California Couple Counseling

We provide a safe environment for couple therapy in Los Angeles, enabling partners to engage with respect and curiosity.  Couples collaboratively learn to:

  • re-engage shared values
  • claim mutual hopes and preferences
  • come together as a team against the problem
  • invite opportunities for collaborative healing and growth
  • nurture understanding, compassion and mutual appreciation

As Couple Counselors and Marriage Therapists, we view couples as full of possibility, rather than pathology.  As a result, we do not locate problems within individual members of a couple, but rather, within the culture that surrounds us.  As participants of the culture ourselves, we are well aware of the endless messages (from media, organizations, families, etc.) telling us how a relationship “should” or “should not” look.  These messages often obscure our own unique values and intentions for our relationships.   At NCC, we host conversations of ability, supporting each couple in uniting together against the problem, strengthening communication skills, moving from blame to reconnection, and journeying collaboratively into the future.

A New Approach To Couple Counseling in California

Unlike some of the more traditional models of therapy that lead with a requirement of spending a lot of time in the past, we at Narrative Counseling Center are interested in the past, but primarily as it informs current behaviors that aren’t working effectively for the couple. Once these dynamics are identified, our work becomes goal-oriented and solution-focused, supporting couples in identifying shared values and specific tools that actively engage their hopes for the future. Our goal as couple counselors is to arm partners with the resources they need in order to live lives of preferred meaning. As a result, couples find they are able to resolve differences more quickly and more effectively, moving forward with skills that enrich their lives and relationships.

It’s a Queer World After All

In this exciting and ever-evolving cultural climate of marriage equality, we are proud of our decades-long work with couples, honoring the unique diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity. As university professors and organizational consultants, we have a rich understanding of systemic problems, and how they often undercut the best intentions that partners have for their lives. We bring these understandings to each therapeutic interaction with every couple consulting with us, enabling them to challenge unhelpful cultural dynamics, and to nurture sustainable partnerships for the future.

Something For Everyone

We provide a range of fee options, including sliding scale services with our highly skilled associates; bios for all of our therapists can be found on the green menu bar above. Professional memberships include the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT) and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT).

If you live in California and are interested in the benefits available with strength-based couple counseling, please contact us via the Contact link on this site.