Couples and Marriage Therapy
Why couples therapy?
Attending therapy as a couple affords the opportunity to work collaboratively and to let your partner see you at your most vulnerable and at your very best.
What can couples or marriage therapy help with?
Couple relationships can suffer neglect under the weight of economic pressure, child-rearing, extended family conflict, work stress, lack of community, and various other obligations and expectations. Under these conditions anger and resentment can take hold and push love and desire aside. Coming together to face these and other challenges can give couples the chance to reclaim what they once cherished.
We can help with:
LGBTQIA friendly couples counseling
Marriage counseling
Premarital counseling
Couples considering separation or divorce
Co-parenting following divorce or separation
Issues related to sex and intimacy
Couples seeking support following infidelity
How is our approach different?
Traditional couples therapy can perpetuate blame and the treatment of problems as something wholly personal, the result of individual failure, created by one partner or the other–or both. It overlooks the broader cultural context in which problems thrive.
In our work with couples we make every effort to preserve the dignity of each partner and that of the relationship. Our approach views problems from a distance. This allows for a critique of problems rather than a critique of partners.
Learn more about narrative therapy here.
What to expect?
The first step is to submit the New Client Inquiry Form.
Then we’ll contact you to let you know if our team has availability.
We’ll find a date and time for your first appointment. At that point we’ll ask you to complete a more detailed new client intake form.
You can meet with your therapist in person at our office location on Wilshire Boulevard, or choose to meet virtually via a secure video conference link.
If you have other questions, view answers to Frequently Asked Questions or contact us by phone or email.