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Couples Therapy in Santa Monica
Somatic and attachment-focused care to repair patterns, rebuild trust, and communicate more clearly. Refined support for partners balancing demanding schedules and meaningful roles. In person in Santa Monica and online across California.
When connection keeps missing
You care about each other, yet small moments turn into big distance. Conversations loop or shut down. One of you pursues, the other withdraws, or both escalate. Trust may be frayed, intimacy feels off, and stress outside the relationship spills inside.
High-functioning couples often keep moving while feeling unseen or alone. With full calendars and significant commitments, it’s easy to postpone the hard talks until resentment builds.
These patterns are common. Even couples who deeply love each other can get stuck in cycles of criticism, avoidance, or silence. The problem isn’t that you don’t care — it’s that your nervous systems and attachment patterns are reacting automatically, making it hard to slow down and hear one another. Couples therapy offers space to notice and shift these patterns so connection becomes possible again.
How Couples Therapy in Santa Monica can help
Together we slow the cycle and make space to understand what is happening underneath. With a somatic and attachment-focused approach, we support nervous-system regulation, clearer communication, and moments of repair. As safety grows, difficult conversations become workable and closeness becomes easier to find.
Fewer escalations and shutdowns; more constructive dialogue
Tools to pause and repair when things go sideways
Clearer understanding of each partner’s needs and boundaries
Rebuilding trust after hurts or disconnection
More ease with affection, intimacy, and shared decisions
A plan for handling stress outside the relationship
Greater attunement and empathy during conflict
Stronger teamwork in navigating life’s transitions
What working together looks like
We’ll chart the moments that pull you apart, create language for needs and limits, and practice repairs that fit your real life.
Gentle regulation skills you can use during tough conversations
Language for needs, boundaries, and appreciation
Repair steps after conflict or breaches of trust
Attention to stress, family histories, and competing demands
Brief between-session practices to strengthen new patterns
A collaborative, non-blaming stance; I do not take sides
Guidance for rebuilding both emotional and physical intimacy
Skills for staying connected even during high-stress seasons (work, parenting, caregiving)
People who tend to find this work helpful
Partners with full calendars and layered responsibilities, including dual-career couples, founders, creatives, new or growing families, and couples navigating transitions.
Why somatic and attachment-focused therapy?
Attachment theory tells us that our earliest relationships shape how we experience safety, connection, and love. These patterns often carry into adulthood, influencing how we respond to closeness, conflict, and stress in our partnerships.
When attachment needs are missed or miscommunicated, the nervous system reacts automatically — fight, flight, freeze, or shut down. These reactions can leave couples stuck in cycles of miscommunication, defensiveness, or withdrawal.
Somatic and attachment-focused couples therapy helps by:
Creating safety in the relationship so both partners can stay present even during conflict
Healing attachment wounds from past relationships or family patterns
Improving communication by tuning into the feelings and needs underneath words
Rebuilding emotional and physical intimacy
Strengthening trust, teamwork, and resilience for the long term
FAQs
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That is common. We’ll start by clarifying what each of you wants more of and by creating a pace that feels workable. You are invited to try a consultation and decide together.
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My role is to help you understand the pattern between you and to support changes that work for both of you. We focus on repair and workable agreements rather than blame.
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Yes. I see couples in person in Santa Monica and online for California residents.
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It depends on your goals. Some couples notice meaningful improvements in a few months, while others choose longer-term support to deepen trust and connection. We’ll discuss what feels right for you.
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Many couples come to therapy worried they’ve waited too long. While no therapist can guarantee outcomes, I’ve seen even deeply stuck patterns begin to shift with steady support, safety, and willingness from both partners.
Location & Access
Private, by-appointment practice with limited openings.
In person in Santa Monica, and online for California residents. Private-pay practice.
Address
720 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 204
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Contact
Phone: (310) 377-8798
Ready to begin?
If you want fewer repeats of the same argument and more genuine connection, I’m here to help.
Even if things feel stuck right now, it is possible to repair trust and create new patterns of closeness. You don’t have to navigate it alone.