I provide couples therapy for partners who want to understand and change the patterns that keep pulling them into the same conflicts, distance, or disconnection. Therapy can be a place to communicate differently, understand one another more fully, repair hurt, navigate transitions, and consider what each person needs in order for the relationship to grow. I welcome couples and partners across sexual orientations, gender identities, and relationship and family structures.
Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness. - Esther Perel
Couples Therapy in Los Angeles
Why does the very thing I was drawn to about this person drive me crazy? How do I keep a sense of my own integrity and independence while leaning into relationship? How do we communicate authentically so that we both feel heard? Where should my partner reassure me, and what is mine to self-soothe? How do we change and stay connected? Should we stay together?
Beginning a relationship can feel exciting and intuitive, and then, over time, really big questions begin to arise. Couples therapy takes a great deal of courage, and I am always honored to be alongside my clients as we navigate those questions together—deepening each person's sense of self, loosening vigilance, and making room for greater intimacy, honesty, flexibility, and connection.