Do you have a Redondo Beach office?

Our office is in Hermosa Beach, on PCH, about ten minutes from anywhere in Redondo. Many of our couples live in Redondo and treat the short drive as a useful buffer between work and the session.

Can we do some sessions online?

Yes. We offer telehealth to anyone in California, and couples often mix in-person and video sessions depending on travel and schedules.

Do you see individuals, or only couples?

Both. Our therapists see individuals from Redondo Beach for EMDR, trauma, anxiety, and burnout, and it's common for one partner in couples work to also do their own sessions.

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.

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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.

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

Lisa Chen & Associates is a group practice of eight clinicians, licensed therapists and supervised associates, founded by Lisa Chen, LMFT. 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

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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.

Fees

$425–450

Sessions with Lisa Chen, LMFT

$180–300

Sessions with associate therapists

Per 50-minute session. Every new client starts with a free 20-minute consultation. We're out of network and provide monthly superbills you can submit to your insurance.

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 offer evening or weekend couples sessions?

Yes. We're open until 9pm Monday through Thursday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays. Those are our most requested couples times, since most of the couples we see both work full time.

Can we mix in-person and online sessions?

Yes. Couples often come to the Hermosa office most weeks and switch to video when one of you is traveling. Telehealth is available anywhere in California.