The Best Marriage Counseling in Bixby Area, Long Beach. 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

Healthy communication skills are crucial to creating a loving, close relationship. So often, when relationships deteriorate, the couple is confused and frustrated when conversation seems impossible. If this sounds like your relationship, give therapy can help.

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

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.

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.

Communications problems in your relationship? Feel like you aren't heard completely? I can assist you with pre-marital, marital. and partner counseling so that both of your ideas and feelings heard and better understood.

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.

Are you lost in your marriage and searching for meaning? Has the isolation of COVID or caregiving harmed your relationship? I have expertise in helping you find, understand and heal the difficulties of marriage.

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

I specialize in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, a highly effective technique for healing relationships. It is endorsed by the American Psychological Association as scientifically proven, with over 86% of couples reporting feeling happier in their 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.

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.

With all the stresses that families face today, it is easy to fall into patterns of arguing with your spouse, yelling at your children, and simply feeling overwhelmed. I will help you get your marriage and your family back on track so you can once again feel joy.

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.

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.

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

I use family systems, emotionally focused, attachment and psychodynamic oriented approaches to help couples and families meet their goals to improve their relationships. My clients gain insight and understanding to make changes whilch yield true growth and well being.

In hopes of building a stronger family unit, will incorporate various activities, assessments and tools to help you find balance, unity and strength through the art of exploration and communication.

I am trained & certified in Trauma Resiliency Module, TF-CBT, Brainspotting, loss/grief, Domestic Violence and IFS informed. All services are done via telehealth at this time.

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

The therapy is not about me; its about you. However, in addition to my years of education, I bring a life-time of personal life experience and an extensive personal knowledge to the sessions. Call for your initial session today.