Rebuild Connection with Marriage Counseling in Long Beach, CA
Every romantic relationship faces struggles sometimes—whether it’s communication breakdowns, recurring arguments, emotional distance, or trust issues. Over time, these challenges can create frustration and disconnection, leaving partners feeling unheard or alone.
But you don’t have to navigate this on your own. I offer marriage counseling and couples therapy in Long Beach, CA, to help couples reconnect, rebuild trust, and develop a deeper, more fulfilling relationship. My approach isn’t about rigid techniques or surface-level fixes—it’s more focused on gaining insight, strengthening emotional connection, and creating lasting change from the inside out.
What to Expect from Marriage Counseling
Unlike structured, behavior focused therapies like CBT or DBT, I take a process-oriented approach. This means we’ll focus on more thoroughly understanding your relationship dynamics, exploring deeper emotions, and co-creating meaningful shifts—rather than just applying quick-fix strategies.
Our Process Together:
- Understanding Your Relationship – We begin by exploring your unique dynamic, identifying recurring patterns, and recognizing the deeper emotions driving your challenges.
- Getting to the Root of the Issues – Whether the struggle is trust, emotional distance, or communication barriers, we’ll uncover what’s truly beneath the conflict.
- Developing Awareness & Connection – I don’t assign one-size-fits-all homework. Instead, we’ll collaborate on meaningful ways to practice new ways of relating, both inside and outside of sessions.
- Growing Through the Process – Instead of focusing only on “fixing” issues, we’ll work on deepening connection, raising self-awareness, and learning how to navigate challenges together. Moving beyond this process, necessary change becomes much more clear with a new level of understanding.
- Continuous Support & Reflection – Relationships evolve, and so does the work we do together. We’ll adjust as needed, ensuring effective, relevant support and lasting growth.
Why Choose My Approach to Marriage Counseling in Long Beach, CA?
Couples seek my support when they want more than just communication techniques or structured exercises. My therapy is attachment-based, psychodynamic, and somatic, meaning I help you explore how past experiences, emotions, and patterns shape the way you connect with each other. I also support you in listening to your body’s signals, understanding you and your partners’ core needs and blocks to meeting them so that you can better connect within, and without.
This approach is not entirely goal-oriented or behavioral-focused—I don’t assign standardized homework or rigid plans. Instead, I help you:
- Communicate in a more connected and meaningful way (not just with scripts)
- Understand the deeper personal and shared patterns affecting your relationship
- Rebuild foundational trust and emotional intimacy through experiential dialogue
- Navigate conflict with greater awareness and compassion for both yourself and each other
- Work together in a way that feels authentic, more loving and real
Other services we can help you with
Our relationship with money impacts how we live and feel every day. If financial stress is affecting your well-being or your relationship, financial therapy can help you understand your money mindset and develop healthier patterns. Gain confidence in managing finances and make choices aligned with your values and goals.
Depth therapy provides a space to reflect, heal, and grow. Whether dealing with anxiety, relationship struggles, or just a desire to understand yourself more deeply, individual therapy helps you build resilience, heal past hurts, and move forward with a sense of clarity and self-compassion.
If you and your partner feel stuck on a recurring issue or are looking to reconnect more deeply, couples intensives offer a focused, immersive experience. These in-depth sessions help you deepen your connection, develop lasting skills, and move past challenging patterns.
Being an ADHD person in this society can often feel overwhelming, with tasks piling up and emotional regulation challenges. ADHD therapy helps you develop personalized strategies to manage tasks, stay self-compassionate, and cope with sensory and emotional intensity, all while honoring your neurotype and support needs.
Get Started on a Healthier Path
If you and your partner feel stuck, unheard, or disconnected, there is a way forward. If you solo, find yourself needing help understanding your own struggles with mood, money or relationships, help is out there. My process-oriented marriage counseling in Long Beach, CA, offers the space and support to help you rediscover well-being and create the relationship you truly want.
