Couples & Family Therapy
Couples and family therapy for new parents, fertility stress, and everyday conflict
For partners and families who feel stuck, including through pregnancy, postpartum, and fertility treatment. In person in Studio City or by telehealth in 46 states.
Who it is for
Who is couples and family therapy for?
Any two or more people who want to communicate better and feel closer. It does not have to be a romantic couple. We see partners, co-parents, parents and adult children, siblings, and families with teens.
Many of the people we see are going through pregnancy, postpartum, or fertility treatment. See Pregnancy & Postpartum Therapy and Infertility & IVF Counseling, or learn about third-party reproduction if you are building your family with a donor or gestational carrier.
Why it helps
Relationships change under pressure
Big transitions
A pregnancy, a new baby, or fertility treatment shifts roles quickly, and couples often stop talking about it.
Different coping styles
One partner wants to talk, the other goes quiet. Over time that gap starts to feel like not caring.
An uneven load
Caregiving, appointments, and household decisions often fall to one partner, and resentment builds.
Less time together
Sleep, intimacy, and time alone as a couple are usually the first things to go.
What we work on
Couples & family therapy
Sessions are tailored to what is happening in your relationship now.
Becoming parents
Support for the shift from partners to co-parents.
- Dividing the invisible load
- Mismatched expectations
- Intimacy after birth
- The first year as parents
- Loneliness in parenthood
Pregnancy and postpartum
When depression, anxiety, or a hard birth affects both partners. See Pregnancy & Postpartum Therapy.
- Supporting a partner with postpartum depression
- Anxiety in pregnancy after loss
- Birth trauma
- Postpartum rage
Infertility and family building
For partners coping differently with treatment, loss, or next steps. See Infertility & IVF Counseling.
- Treatment decisions and limits
- Grief after failed cycles or loss
- Blame and resentment
- Donor conception or gestational surrogacy
Conflict and disconnection
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to change the pattern underneath the argument.
- The same argument on repeat
- Feeling like roommates
- Trust after infidelity or betrayal
- Communication shutdowns
Families and teens
Sessions with parents and teens together or separately.
- Power struggles or withdrawal
- Anxiety, school stress, or body image
- Boundaries and independence
- Divorce, grief, or other transitions
When to reach out
Signs it may be time to talk to someone
- You feel like roommates instead of partners
- Conversations turn into conflict or silence
- Parenting stress is straining your relationship
- Intimacy or affection has changed
- Tension lingers from infertility, birth, or postpartum
- A past betrayal still affects your connection
- You and your teen cannot talk without it escalating
- You want to reconnect but do not know how
Building your family
Growing your family with a donor or gestational carrier
We are also a specialty practice for third-party reproduction, infertility and IVF, and pregnancy and postpartum care, so you can stay with one team as your family grows.
Where we practice
In person and telehealth
We serve clients in 46 states through our clinical team. In person at our Studio City office.
All 46 states we serve
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
FAQ
Common questions
What is couples therapy?
Therapy with both partners to change patterns of conflict, distance, or poor communication, so you can feel like a team again.
Can couples therapy help after having a baby?
Yes. Many couples feel more distant in the first year after a baby. Therapy helps you sort out roles and expectations and reconnect as partners, not only as co-parents.
Can we come in while going through infertility treatment?
Yes. Couples come in before treatment, between cycles, after a loss, or while deciding on donor conception or surrogacy.
Do you offer family therapy with teens?
Yes. We meet with parents and teens together or separately, depending on what will help most.
Is couples therapy available online?
Yes. Sessions are available by telehealth in 46 states through our clinical team, and in person in Studio City, California.
Support for your relationship at every stage.
Tell us a little about what is going on. We will follow up with next steps and availability.