I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an AACAST Certified Couples and Sex Therapist in Private Practice in Santa Monica. I have worked extensively with individuals and couples with a wide range of personal and relational struggles. My primary focus is communication. More specifically, learning how to express feelings so that needs can bet met more directly, and learning how to listen so that the our partners feel understood and cared for. Without these tools (which are rarely taught to anyone), partners may find themselves stuck in a conflictual and/or disconnecting dance familiar to many. For some partners, it may feel that they have lost their voice or even their sense of self in the relationship. Perhaps it feels like nothing they do is ever good enough and that the best option is to shutdown and disengage. For other partners, being repeatedly shut out of their partners' lives, it may feel like they can never be connected or feel close. Whatever the experience may be, it is not unlikely that each of these partners feels alone. As a certified couples and sex therapist, trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy, Interanalytic Couples Therapy, and Couples EMDR, I will teach each of you how to communicate about your feelings and expereince, as well as how to truly listen empathetically. Once you begin to do this effectively, it is my experience that you will each begin to understand your partner, feel recognized for who you are in turn, and ultimately feel loved and connected in a way that you have not felt before. I am located in Santa Monica in the Ocean Park area.