The Best Marriage Counseling in 90813: Long Beach, CA. Restore Your Relationship.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.