Can we both join from different places?

It is possible and sometimes it is the only way a week works: one of you at home, one in a parked car outside the office. It is not ideal for every kind of session and I will say when I think you need to be in the same room.

Is the Long Beach drive worth it for couples work?

Once in a while, often yes. Every week, usually not from south of Irvine, because the sessions that get canceled are the ones that require an hour of traffic from two people at once.

What about the children's schedule?

It is the single biggest constraint for couples in this county. Later slots exist, and a consistent weekly time you can actually keep matters more than an ideal time you cannot.

Do you work with couples where only one partner is in individual therapy?

Frequently. It is a common configuration and it works, as long as we are clear about what belongs in the couples hour and what belongs in his own.

Orange County

Two calendars, one freeway, and a marriage that runs efficiently.

The Orange County version of my couples page. The main page holds the method; this one is about the obstacles that actually decide whether couples here keep coming.

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The main couples page is where the approach lives: how I hold two people at once, what I do with a conversation that spirals, and why I am not in the business of deciding who is right.

This page adds the county-specific part: the logistics that quietly end couples therapy, and the particular shape of a relationship that is being run well and lived thinly.

Couples from this county

Four things worth saying out loud early.

A tall smooth swell holding its shape before breaking — Running well, living thinly

Format

Choose the version you will still be doing in June.

There is one office and it is in Long Beach; there is no Orange County location. Couples sessions are 50 minutes at $225 by video anywhere in California or in person there, with a sliding scale between $170 and $225 when the fee is the obstacle.

My honest advice for most couples in the south of the county is video weekly, with an occasional in-person session when something needs a room. Consistency beats ceremony.

Orange County access, described honestly

Questions

Logistics that decide everything else.

Frequently Asked Questions

A thin edge of foam sliding back across wet sand — Weekly, and keepable

Next step

Start with the scheduling conversation

A free 15-minute call. Part of it can be entirely practical: what time of week you could both actually keep, and which format makes that possible.

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