Every couple has moments where connection feels hard to find. Maybe arguments spiral faster than you expect or silence stretches longer than either of you would like. Even when there’s love, the distance between you can feel painful and confusing.
Couples therapy is a place to slow down and look at what’s happening between you; not just the fights but the longing underneath them. Many partners come to therapy not because they want to walk away, but because they still care deeply and don’t know how to stop hurting each other. Together, we’ll begin to untangle those patterns and make room for a new kind of closeness.
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I’m Dora, a Croatian born and raised couples therapist with the office in Hermosa Beach working with partners across Redondo Beach and the South Bay 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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