Couples Therapy in Los Feliz & Los Angeles
Relationships are complicated.
Relationships, in general, can be challenging. Now add living together, having children, and sharing a bed. It can be difficult to navigate our individual identities when we share so much of our lives with someone else. Often, that tension gets translated into conflict.
Couples therapy helps us understand what happens between you in real time.
My role isn’t to determine who is right or wrong. It’s to understand each of you as individuals and figure out together how you ended up here.
Understanding your individual stories creates an opportunity to understand your collective story.
What we can work on:
Communication and conflict
Emotional disconnection
Sex and intimacy
Trust and infidelity
Resentment
Attachment and relationship patterns
Major life transitions
Opening or redefining a relationship
Separation and discernment
My approach
My work is relational and informed by attachment and psychodynamic approaches. In simpler terms, I pay attention not only to what you’re talking about, but to what happens between you as you talk about it.
This differs from individual therapy because the dynamics we’re trying to understand can show up in the room. That gives us an opportunity to notice and work with them together, in real time.
Couples Therapy FAQs
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There isn’t a single right time to start couples therapy. I’ve seen couples in crisis, while others just looking for a space to maintain consistency. You don’t have to wait until the relationship is falling apart before seeking support.
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Infidelity can most certainly disrupt trust, intimacy, and a couple’s overall understanding of the relationship. Therapy can provide a space to process what happened, its impact, and explore what each person wants moving forward.
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I work with different relationship structures, including poly and consensually non-monogamous relationships. The work is less about how a relationship is structured and more about what happens between the people in it.
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You don’t need to enter couples therapy knowing what you want the outcome to be. It’s okay to be unsure, and that’s where the work can begin.