Couples Therapy in Hermosa Beach
For two people with two demanding jobs who have slowly stopped being on the same side. Gottman, IFIO and Imago trained, a few minutes up PCH in Hermosa Beach.
Weekly or intensive
50 minute sessions, or a compressed format when you're working against a date.
Evenings and Sundays
Six days a week, until 9pm Monday through Thursday, with Sunday sessions for couples who can't both get free on a weeknight.
In person or video
Hermosa Beach office, or telehealth anywhere in California.
Lisa Chen, LMFT
CA License #140374. Founder, working alongside seven clinicians, every one licensed or registered in California.
Lisa Chen & Associates Therapy offers couples therapy at 2615 Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach, with evening and Sunday sessions and online sessions anywhere in California. Every clinician here is Gottman trained, and our couples therapists also use IFIO and Imago. The first 20-minute consultation is free. Rated 5.0 on Google from 51 reviews.
You moved here for the life. Then the calendar took over.
A lot of the couples who come to us from Hermosa Beach chose this town on purpose. The Strand, the walkability, a life that was supposed to feel less like a grind. Then the jobs followed you here. One of you is on early calls with New York or commuting to El Segundo or Playa Vista, the other is building something of their own, and the weekends are booked before they start. You still like each other. You just can't remember the last real conversation that wasn't about the schedule.
What brings people in usually isn't one big event. It's a slow drift, or a fight that keeps coming back in a new outfit: who's carrying more, whose work gets to come first, why one of you goes quiet and the other pushes harder.
That cycle is what we work on. And because our office is right here in town, a session fits between work and home instead of eating the evening.
What Hermosa Beach couples work on with us
The argument that never actually ends
Feeling more like roommates than partners
Rebuilding trust after an affair
Premarital counseling
Career pressure, travel and big transitions
Founded by Lisa Chen, LMFT, the group has seven clinicians, licensed therapists and supervised associates. Lisa is Gottman Method Level 2 trained, IFS Level 2 trained and on the training staff for Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), and every couples therapist on the team is Gottman trained. With couples we draw on the Gottman Method, Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), and Imago Relationship Therapy, and several of us are also trained in EMDR and somatic approaches when an old hurt keeps running the present. Some of our clinicians see couples in Spanish. Our couples therapy page goes deeper on the methods.
We start by getting the full picture. In the first few sessions we see you together, then each of you on your own, then together again, so everyone knows where the relationship holds and where it keeps giving way. The rest of the work is aimed at that specific pattern, with enough structure that the hard conversation can happen without becoming the old fight.
Many of the partners we see are founders, executives and high-achieving professionals. We know what it looks like when someone is excellent at work and running on empty at home, and we work with both of you, not only the one who asked for help.
Getting here in Hermosa Beach
Ocean Plaza
2615 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 326
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Right on PCH, a few minutes from anywhere in town, with free parking on site and an elevator to the suite. The building doesn't have ramp access; online sessions are available.
Sessions in English and Spanish. Telehealth anywhere in California.
Monday to Thursday 8am–9pm
Friday 8am–6pm
Sunday 10am–4pm
Weekly sessions or an intensive
Most couples meet weekly for 50 minutes, often in the evening or on a Sunday so neither of you has to leave work early. When travel gets in the way, sessions move online. If you're up against a date (a wedding, a move, a decision about the relationship), a couples intensive gives you a full day or several days of focused work. And if you're engaged and want to get ahead of the patterns, premarital counseling is the earliest version of this work.
We also see individuals from Hermosa Beach
Sometimes the thing straining a relationship belongs to one person first: an old injury, a stretch of anxiety, a career that's taken everything. Our therapists see individuals from Hermosa Beach for EMDR, trauma, anxiety and high performer burnout, and some couples do individual work first, or alongside their sessions together.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is your Hermosa Beach office?
In Ocean Plaza at 2615 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 326, with free parking on site and an elevator to the suite. It's a few minutes from anywhere in Hermosa.
Do you have Spanish-speaking couples therapists?
Yes. Some of our clinicians offer couples sessions in Spanish.
Do you see couples from Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and El Segundo?
Yes. Many of our couples live there and come to our office on PCH, often in the evening or on a Sunday. If the drive is the obstacle one week, sessions can move online anywhere in California.
How do I choose a couples therapist in Hermosa Beach?
Check whether the therapist is licensed or registered in California and who supervises them, which method they use and why, and whether the schedule fits two working people. Take a free consultation and see whether both of you feel heard.
Which couples therapy methods do you use?
We use the Gottman Method, Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) and Imago Relationship Therapy. Founder Lisa Chen, LMFT, is Gottman Method Level 2 trained and on the IFIO training staff, and every couples therapist here is Gottman trained. We do not offer Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Your therapist chooses the mix that fits your pattern.
Ready to stop having the same fight?
Fill out the short intake form or book a consultation. We'll match you with the right therapist.