The Best Marriage Counseling in 90712: Lakewood, CA. Restore Your Relationship.

Warm, nurturing relationships can help us get through the toughest times...but what if your relationship is the "tough time?" I love helping couples discover how they can finally get on the same page emotionally and feel like best friends again.

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.

Relationships evolve, and sometimes expectations shift, communication breaks down, and things feel unbalanced. As a therapist, I help you and your partner be heard, rebuild mutual respect, and guide you back to the love and connection you once shared

Healthy communication skills create a loving, close relationship. When conversations break down, couples feel confused, frustrated, and stuck in conflict. Couples therapy helps you rebuild trust, improve communication, and reconnect with warmth, respect, and clarity.

Why not get a complete do-over for your relationships? Let's do it. For couples. Or families. We'll work in a safe space, with compassion and sensitivity. Call for your free 20 minute phone consult. 310-850-4707

Fighting with a loved one is exhausting -- often based on misconceptions, blame, defensiveness. I can provide you with skills to communicate safely while managing intense emotions and gently explore with you underlying issues in order to promote compassion/resolution.

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.

I approach marital therapy without assumption or value judgement. Each person brings to a relationship unique attributes which may unknowingly contribute to conflict or painful relational patterns. I work with couples to explore, understand and change these patterns.

In many cases, marriage and family issues can be fixed. That's the good news! You owe it to yourself and the ones you care about to work toward restoration and healing.

Families, couples, adoptions/adoption issues. Dr. DeFraine helps parents parent, whether or not they remain a couple. She specializes in helping parents undergoing divorces reach custody agreements quickly and responsibly, with minimal court involvement.

Your needs are not being met for a reason. Sometimes, your hopes and words may not be coming across the way you want and believe. I will help with this and show you even better ways to do this.

Marriage counseling and therapy is customized to meet you and your partner where you are at and provide an plan based on your situation.

I work with couples to determine the dynamics each bring to the marriage in order to encourage insight into how and why they relate to another in the manner in which they do. I work with families to promote the healthy facilitation of each family member's unique gifts.