LOS ANGELES COUPLES COUNSELING
For couples who want to stay connected through parenthood.
Whether you're preparing the arrival of your first baby, navigating the newborn fog, or deep in toddlerhood, you’ve landed in a place where support honors you as both a couple and as individuals.
“I miss us.”
Even when the love is strong, becoming parents changes communication, connection, routines, intimacy, all of it. But that thought you whisper to yourself at the end of the day is proof that you can get back to where you were.
What couples therapy can do for new parents:
You went from spontaneous date nights to scheduled check-ins, between short naps and endless laundry cycles. But your love isn’t gone. It just needs some space to breathe again.
My approach includes a complimentary Gottman assessment, one individual session for each partner, then joint couples sessions from there. This process works because the assessment gives us insight, the individual sessions give us understanding, and the joint sessions give us momentum. It’s the most supportive way to help both of you feel seen before asking you to meet each other in the middle.
And you’ll gain practical tools and learn skills you can take outside of your sessions to strengthen your relationship.
Couples therapy helps you:
Reconnect emotionally & rebuild intimacy
Understand each other’s needs without getting defensive
Communicate gently & with more ease
Share the mental load instead of carrying resentment
Move through conflict with compassion
Feel like true partners again as you navigate your kids growing up
Frequently asked questions
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If you’re seeing Gayane: Individual therapy sessions are $300 for 50 minutes. Couples therapy sessions are $350 for 50 minutes.
If you’re seeing Jessica: $150 for individual sessions and $175 for couples sessions.
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I am a private pay provider and do not bill insurance for therapy. However, I can provide a superbill for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Call your insurance provider to determine your out-of-network benefits.
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I see clients in person in my office in Sherman Oaks, CA or virtually throughout the entire state of California. To start, schedule a 15-minute free consultation.
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Getting to know you is an important part of the therapeutic process. In our first few sessions, we’ll talk deeply to understand your story from childhood and identify what struggles you’re currently facing. We do this to connect the dots and see how the past is impacting the present — and how we can shape the future from here. Couples sessions begin with a meeting all together, followed by two individual sessions for each of you before we meet together again.
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No, I only see my clients for one or the other. I can offer a referral for the other service should you choose to work with me. The reason for this is that once I see you individually, I would be biased and wouldn’t be able to see you as a couple in a fair way. The same applies if I see you as a couple first.
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Yes! Individual therapy can help you explore perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and help you learn tools to navigate through it.
Remember when the biggest debate was who finished the last sushi roll?
Yeah... and now it’s:
“Did you move the car seat again?”
“Why am I the only one who has the pediatrician’s phone number?”
“Wait… when was our last date?”
“Did you… where’s the… can you…”
(That last one is code for sleep deprivation.)
As a Los Angeles-based couples therapist
My clients lead full, busy lives on top of being parents. But they appreciate the space to slow down, reconnect, and learn tools that they can easily use in real-life.
This is where you...
Actually finish conversations without getting interrupted by a toddler snack request
Rebuild affection and intimacy (yes, emotionally and physically)
Learn to communicate without the “who does more” score-keeping
Understand each other’s needs and triggers
Feel heard, supported, and like you’re on the same team again
Create shared rhythms that work for your family