Marriage counseling that Heals in South Gate, CA. Restore Your Relationship.

All families have conflicts or struggles, but some conflicts need a little outside help. As a family therapist I am here to support families in developing healthy life giving systems.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Individual Adults, Adolescents, Couples, Families and other types of relationships. In a quiet setting, we will find the journey to lead you to a more fulfilled life. Together, with work, we will find your peace of mind.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

Couples usually get stuck not because of what they know, but what they cannot see. Unhealthy patterns of relating become established and difficult to change. I help couples identify these patterns and create new ones that make room for your relationship to grow.

I specialize in Couples Therapy, Marriage Therapy, and relational issues, with two decades of experience helping rewrite stories of caring, attachment, and strength. Together, we can build a team with respect and curiosity.

I offer affordable couples therapy. Some of my specialities include: Premarital counseling, enhancing intimacy, nontraditional couples, repairing relationships after a breach of trust, helping people to love openly & freely in relationship & not stand in their own way!

Our automatic responses to our partners may be helping or hurting us (or both!) but our responses are there for a reason. Couples therapy works to understand these automatic responses and take better control of the process, freeing us from a stance of defensiveness.

A healthy marriage takes work. Couples therapy will reach the heart of the relational issues affecting your marriage, beginning rebuilding and restoration. Let's get started.

In addition to individual counseling, I provide treatment to couples and families. Areas of treatment include developing effective communication, addressing conflict in a compassionate environment and learning how to support loved ones who are in recovery.

Relationships are hard enough. Outside pressures - money, kids, relatives, expectations, resentment - only make things tougher. What do you do when seems there is no way forward? How do you handle it when you and your partner have different expectations?

As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I see clients through the lens of their relationships. Satisfying connections with family, intimate others, co-workers, neighbors, and friends are crucial to a satisfying life, as are our relationships with ourselves.

I specialize in helping people with relationships. I help both married and unmarried couples navigate difficulties relating to communication, sex, and intimacy. I also help single people who are struggling with issues related to intimacy and finding the right partner.

Dr. Brainerd has a special interest in relationship therapy. He is a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, has a special website for couples and therapists and will soon have a unique "Relationship Help APP" so couples can have access to important skills 24/7.

I am a certified Facilitator for Prepare & Enrich a pre-martial/martial program designed to address a couples relationship and provide couple exercises to build their relationship skills.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

Whether you're preparing for marriage or have a relationship of several years, you will always benefit from professional guidance for this central aspect of your life. We know scientifically what works, and we'd be happy to personalize an approach just for you.

I specialize in helping couples improve communication, trust, and intimacy. Resolving challenges caused by breaches in trust and intimacy is vital to the health of marriage, as well as changing patterns and learning new skills to communicate and grow.

Healing from Betrayal ~ Infidelity causes so much trauma in relationships. Spouses and partners are often left feeling hurt, betrayed and lost. But relationships can heal, and people do find trust and hope again. I help couples heal the wounds of infidelity.

I particularly like to work with gay male couples experiencing relationship problems. However, I also provide marriage preparation and other conjoint therapy aimed at better communication and facilitation of change and fulfillment in romantic relationships.

I believe we are relational by nature, and often, our "individual" problems stem from interpersonal difficulties. Couples and/or family therapy can help you find healthier and more meaningful ways of relating to the people closest to you.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

Together we will build your marriage toolbox! I work with couples to identify and break unhelpful patterns and cycles. You will learn tools to communicate more effectively, address unhelpful barriers and build bridges towards restoration and foster genuine connection.

My areas of focus are trauma and play therapy. I use a mind/body approach to treating trauma and the associated symptoms. Play therapy uses the language of play to resolve issues and find solutions.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will help uncover underlying issues and begin the process of healing and resetting your relationship.