Hi, and thank you for taking the time to getting to know me.
I’m, José Villafuerte, licensed psychotherapist, and couples coach. I have over 15 years of experience in the mental health field and am the founder of Integrated Bilingual Counseling, also known as I.B.C.
I specialize in helping couples and individuals who deal with various problems such as lack of communication, grief, contempt, stonewalling, affairs, in-laws, finances, jealousy, etc

I’m, José Villafuerte, licensed psychotherapist, and couples coach. I have over 15 years of experience in the mental health field and am the founder of Integral Bilingual Coaching & Counseling, also known as I.B.C.
I specialize in helping couples and individuals who deal with various problems such as lack of communication, grief, contempt, stonewalling, affairs, in-laws, finances, jealousy, etc
Love and Conflict
My interest in couples started when I was very young. Maybe like you, I come from a home in which my parents separated. As I grew older I realized that my parents had their golden years but, due to various problems, the relationship finally took another course that led to their separation.
At that time, I thought my parents were the only ones who had conflicts, and I asked myself, “Why can’t they get along? Why can’t they communicate effectively? Why can’t they reach mutual agreements? ”
Later I realized that my parents weren’t the only ones who had marital conflicts. My cousins´ parents and my friends also suffered, many of them came from homes with divorced or separated parents.
Little by little I understood that this was a social problem. And later, and to get a little more into my personal life, I confirmed it firsthand in my first relationship with my girlfriend, corroborating for the first time the two facets of couple relationships: love and conflict.
I became obsessed with relationships and their dynamics
I noticed the complexity of communication and mutual understanding, but at the same time, I wondered: how can I get to communicate and understand my girlfriend if no one taught me to do it? I could not identify a role model in the relationship of my parents, nor in that of the parents of my cousins or friends, since all those marriages were also prey to conflict.
And let’s not even talk about the educational system, which has flatly failed to provide us with education on issues of emotional and social intelligence. It was then that I became obsessed with relationships and their dynamics. I wondered: What made the difference between a long, happy marriage versus the vast majority of unhappy marriages?
That is how I started reading books, then I studied Psychology at the University of the Sacred Hearts (Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA), until I graduated. Not satisfied with the knowledge I had obtained, I continued studying and obtained a Master’s degree at Fordham University (Westchester, New York), which opened the doors to the clinical field, where I was able to train in the best psychotherapeutic modalities to help couples, Emotional Focused Therapy, Level II, and The Gottman Method, Level III.
The methods we use
are highly effective…
I have tested them over and over with the couples I deal with in my practice. As an example, I want to share with you some of the opinions of my clients about the services I have provided:
“I reached out to Integrated Bilingual Counseling in need of help with my marriage. Jose Villafuerte called me back the same day and from the moment I spoke to him on the phone, I felt the professionalism, and knowledge and the willingness to hear my problem more in detail. Right after, my husband and I decided to move forward with the sessions. We are truly thankful for Jose, for his patience with us. For taking the time to show us once again, how to listen and talk to each other. ” ~C.D.
“After trying various marriage counseling therapy, we finally found one that really helped us. As a couple and individually. Thanks Jose!” ~ J.C.
«José Villafuerte helped me realize that my madness is normal! He explained to me that my problems were not really problems but needs that had to be met. Thanks to your patience and willingness to help, I am a better version of myself. José also helped me with my marriage. As a couple, we are in a new and better place. With 25 years of marriage, we feel like we are starting a second marriage. The fact is, when we started going to couples counseling, we were considering divorce. We are stronger now than before. Thanks Jose!” ~ L.C.
The information I provide you is of high quality
I also want to share with you that my practice has been rated as one of the best in the area where we serve thanks to the opinions of my clients. Why am I sharing this with you? Well, for the simple reason that I want to certify that the information I am providing you is of high quality. But the work is not only mine, most of it will come from you and your partner, from the commitment that both of you put into improving your relationship.
If you’re ready to rebuild your relationship,
choose from the two options of treatment available:

Couples Therapy: designed for couples who are struggling with communication patterns, life transitions, co-parenting, emotional disengagement, grief and loss, intimacy, and stress. You might be eligible to receive therapy through your insurance carrier. We accept Medicaid, Anthem BCBS and Cigna.
There’s a current waitlist if you wish to be seen by this method.

Intensive Couples Therapy (ICT): designed for couples that come to me in the middle of a crisis such as an affair or contemplating divorce/separation.
This is the right intervention for those couples who want to see faster results given the fact that I’ll be working with you intensely for an average of 2 consecutive days, up to 6 hours each day, usually on weekends or spread throughout the week, twice or three times per week for 90 minutes session.
Why is this intervention right for you? Because it will allow us to get to the core of your crisis promptly without the anguish of weekly sessions where you’re seen once a week, for a space of 50’ (insurance policy) and having to wait until the following week which results in greater desperation and sometimes drop out of therapy.
Call me to determine if intensive couples therapy (ICT) is right for you.
Testimony from a couple who opted for ICT
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