Couples Therapy in Los Angeles
Strengthen Your Bond and Reclaim Your Love
Feeling lost in your relationship? Do you feel disconnected, misunderstood, or overwhelmed by conflict?
Whether you're feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or haunted by past experiences, we're here to help you reconnect and rebuild your relationship.
Angel City Therapy provides reconnective Couples Therapy in Los Angeles.
We understand the challenges of navigating life's ups and downs and are here to help you navigate these difficulties and rebuild a stronger, more fulfilling connection.
Navigating the Complexities of Love: Why Couples Seek Therapy
Relationships are beautiful and challenging. They require constant nurturing, understanding, and a willingness to adapt and grow together. While every couple experiences ups and downs, sometimes challenges can feel overwhelming, leading to feelings of disconnection, resentment, and even despair.
Couples therapy offers a safe and supportive space for you and your partner to address these challenges and work towards a stronger, more fulfilling relationship. Here are some common reasons why couples seek therapy:
Communication Breakdowns: Effective communication is the cornerstone of any healthy relationship. When communication falters, misunderstandings, resentment, and conflict can arise. Couples therapy can help you and your partner develop healthier communication patterns, such as active listening, clear and assertive expression, and respectful conflict resolution.
Differing Values or Beliefs: Disagreements about core values, beliefs, or life goals can create significant tension in a relationship. Therapy can provide a neutral space to explore these differences, understand their impact on your relationship, and find ways to navigate them with respect and understanding.
External Stressors: External stressors, such as financial difficulties, job stress, family pressures, or health challenges, can put a strain on even the strongest relationships. Therapy can provide a supportive environment to cope with these stressors as a couple and strengthen your bond.
Family Influences: Family-of-origin dynamics can significantly impact our relationships. Therapy can help you understand how your individual family histories may be influencing your current relationship patterns and develop healthier ways of relating.
Interracial Relationships: Interracial couples may face unique challenges related to cultural differences, societal biases, and family dynamics. Therapy can provide a safe and supportive space to explore these challenges and build a stronger, more resilient relationship.
Infidelity: Infidelity can be a deeply traumatic event that can shatter trust and damage a relationship. Therapy can help couples navigate the complexities of forgiveness, rebuild trust, and heal from the betrayal.
Sex or Intimacy Issues: Intimacy encompasses more than just sex. It includes emotional, physical, and intellectual connections. If you are experiencing sexual difficulties, such as low libido, erectile dysfunction, or pain during sex, sex therapy can provide specialized support and guidance to address these concerns and improve your sexual health and satisfaction. Therapy can help couples reconnect on all levels and deepen their intimacy.
Life Transitions: Major life transitions, such as marriage, parenthood, empty nest syndrome, or retirement, can significantly impact a relationship. Therapy can help couples navigate these transitions and adapt to the changing dynamics of their relationship.
Marital and Premarital Counseling: Couples therapy can be beneficial at any stage of a relationship, including during the premarital stage. Premarital counseling can help couples build a strong foundation for their marriage by addressing potential challenges and developing effective communication and problem-solving skills.
Overall Unhappiness: If you and your partner are experiencing a general sense of unhappiness or disconnection in your relationship, therapy can help you identify the underlying issues and work towards creating a more fulfilling and joyful partnership.
Trust Problems: Trust is essential for a healthy relationship. Therapy can help couples rebuild trust after a betrayal or address underlying trust issues that may be hindering their connection.
Frequent or Repeat Arguments: Frequent arguments, even if they don't escalate, can create a negative and emotionally draining environment. Therapy can help you identify the underlying issues contributing to these arguments and develop more constructive ways of resolving conflict. Finding yourselves stuck in the same arguments repeatedly? Therapy can help you break free from these repetitive patterns and develop more effective communication and conflict-resolution strategies.
Trauma: Past traumas, whether individual or shared, can significantly impact a couple's ability to connect and maintain intimacy. Couples therapy can provide a safe and supportive space to address the impact of trauma on the relationship and develop healthy coping mechanisms.
If you are considering couples therapy, please don't hesitate to contact us. We are here to support you on your journey towards a stronger, more fulfilling relationship.
Our Couples Therapy Approach
We believe that every relationship is unique, and we tailor our approach to meet your specific needs. Our therapists utilize evidence-based techniques, including:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): This approach helps couples identify and heal emotional wounds, fostering deeper intimacy and understanding. Read More
Gottman Method Couples Therapy: This research-based method focuses on improving communication, conflict resolution, and emotional connection.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): This therapy helps couples identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to relationship problems.
Trauma Informed and Focused Therapy: This couples therapy helps couples understand and heal from the impact of past traumas on their current relationship dynamics.
Rogerian Person-Centered Therapy: Rogerian couples therapy emphasizes active listening, empathy, and unconditional positive regard to foster understanding and growth within the relationship.
Internal Family Systems (IFS): ISF couples therapy helps partners understand and heal the "parts" within themselves that create conflict in their relationship, leading to greater self-awareness and deeper intimacy.
Sex Therapy: Sex therapy provides a supportive environment to address a variety of sexual concerns, from difficulties with intimacy and arousal to navigating changes in sexual desire or exploring sexual identity.
What to Expect in Couples Therapy
Our couples therapy sessions provide a safe and supportive space for you to:
Communicate Effectively: Learn to express your needs and feelings openly and honestly.
Resolve Conflict Constructively: Develop healthy conflict resolution skills to address disagreements.
Rebuild Intimacy: Reconnect emotionally and physically with your partner.
Enhance Your Sexual Relationship: Explore ways to improve your sexual satisfaction and intimacy.
Strengthen Your Bond: Foster a deeper sense of love, trust, and commitment.
A Personalized Approach to Healing Relationships"
"We understand that every couple's journey is unique. That's why we offer a personalized therapy approach, drawing from various evidence-based techniques. Our therapists will work with you to:
Heal Emotional Wounds: Explore and address underlying emotional issues and foster deeper intimacy and understanding.
Improve Communication & Conflict Resolution: Learn effective communication skills and develop healthy conflict resolution strategies.
Challenge Negative Patterns: Identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors that hinder your relationship.
Address Trauma: Our therapists are trained to address the impact of trauma on relationships and provide a safe and supportive environment for healing.
Foster Growth & Understanding: Create a compassionate and non-judgmental space for growth, understanding each other, and finding deeper connections.
Why Choose Angel City Therapy?
Experienced Therapists: Our therapists have extensive experience working with couples from diverse backgrounds and issues.
Multicultural Sensitivity and Expertise: Our therapists are deeply committed to understanding and respecting diverse cultural backgrounds. We have extensive experience working with couples from various cultures. We are skilled in navigating cultural differences and tailoring our approach to meet the unique needs of each couple.
Inclusive Therapy for All: Our therapists are inclusive and affirming to all sexual orientations, genders, and relationship styles. We celebrate diversity and promote inclusivity. Our therapists are experienced in working with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ individuals, polyamorous relationships, and other non-traditional partnerships.
Confidential and Supportive Environment: We provide a safe and non-judgmental space for you to share your concerns.
Flexible Scheduling: We offer flexible appointment times to accommodate your busy schedule.
Convenient Location: Our therapy office is conveniently located in Los Feliz and also via online therapy.
Couples Therapy Fees Vary per therapist but are between $175-250 with sliding scale options.