Couples therapy in Los Angeles
How does couples therapy work?
Couples therapy is a dedicated space to explore your relationship. You might find that just being in the therapy office allows for a chance to break the limiting patterns and dynamics that have developed over time. Couples therapy helps to understand each partner's experience and assumes no one is right or wrong. You might be interested in couples therapy because you recognize the same argument happens again and again, or distance keeps growing when you both want connection. It is normal for interactions in couples to solidify into familiar, frustrating loops. In sessions, we will slow down these cycles and learn how to respond in a new way.
What is your approach?
As with any client, I work with couples from a holistic, systems-oriented lens. I will support you in exploring how your past relationships, family of origin, cultural context, and attachment history impacts your current relationship. Cyclical relationship issues live in inherited patterns, and in the ways we've learned to protect ourselves from unsafe environments or people. As a couple’s therapist, my approach is collaborative, curious, and empowering. I like to offer information and psychological education. You may feel as though you are receiving individual therapy in addition to couples therapy. I give both partners my full attention and compassion, and do not take sides. The couple as a system in my client.
Interested in couples therapy?
If you are interested in couples therapy, please book a free consultation. I would love to hear from you!
