Couples Therapy in Marina del Rey and Mar Vista
The office is at 13101 W. Washington Boulevard, Suite 454, Los Angeles, CA 90066, a short drive up Washington from Marina del Rey. Couples therapy here is with Michael Nee, M.A., LMFT (#89379), a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and certified sex therapist who has worked with couples since before 2010.
Sessions run 50 minutes, Monday through Thursday from 10:00am to 8:00pm, and telehealth is available anywhere in California when schedules will not line up in person.
When Couples Usually Get in Touch
Some are deciding whether to stay together at all. Some have already decided and want to stop having the same argument in different clothes. Others are working through infidelity, a new baby, a relocation, a diagnosis, a blended family, or a drift that neither of them has said out loud yet.
Waiting until it is severe is common and not required. Couples who come in early usually need fewer sessions.
How the Work Is Structured
Early sessions identify the specific loop the two of you repeat and what each of you contributes to it, which is less dramatic and considerably more useful than establishing fault. From there the work is on interrupting the loop, repairing after it, and rebuilding the parts of the relationship that got quietly deprioritised.
Every configuration is worked with: married and unmarried, heterosexual and LGBTQ+, monogamous, open and polyamorous. See couples therapy for more.
Sex and Intimacy Are Part of the Conversation
General couples work often treats sex as a symptom of communication. Sometimes it is, and often it is also its own subject. Because this is the office of a certified sex therapist and AASECT member, desire differences, frequency, function and intimacy can be discussed directly. See sex therapy for couples.
Where adult ADHD is present in one partner, it changes how conflict escalates and how repair works, and is worth addressing explicitly.
Book a Free Consultation
A free 15 to 40 minute phone consultation comes first, so both of you can judge the fit before booking. Call (310) 927-1755 or use the contact page.