the kids are in bed. If you can find time for a 1:1 with your manager, you can find time for your marriage.

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We had a major financial event — IPO, acquisition, new funding. Can therapy help with that transition?

Yes. Sudden wealth changes relationships in ways most people don't expect. It shifts power dynamics, raises questions about identity, and surfaces resentments that were easy to ignore when you were both grinding. I work with couples navigating exactly this.

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We're not fighting. We're just distant. Is that enough reason?

That's one of the most common reasons couples come to me. Quiet distance is harder to name than explosive conflict, but it's just as damaging. If you feel more like business partners than life partners, that's worth addressing.

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Is everything confidential?

Absolutely. I don't share anything with anyone without your written consent. I don't name-drop, I don't discuss clients, and I have no presence in the Peninsula community. Your privacy is complete.  I use Signal.  ​