Empower Your Journey: Perinatal Therapy for Wellness & Support Expert care for mothers, partners & families Discover relief & guidance today
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From intimacy to birth, and postpartum beyond, our reproductive experiences have the potential to radically transform our lives. Around the world, seasons of
If you experienced a trauma, struggle with anxiety or question your self-worth. Know that you are not alone and there is hope to make positive changes in your life. I have specialized training and experience on helping clients work through issues related to intimacy and relationships after traumatic experiences. I create a therapy space for cultur
My approach begins with a real conversation that builds on itself to create rapport and trust with the individual or couple so that we can feel comfortable while talking about difficult and challenging personal matters. I am curious to find out what specifically the person or couple came to therapy for? What are they curious about, wanting to exp
I believe that our earliest experiences lay the foundation for our sense of ourselves in relation to others. In my specialty of working with new mothers and their infants, I address the impact of a mother's own attachment experiences on her ideas about herself and motherhood. Dyadic work with mother and infant is valuable especially as I work with
I employ a collaborative, solution-focused approach to help you get unstuck and get on with your life. Experience has taught me the best thing anyone can do to help themselves is to take action. Action creates momentum, which leads to more action. Getting the ball rolling is the only way to create change. I can help you learn to recognize and modif
CLIENT REVIEWS AND TESTIMONIALS FOR COUPLES THERAPIST Laressa Desmond PhD, LMFT
Welcome! 30 years experience helping Couples in the LA area. My goal is to help you enhance & improve your relationship so that you can leave therapy & live your life. I provide Couples Therapy and Marriage Counseling as well as PreMarital Counseling. As a Relationsh
We all contain a force that strives for self-realization. When we nurture this force, we find positive ways of existing within and experiencing the world around this. We gain the strength necessary to tolerate stress and conflict. Without support, though, we may adopt unhealthy ways of surviving that directly counter how we wish to be.
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I use a collaborative approach to therapy to help my clients establish goals. We'll work together to identify your challenges and then devise a balanced solution. I frequently incorporate humor into my approach, as well as nontraditional techniques such as creative arts therapy. I believe an effective therapeutic relationship requires trust, se
I believe that anyone can change, at any time. Everyone faces challenges at different points in their lives, and it is what we do with these challenges that make the difference. I help my clients find their truth, identify and address their obstaclesissues, and move towards the peace and balance that is desired.
A person's journey of growth
While you continue to build this “perfect” life, in actuality, there is a mismatch between the image you put out in the world and the turmoil you feel inside.
This lack of authenticity shows up as an inner critical voice that blames and judges everything you do. It has become hard for you to give yourself credit or take care of your
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