COUPLES AND FAMILY THERAPY IN WEST LOS ANGELES-ONLINE/VIRTUAL SESSIONS CA

* Do you feel unhappy in your romantic relationship? 

* Have your arguments become too frequent?

* Are things like money or parenting disagreements breaking you apart?

* Has your trust been broken?

* Are you unsatisfied with your sex life?

* DO YOU WONDER WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG or IF YOU SHOULD STAY IN THE RELATIONSHIP?

Couples typically have what I call “an eternal issue”, which is repetitively unresolved in discussions, just to come up again in the next fight. 

Too often, partners hope that their significant other would know what they are feeling or what makes them happy.

Money, parenting, and communication problems are some of the number one issues in romantic relationships.

Unfortunately, frequent arguments can end-up pushing partners to complete alienation.

If the signs of romantic dissatisfaction are not addressed on time, relationships typically result in separation or divorce.

Furthermore, whatever is not resolved in your current relationship, will most likely show up on your next relationship.

Psychotherapy sessions can offer multiple tools and strategies to resolve conflict and create a deeper level of connection.

With the right guidance, many couples are able to quickly regain feelings of love and intimacy

One of the things that I enjoy the most in my therapeutic work, is seeing how partners are able to suddenly connect in a way that they have never connected before.

The truth is that, since each person and relationship is unique, the recipe for a couples’ happiness is unique as well. 

Discovering which are the right ingredients for a successful relationship can be a fun and wonderful adventure… an experience that defines -a before and after- in the capacity to love and feel loved.

Perhaps, we all have wished at some point that romantic partners would come with an instruction manual to help us understand how to make them happy.

Maybe even more times, we have wished that we could give them a manual so they could understand how to make us happy. But… is that possible?

During my work with couples, I help partners develop -what I call an emotional blue print-to help them understand makes each other happy. 

In this process, each individual is able to discover fundamental things about their own happiness, as well as the right components to make their partners feel loved.

Although many people fear that during couples counseling the therapist would side with their partners, they soon realize that my role impartially aims to facilitate their connection.

Sessions are handled with respect and deep empathy.

 In the therapy room, couples find a space where they can learn new ways to relate with each other. These new ways, soon replace the old conflicting patterns of relationship they use at home.

Over the years and through the use of different therapeutic tools and trainings, I have developed an approach to couples work that facilitates deep, long lasting change. 

Are you ready to create the relationship you want?

* Is your family arguing a lot or having difficulty to adjust to a new family situation or divorce?

* Is it hard to deal with your in-laws?

* Has your family experienced a loss or illness?

* Are mental health or drug/alcohol problems affecting your family?

* Do you feel not appreciated or understood at home?

* Are your children showing behavioral issues and you have parenting disagreement?

Every family member is like a part or piece of a whole system. You can think of a family as a machine that needs all its parts to be working well to function properly.

When one or more parts are not functioning well, the whole system starts failing.

Family counseling doesn't try to blame any family member or part of the system, but rather figure out how the patterns of interaction between the parts may be maintaining the problem and how the parts can function together to improve the system.

During counseling sessions, family members can be helped to understand what interactions are maintaining the problems and how the parts of the system could be moved to bring positive change.

Problems are a normal part of life. Family counseling can help families learn problem-solving techniques to use when responding to daily circumstances or problems.

When we interact inside a family, for good or for bad, we tend to repeat what we have learned in our childhood homes.

Many of our behaviors and negative patterns of interaction, can even be tracked back some generations in our family tree.

Where did we learn how to be a parent, a sibling, or a son/daughter? Our main school was our family of origin.

It requires a conscious effort to unlearn what we have internalized and to learn something different.

Counseling helps families gain awareness about their behaviors and opens a space to learn new ways to communicate, relate, and support each other.

One of the things that I enjoy the most as a Marriage and Family therapist, is seeing how family members are able to suddenly connect emotionally in a way that they have never connected before.

Working as a therapist (and clinical supervisor) in both -the private and community mental health sectors, has exposed me to multiple families from diverse cultures.

During my family therapy sessions, I look forward to learn each family's unique characteristics, values, and dreams. 

Are you ready to share yours?