Life doesn’t always leave space for the care you need. Between demanding careers, long commutes, parenting, and the sheer pace of living in California, finding time to sit in a therapy office can feel impossible. Online therapy makes it easier to bring support into your everyday. Some clients need support with anxiety, stress or burnout etc. For others, it’s the tension in a relationship: those repeating arguments, disconnection, or difficulty communicating in a way that really lands.
From Hermosa Beach to Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, and anywhere else across California, online therapy gives you access to the same relational, insight-oriented work I offer in person, all from the comfort of your own space.
Online therapy has its own rhythm. Of course, there can be challenges such as occasional tech glitches, finding privacy at home, or missing the feeling of sitting face-to-face in the same room. But for many people, the benefits outweigh those hurdles. Meeting virtually often makes therapy more sustainable because it removes so many barriers: commuting, scheduling conflicts, or feeling rushed before and after a session. For couples, it means you don’t both have to be in the same physical location as you can log in from different places and still do meaningful work together. For individuals, it can feel easier to open up from the comfort of your own home where you’re in a familiar and safe environment. Over time, people are often surprised by just how connected and effective online therapy feels, offering the same depth of reflection, attunement, and growth as being in person, sometimes even more so, because you’re practicing real change in the same space where you live your daily life.
As a couples’ therapist, whether we are working in couples or individual therapy, I focus on helping you notice and make sense of the roles and patterns you’ve developed often without realizing it. These roles are often shaped by early experiences and unmet needs from childhood that still play out in your current dynamic. In couples therapy, this often looks like noticing the unconscious patterns you and your partner slip into during conflict or closeness. In individual therapy, it can mean exploring the parts of yourself that take on caretaker, peacekeeper, achiever, or protector roles. There’s nothing wrong with the roles themselves, but they might be outdated, rigid or misaligned with the kind of relationship you want now. Together, we’ll explore what roles you’ve taken on, how they were formed, and what it might look like to shift, expand, or let go of them in favor of something more intentional and mutual.
Using principles from Imago and emotionally focused couples therapy, I help you both slow down and turn toward each other rather than away when conflict or disconnection shows up. Building emotional safety takes time, but it’s the foundation for real closeness. I’ll guide you in learning how to speak and listen differently, with more empathy, curiosity, and care, so you can reach each other in ways that feel supportive instead of reactive. With individuals, it can mean cultivating emotional intimacy with yourself first by learning to listen to your own needs with compassion instead of criticism, so you can connect with others in a more authentic way.
You don’t have to be in crisis to benefit from both individual and couples’ therapy. I often work with couples who say things are “okay” but not as connected or fulfilling as they could be. Maybe it feels like something’s missing, or you keep brushing issues aside instead of working through them. Individuals often enter therapy for a similar reason: life looks “fine” on the outside, but inside you feel stuck, disconnected, or unsure what’s next.
Therapy can help you name what’s going unsaid, strengthen what’s already working, and create a deeper, more conscious connection with yourself and each other.
Focusing on individual growth as part of relational growth.
Relationships are an opportunity for growth for both individuals and the partnership. You bring all of who you are into the relationship, and when one person is growing, it can create space for the other to grow too. In our work, we’ll honor the idea that personal development and relational healing don’t have to compete, they actually support one another.
Choosing to begin therapy is an act of care for yourself, your relationship, and your future. Online therapy makes it possible to get the support you need without barriers, whether you’re seeking help as an individual or as a couple. No matter where you’re located in California - Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, or anywhere else, we can create a space that feels grounded, safe, and attuned to your needs.
If you’re ready to explore what’s been holding you back, strengthen your relationships, or simply feel more like yourself, online therapy can be the place where that work begins. I’d love to meet you there.