Couples counseling for partners in Los Angeles, married or not, plus therapy for families, relationships of two or more people, and individuals working on the patterns they bring into every relationship.
Tina Marie Del RosarioLicensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW #94386)
Tap the one that lands closest. Here’s what’s often going on underneath, and where to start.
What’s often underneath
The dishes are rarely the point. Small fights usually carry a bigger question: do you care about me, can I count on you? When that question feels unanswered, every little thing becomes the place it comes out.
What’s often underneath
Life got full and closeness, including sex, got scheduled out. Often one partner has been reaching and the other has gone quiet to avoid discomfort. Both are protecting the relationship, in ways that end up creating distance.
What’s often underneath
Many couples learn communication tools in couples counseling and still can’t use them mid-argument, because once your nervous system is flooded, scripts go out the window. I work with what happens in the moment, so the change holds up at home.
What’s often underneath
When partners are on different pages, typical couples therapy or marriage counseling can stall. Discernment counseling is a short, structured process to get clear on whether to stay and work on it, or to separate well.
What’s often underneath
After an affair or a breach of trust, both partners are hurting in different ways. Recovery means understanding why it happened, repairing it honestly, and deciding together what comes next.
What’s often underneath
Opening up brings up a lot of emotions. Jealousy, new agreements and old attachment fears may come to the surface. It goes better with a therapist who isn’t judging the structure and can help you build agreements that actually hold.
We’re fighting again? It’s never really about the dishes.
Most couples leave therapy knowing why they fight and still continue to have the same fight. I work on what happens in your nervous systems in the moment, so you can catch the pattern while it’s happening. I draw on PACT, the Gottman Method, Imago and Emotionally Focused Therapy, and use what fits the two of you.
The pattern-first approach
Most of my work is couples therapy in Los Angeles for married and unmarried partners, in person at my Highland Park office or online anywhere in California. I also see families, other relationships of two or more people, and individuals.
Strengthen connection and communicate with compassion.
Learn more Couples TherapyReduce reactivity and stop the escalation cycle.
Learn more High-Conflict CouplesRebuild trust and create a new relationship.
Learn more Infidelity RecoveryClarity when you’re unsure about the future of your relationship.
Learn more Discernment CounselingSeparate with respect and protect what matters most.
Learn more Conscious UncouplingBuild agreements that support honesty, care, and freedom.
Learn more Non-Monogamy & PolyamoryAlso: Intimacy LGBTQ+ couples Co-parenting Communication Individual therapy
When weekly couples sessions aren’t moving fast enough.
$600
Focused time to make meaningful progress in a single session.
$1,100
Go deeper, with more time for breakthrough and repair.
Families and siblings. Mothers and daughters. Bands, business and creative partners. Families who stopped talking.
No. My job is to understand the pattern between you, not to decide who is right. Both of you should leave sessions feeling heard, and I’ll name it if either of you is getting more airtime.
That’s common, and it can still help. The partner who comes builds clarity and new ways of responding, which often shifts the relationship before the other person is ready to join.
Sessions are $250 for 60 minutes and $325 for 90 minutes. Individual sessions are $175 for 50 minutes and $225 for 80 minutes. Couples Intensives are $600 for 3 hours and $1,100 for 6 hours. The first 20-minute video consultation is free.
I don’t bill insurance directly. I can give you a superbill to submit to your insurer for out-of-network reimbursement.
