Hermosa Beach Therapists for Executives, Founders and Couples
For people who are excellent at work and running on empty everywhere else, and for the partners who feel it first. Private sessions at our office on Pacific Coast Highway, or online anywhere in California.
Private by design
Evening and online sessions, and we'll tell you up front if we have a connection that could get in the way.
Evenings and Sundays
Until 9pm Monday through Thursday, plus Sundays, for calendars that don't open up during the day.
In person or video
Our Hermosa Beach office, in your neighborhood, or telehealth anywhere in California.
Lisa Chen, LMFT
CA License #140374. Wharton and Harvard Business School, with an early career in corporate finance and Wall Street trading.
You got here by being good at hard things.
A lot of the people who come to us in Hermosa Beach live the beach city version of a high-pressure life. The career is serious, the schedule runs from early calls with New York to a commute up to El Segundo, Playa Vista or Century City, and the weekends are supposed to make up for all of it.
From the outside it's working. Most days it is. What brings people in is rarely a crisis. It's a shorter fuse, sleep that doesn't restore you, a partner who says you're never really home even when you are, or a quiet sense that the next milestone won't feel any different from the last one. That gap between how things look and how they feel is what we work on. And because our office is right here in town, a session fits between work and home instead of taking the whole evening.
What Hermosa Beach clients work on with us
Burnout that rest doesn't fix
Success that feels empty
The anxiety and perfectionism behind high performance
Distance at home, or the same fight on repeat
Big transitions: a new role, an exit, a move
How we work with executives and founders
Lisa Chen & Associates is a Hermosa Beach therapist group practice of seven clinicians, licensed therapists and supervised associates, founded by Lisa Chen, LMFT. Lisa trained at Wharton and Harvard Business School and spent her early career in corporate finance and Wall Street trading. If you work with her, you won't spend your first sessions explaining what a board meeting or a fundraise feels like.
We don't treat this as a time-management problem. Using EMDR, Internal Family Systems and somatic approaches, we work on what keeps you operating past your limits, and why easing off feels like a bet you can't afford. The goal is small, defensible changes that protect your energy and your position, not a life overhaul.
Privacy when people know you
Hermosa Beach is small. Your neighbors, your kids' friends' parents and the people you see at the gym or on the Strand overlap, and being recognized in a waiting room has a real cost. Evening appointments and online sessions give you options if you'd rather not be seen coming and going. Sessions are confidential, and if we have a personal or professional connection that could get in the way, we'll tell you before we begin.
Getting here to Hermosa Beach
Hermosa Beach Office Details
- Address
- Ocean Plaza, 2615 Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 326
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 - Parking & access
- Free garage and lot parking. Elevator to the suite. Not wheelchair accessible (no ramp).
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 8am–9pm · Fri 8am–6pm
Sun 10am–4pm · Sat closed - Online
- Telehealth anywhere in California
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Phone
- (213) 537-9672
When it’s the relationship or family that’s strained
Often the person who reaches out first isn't the one who's struggling most. It's the partner who feels the distance. We see Hermosa Beach couples weekly for 50 minutes, often in the evening or on a Sunday, using the Gottman Method, Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) and Imago Relationship Therapy. If you're up against a date, such as a wedding, a move or a decision about the relationship, a couples intensive gives you a full day or several days of focused work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is your Hermosa Beach office?
We're in Ocean Plaza at 2615 Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 326, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. There's free garage and lot parking and an elevator to the suite.
How do you protect my privacy?
Sessions are confidential and protected under HIPAA, with a few legal exceptions we'll explain at the start. If we have a personal or professional connection that could get in the way, we'll tell you before we begin.
Do you work with founders and senior executives?
Yes. Much of our work is with executives, founders and senior professionals dealing with burnout, anxiety, perfectionism or strain at home. Lisa Chen works with many of these clients directly.
Ready for it to feel as good as it looks?
Fill out the short intake form or book a consultation. We'll match you with the right therapist.