The Best Marriage Counseling in Bixby Area, Long Beach. Restore Your Relationship.

Professional, Private, and Bible Based. Whether it's anxiety, anger, depression, or relationship issues, we want to help you navigate whatever difficulty you are facing. Reach out to us and we'll give you a FREE consultation.

Where there is conflict in a marriage there is a longing. Therapy will reach the heart of those longings 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!

My passion is to help people reach their highest potential. To focus on strengths. I have been a therapist for over 22 years. I work on the faulty beliefs and messages one gives themselves that holds them hostage to their anxiety, depression and poor relationships.

Clinical Psychologist specializing in relationship issues and marital therapy. I believe that the development of intimacy and emotional reliability is cornerstone to an effective marriage. Therapy can help you develop a happy, loving and satisfying relationship.

I offer a short term, solution focused counseling approach, with your goals in mind. Through the use of helpful tools and easy to use techniques, you will be able to achieve the

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

With a focus on strengthening communication and fostering deeper connections, my goal is to help you build resilience, improve relationships, and reclaim your sense of balance. Together, we’ll work toward lasting change and emotional well-being.

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.

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.

I provide warm, practical marriage counseling for couples online in California. I help partners communicate better, resolve conflict, and rebuild connection so their relationship can move forward with greater understanding, trust, and hope.

Are you in crisis? Do you feel overwhelmed, frustrated, or sad? Is your teen or younger child having difficulties? Perhaps you have struggled with anxiety, fear, sadness, loneliness, and difficulties in relationship. My intent is to help you discover what you want to be