Marriage Counseling in Los Angeles
Michael Nee, M.A., LMFT (#89379) — Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist, in practice since before 2010.
Individual, couples and family therapy in Mar Vista, minutes from Marina del Rey and Culver City. Telehealth throughout California.
Marriage Counseling in Los Angeles for Individuals, Couples and Families
Michael Nee, M.A., LMFT (#89379) offers marriage counseling in Los Angeles, along with individual therapy, sex therapy and adult ADHD support. The office is on Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles 90066, minutes from Marina del Rey, Culver City, Santa Monica and Venice. Telehealth is available anywhere in California.
Deciding to seek therapy is hard enough. Finding a therapist you can actually build an alliance with often takes longer. Research suggests that alliance is the single most important factor in whether psychotherapy works. It makes sense, then, that any individual, couple or family — heterosexual or LGBTQ+, married or unmarried — would weigh that part of the search heavily.
Clients here since before 2010 have come from the arts, entertainment, real estate, academia, medicine and technology, along with entrepreneurs of every kind and the partners, family members and friends who care about them.
A Serene and Safe Space
The office is designed so clients can settle quickly and speak without fear of judgment. It is a simple, quiet room. Nothing about it is meant to impress you.
Some people arrive looking for a coach. Others want an analyst. In practice the goal is the same either way: resolve what is stuck, improve the life you are actually living, and reach the point where you no longer need either.
An initial consultation is simply a private space to say what you are thinking, feeling, and worried about, and to see whether this is a process you want to begin.
- Individual Counseling
- Couples/Marriage Counseling
- Anxiety & Depression
- ADHD - including Coaching
- Grief/Bereavement
- Life Transitions
- Men’s Issues
- Sexual/Intimacy Issues
- Professional Consultations
What to Expect From Therapy
Most people call because something has become hard to carry. You may feel anxious, low, or thoroughly overwhelmed. Because that is usually the starting point, it helps to know how the first steps actually work.
The Consultation Call
A phone consultation tells us whether we are a solid fit as therapist and client. Calls that flow easily are a good sign. It feels organic, fluid, and unforced.
Your First Session
The first session focuses on the reasons you are here. There is no pressure to cover everything at once, and all of it will keep. The aim is simply for you to feel comfortable enough to speak openly.
The Second Session
The second session picks up where the first left off. I want to know what stayed with you, what resonated, and whether anything already feels different. By then most people can answer a useful question: if therapy works, what will you be feeling, thinking or doing that shows it? Your answers direct everything after that.
I am not a participating provider in any insurance network. I can, however, work with you as an out-of-network provider.
HMO policies do not reimburse for outside services. Most other policies reimburse a good portion of the fee for out-of-network mental health care. Call the number on the back of your card and ask what your out-of-network outpatient mental health benefit covers.
You will receive a receipt after each session, which you submit to your insurer.
Why not join a panel? Three reasons. Panels require a hard diagnosis, often earlier than the clinical picture warrants. They also put clinical detail into a third-party record. And they cap how often I can see you, which should be a clinical decision rather than an administrative one.
Federal law gives you the right to an estimate of expected charges. This applies if you are uninsured, or if you are insured but choose not to use it.
You can ask for a Good Faith Estimate in writing before you schedule, or at any point afterwards.
The estimate covers reasonably expected costs. It cannot predict unforeseen complications. If a bill arrives at least $400 above the estimate, you can dispute it.
For more detail, visit the FAQ page, or see cms.gov/nosurprises and call (800) 368-1019.
Marriage Counseling in Los Angeles for Couples at Every Stage
Couples arrive at different points. Some are deciding whether to stay together. Some are already committed and simply want to argue better. Others are working through an affair, a new baby, a move, a diagnosis, or a slow drift that neither partner can name yet.
Marriage counseling in Los Angeles at this practice is practical rather than abstract. Sessions look at the specific loop the two of you repeat, and at what each of you does inside it. Because the work is also done by a certified sex therapist, desire, frequency and intimacy can be discussed directly instead of left to one side.
Start here: couples and relationship therapy, couple sex therapy, individual therapy, adult ADHD or anxiety.
Serving Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Culver City and the Westside
The office is at 13101 W. Washington Boulevard, Suite 454, Los Angeles, CA 90066, in Mar Vista near the Culver City line. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 10:00am to 8:00pm, and consultations are free.
Area pages: therapist in Culver City, therapist in Santa Monica, couples therapy in Marina del Rey, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy, adult ADHD therapy and online therapy in California. Clients also travel in from Playa Vista, Venice, Westchester, Palms and Del Rey.
Call (310) 927-1755 or visit the contact page to arrange a consultation.
