How to Find the Right Couples Therapist in Los Angeles + Free Guide
Finding a couples therapist in Los Angeles can be daunting. This guide helps you cut through the noise with expert-backed questions, red flags to avoid, and a free downloadable checklist—so you and your partner can feel confident in your next step toward connection.
Finding Relief from Anxiety: How EMDR Therapy Can Help
For those struggling with anxiety, EMDR therapy offers an evidence-based path to healing. Learn how it works — and how working with an Anxiety and EMDR Specialist in Hermosa Beach can help you find relief.
Better Than Any Antidepressant
Never ending bills. My contract’s ending soon. M is going to college soon. I don’t even want to think of the emotions that come with that right now. I’m getting old. I don’t want to die with regret.
High-Functioning. Still Hurting.
If you’re successful but still anxious, burnt out, or disconnected—you’re not broken. Many high-functioning adults grew up with hidden trauma they’ve never named. This blog explains why.
You Don’t Have to Be the Strong, Silent Type: A Note to Sensitive Teen Boys
You might not call yourself “sensitive.” And that word could even feel like an insult—like you have weak, fragile, or not man enough. People certainly use it that way all too much.
EMDR for Alexithymia: Reconnecting to Emotions
Alexithymia often begins as a survival response to trauma. Learn how EMDR therapy helps you reconnect with your emotions—gently and safely—in Hermosa Beach, CA, and St. Augustine, FL
How Highly Sensitive People Can Navigate Overstimulation in Relationships
For Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), relationships can be both deeply rewarding and emotionally overwhelming. Whether it’s emotional intensity, too much closeness, or sensory overload, your nervous system may feel constantly overstimulated. With support from an HSP therapist in Los Angeles or Hermosa Beach, you can learn to set healthy boundaries.
HSP Therapists Reveal the Self-Care Essentials They Can’t Live Without
Looking for sensory-friendly self-care ideas? Our HSP therapists share their go-to products—from calming earplugs to cozy weighted blankets—that support nervous system regulation, restful sleep, and emotional reset.
Feeling Worse After Couples Therapy? Here’s Why That Happens (And How to Move Forward)
You finally take the step to start couples therapy, hoping to break free from the same exhausting arguments. But instead of feeling closer, you leave each session feeling even more frustrated.
Does this mean therapy isn’t working? Not at all.
I Am a Therapist, and I Paint Orks.
In a world that can often feel chaotic or overwhelming, it’s easy to focus on productivity and compare ourselves to others….But when we tap into those activities that ignite a spark in us, whether we master them or not—it is like we are giving ourselves a gift. A gift that we deserve, and one we created from within.
Why You Keep Having the Same Fight—and How IFIO Can Help You Break the Pattern
Stuck in the same exhausting arguments with your partner? Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) therapy helps couples break reactive cycles by fostering self-awareness and emotional regulation. Learn how IFIO transforms relationships—helping you shift from blame to lasting connection.
The Silent Relationship Killers: Gaslighting and Stonewalling—Here’s How to Fight Back
Have you ever walked away from an argument feeling completely confused—like maybe you’re the problem?
Or maybe you’ve poured your heart out to your partner, only to be met with silence, eye-rolls, or a cold shoulder?
If so, you’re not alone. Gaslighting and stonewalling are two of the most damaging relationship behaviors, yet many people don’t even realize they’re happening.
The Hidden Struggles of High-Functioning Codependency: How Success Can Mask Emotional Burnout
You’re the one everyone counts on. And yet… you feel stretched thin. No matter how much you accomplish, you tell yourself, I just need to push through. But deep down, you wonder—why does success feel so draining?
Highly Sensitive in Los Angeles? 10 Practical Tips to Stay Calm and Thrive for HSPs
Living in Los Angeles as a Highly Sensitive Person can feel overwhelming, but with the right tools & tips, you can thrive. Discover practical tips to find balance and calm in the city’s fast-paced environment.
From Burnout to Balance: The Power of EMDR for Professionals
Workplace stress and burnout are at an all-time high, often rooted in unresolved past traumas. Discover how EMDR transforms careers and builds resilience by addressing the deeper causes of anxiety, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism
Essential Questions to Ask in Couples Therapy: Starting 2025 with Connection and Clarity
Starting couples therapy in 2025? Asking the right questions can transform your relationship. Discover essential Gottman-inspired tools to deepen your connection and thrive together.
The HSP's 15-Minute Escape Plan: Instant Calm During Holiday Chaos
Need an escape plan this holiday season? Learn essential strategies for highly sensitive people (HSPs) to find instant calm during overwhelming moments. From pre-written exit messages to 5-minute reset techniques, this guide helps you navigate festive chaos while honoring your sensitivity. Download our printable HSP holiday survival checklist.
Your Marriage vs. Your Politics: When Love and Politics Collide in Divided America
Political differences in marriage have become the new relationship crisis. Welcome to love in politically divided America, where dinner tables have become battlegrounds and dating apps have political filters.