In LA, many couples appear to have it all together: the home, the career, the lifestyle. From the outside, everything looks enviable. But behind closed doors, many partners carry quiet disconnection: conversations that never go deeper than logistics, conflicts that recycle without resolution, intimacy that feels flat or absent.
Couples therapy isn’t about fixing what’s “broken.” It’s about uncovering the patterns that keep you from truly seeing and hearing one another. It’s about creating a relationship where both partners feel safe, alive, and deeply connected and not just maintaining appearances.
When we work together, we go beneath the surface. We explore how your histories : the families you grew up in, the wounds you’ve carried, the defenses you built shape how you love today. And we begin practicing new ways of relating that make space for honesty, vulnerability, and intimacy.
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I’m Dora, a Croatian born and raised couples therapist with the office in Hermosa Beach working with partners across Los Angeles or virtually from anywhere in California. After spending years in mediation with couples at the end of their relationships, I decided to head down a more positive path becoming a therapist who helps couples find themselves again.
Couples usually find me when they’re tired- tired of fighting, tired of feeling misunderstood or tired of being stuck in the same cycle. I help partners understand the deeper emotional patterns underneath the surface, understand themselves, repair the connection, and create a partnership that actually works.
In our work together, we start by slowing the chaos enough to really understand what’s happening between you: the behaviors, needs, and emotions driving your dynamic. We naturally trace those responses back to the families you grew up in, the roles you learned to play, and the ways you adapted to feel safe. That deeper insight becomes the doorway into relational healing: as you understand yourselves and each other more clearly, we begin repairing the places where old attachment injuries still shape how you reach, react, protect or pull away. And from there, real change becomes possible. In session, we practice new ways of communicating, listening, and reconnecting so you can both show up differently and not just in theory, but in the small daily moments that rebuild trust, closeness, and a relationship that actually feels good to live in.
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