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Does Online Therapy Really Work For Couples Counseling?
posted: May 27, 2023.
In the pre-covid years I had a psychotherapy office, where I would see my clients, in-person. Since my predominant focus has always been couples therapy, most of my clients were, Read more
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Learning to Believe in Ourselves
posted: Feb. 17, 2023.
The importance of believing in ourselves and our ability to create and bring about change in our lives seems to be self-explanatory. After all, if we do not believe we Read more
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Breakup: How to let go of the past relationship
posted: Feb. 01, 2023.
Letting go of someone we love(d) triggers our deepest attachment wounds. Even if you did all you could to save the relationship, including couples therapy, couples retreats, self-help books, etc., Read more
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When things fall apart: Why breakups are so painful and what we can learn from them - Los Angeles Times
posted: Jan. 08, 2023.
For each decade I’ve been alive, I’ve gone through as many breakups that really shook me. This, I’ve felt, has been enough heartache. No more for me, thanks!I don’t have Read more
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How to survive a renovation without destroying your relationship
posted: Dec. 15, 2022.
Even before COVID — which, along with sequestering us in our homes, incited a pressing desire to change things amid supply chain nightmares — renovating with a partner or spouse Read more
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Couples Bootcamp: A different kind of couples retreat
posted: Oct. 16, 2022.
The idea of Couples Retreat has been percolating through my mind for quite some time. My Los-Angeles couples therapy clinic has been around for longer than a decade. The experience Read more
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What Couples Therapy Is NOT?
posted: Aug. 29, 2022.
Every week I spend hours returning the calls of potential clients who found my name on one of the Los Angeles couples therapist directories or through good old Google search. Read more
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Does Couples Therapy Really Work?
posted: Jun. 09, 2022.
My cellphone felt hot next to my ear. This initial consultation with a prospective client ran longer than usual. We discussed the reasons for her call and the relationship goals Read more
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Marital Sex-Killers
posted: May 16, 2022.
Sex often becomes the focal point of couples therapy. After years of being together sex might have become dull and routine. One partner might find themselves less interested in it, Read more
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The War in Ukraine: Psychological perspective
posted: Mar. 21, 2022.
It has been a full month of this war. January 20th, 2022, at 4:00 am Russia invaded peacefully sleeping Ukraine. Weeks prior to the invasion we watched the growing tension Read more
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What is NOT going to happen in Couples Therapy
posted: Jan. 14, 2022.
California is beautiful in the spring. Sunny deep blue skies, fluffy bright white clouds and a fresh breeze were compelling arguments for a walk on the beach. Nevertheless, I sat Read more
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Letters to a friend #4: Polyamory
posted: Nov. 08, 2021.
This is the last email I have ever exchanged with Rick. We fell out of touch, swallowed by the whirlpool of our lives. I am reading through the letter and Read more
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Letters to a friend #3: Male Beauty
posted: Oct. 04, 2021.
Many years have passed since I moved cross-country and settled in Los Angeles, California. These were full and busy years. Freshly licensed clinical psychologist I dove head first into construction Read more
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Letters to a friend #2: Internalized homophobia and gay men
posted: Aug. 16, 2021.
As I mentioned in my earlier post, many many years ago, before my graduation and subsequent move to the beautiful California, I met a colleague who would later become a Read more
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Letters to a friend #1: Men, Muscles and Masculinity
posted: Jun. 19, 2021.
Image courtesy IG @JefferyBeasley About two decades ago, before my graduation and subsequent move to the beautiful California, online I met a colleague, who became a friend, Rick. He was my Read more
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What Couples Need to Know When They Come to Couples Therapy on a Verge of a Breakup?
posted: May 29, 2021.
Couples Therapy works. It’s a fact. Past decade in my Los-Angeles private practice provided ample of proof to the effectiveness of couples counseling. Many couples left my office after their Read more