Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples Beverly Hills, CA & Los Angeles
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples who feel stuck in the same fights, disconnected, or unsure how to reach each other again. In person in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, and online throughout California.
EFT for Couples · Beverly Hills, Los Angeles & Online
At a Glance
Sessions
50 or 75 minutes, usually weekly, in person or online
Offices
Beverly Hills & Los Angeles, plus online anywhere in California
First Step
A free consultation to see if EFT feels like the right fit
Maybe this feels familiar:
The same argument keeps coming back, no matter how it starts
One of you pursues while the other pulls away
Small moments turn into big ruptures
You feel lonely even when you’re together
You love each other but can’t seem to reach each other
Talking it out only seems to make things worse
In Emotionally Focused Therapy, the problem isn’t either of you. It’s the cycle you get caught in together. My role is to help you both see that cycle, slow it down, and find your way back to each other.
You might be worried that therapy will turn into blame, or that one of you will be “sided with.” EFT doesn’t work that way.
Who This Is For
Is EFT Right for You?
Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles is for partners who want to do more than stop fighting. EFT helps you understand the emotions and attachment needs driving your conflict, so you can feel safe and close again. It may help if some of these sound familiar:
Arguments that escalate before you can stop them
A pursue-withdraw pattern, where one partner reaches and the other retreats
Trust that has been shaken by an affair, betrayal, or broken promise
Emotional distance where closeness used to be
Feeling unheard, criticized, or shut out
A major life change straining the relationship, like a new baby, a move, illness, or loss
LGBTQ+ couples looking for an affirming couples therapist
Wanting to feel like partners again, not roommates
What Working Together Looks Like
Free consultation. A short conversation about what’s been happening in your relationship, what you hope will change, and whether EFT feels like the right fit.
Assessment. The first sessions focus on mapping your relationship: the cycle you get stuck in, what each of you brings to it, and what you both want to change.
Ongoing EFT sessions. Couples sessions are 50 or 75 minutes, typically weekly, in person in Beverly Hills or Los Angeles, or online anywhere in California.
Unsure about staying? If one partner is leaning out of the relationship, short-term discernment counseling can help you both get clarity before starting EFT.
01 · How EFT Works
What Is Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples?
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a structured, evidence-based approach to couples therapy developed by Dr. Sue Johnson. It’s built on attachment science: the understanding that we’re wired to need a safe, reliable emotional connection with the people we love. When that connection feels threatened, we protest, criticize, shut down, or pull away. Those reactions make sense, but they also push our partner further away.
Over time, couples get caught in a negative cycle. One partner reaches harder while the other retreats further, and arguments start to sound the same no matter what they’re about. In EFT, we stop treating the argument as the problem and start treating the cycle as the enemy, something you can face together.
EFT moves through three stages. First, de-escalation: we slow the cycle down and help each of you understand what happens for you inside it. Second, restructuring: you learn to share the softer feelings and needs underneath the anger or distance, and to respond to each other in new ways. Third, consolidation: you practice those new patterns until they feel steady and your own.
Research on Emotionally Focused Therapy has consistently shown strong results for couples, with most reporting meaningful improvement in relationship distress. Just as important, the changes tend to last, because they’re built on a deeper sense of emotional safety rather than on communication rules alone.
02 · Grounded in EFT
My Approach to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy in Beverly Hills
If you’re here, something between you isn’t working the way it used to. Maybe conversations escalate in seconds. Maybe one of you has gone quiet. Or maybe trust has been shaken and you’re not sure how to find your way back.
You don’t have to stay in this place.
As a licensed clinical psychologist, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy to help couples understand the emotional patterns shaping their relationship. I don’t take sides, assign blame, or hand you a script. Instead, we slow things down in session so each of you can notice what you’re feeling, what you’re reaching for, and what you’re afraid of.
When partners can see the fear or hurt underneath the criticism or withdrawal, something shifts. The person across from you stops looking like an opponent and starts looking like someone who’s hurting too. That’s where new, more secure ways of connecting begin.
EFT works for married and unmarried couples, partners who have been together for decades or just a few years, and LGBTQ+ couples. It’s also well suited to couples healing from an affair or betrayal, where rebuilding emotional safety has to come first.
I offer Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, with in-person sessions at both offices and secure online sessions anywhere in California.
EFT Couples Therapy Fees and Sessions
EFT couples sessions are $225 for 50 minutes or $275 for 75 minutes. Longer sessions give you more time to slow hard conversations down, which many couples find helpful early on. A sliding scale is available based on financial need.
I’m an out-of-network provider. If you have a PPO plan, I’ll submit claims on your behalf so you can use your out-of-network benefits, and HSA and FSA cards are accepted. A free consultation is the easiest way to ask questions and see whether EFT is the right fit for your relationship.
You don’t have to figure this out on your own.
03 · What Begins to Change
How Emotionally Focused Therapy Can Help Your Relationship
Emotionally Focused Therapy gives couples in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles a structured way to move from reactivity to real connection. Instead of trying to win the argument, you learn to recognize the cycle and reach for each other inside it. Through EFT for couples, you can:
Step out of the pursue-withdraw cycle
Rebuild trust after an affair or betrayal
Talk about hard things without escalating or shutting down
Feel emotionally safe with each other again
Restore closeness, affection, and intimacy
Starting EFT doesn’t mean your relationship has failed. It means you care enough to work on it. When both partners are willing to engage, relationships that felt stuck can become more secure, resilient, and deeply connected.
“The most basic question in relationships is: Are you there for me?” — Sue Johnson, PhD
EFT for Couples FAQs
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based approach to couples therapy developed by Dr. Sue Johnson. It’s grounded in attachment science and focuses on the negative cycle couples get caught in, like one partner pursuing while the other withdraws. In EFT, we slow that cycle down, understand the emotions and needs underneath it, and help you respond to each other in ways that rebuild safety and closeness.
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Every couple is different. Sessions are usually weekly, and EFT is a structured approach that moves through three stages: de-escalating the cycle, reshaping how you respond to each other, and consolidating those changes so they last. We’ll talk about pacing and goals together as the work unfolds.
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EFT couples sessions are $225 for 50 minutes or $275 for 75 minutes. A sliding scale is available based on financial need. I’m an out-of-network provider, and if you have a PPO plan, I’ll submit claims on your behalf so you can use your out-of-network benefits. HSA and FSA cards are also accepted.
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Yes. Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples is available in person at my Beverly Hills and Los Angeles offices, and online through secure video sessions for couples anywhere in California.
Other Ways I Can Help
Every service is offered in person at the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles offices and online throughout California.
Expert Psychological Training Grounded in Emotional and Relational Understanding
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I’m trained in a variety of therapy methods, allowing me to tailor my approach to your unique goals and needs. These include:
Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Humanistic & Existential Therapy -
I bring advanced clinical training and ongoing professional development to my work with clients.
Education: Doctorate in Applied Clinical Psychology (PsyD), The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Licensure: Licensed Clinical Psychologist – California
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Member of Lacan School of Psychoanalysis
Advanced Training in Emotionally Focused Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles & Online
Beverly Hills Office
8500 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 740
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Los Angeles Office
8271 Melrose Ave, Suite 110
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Online Therapy in California
Secure sessions over Zoom or by phone, from the comfort and privacy of your own space, anywhere in California.
Let’s Work Together
Most couples wait until things feel unbearable before reaching out, but the earlier you begin, the easier it is to shift the cycle you’re stuck in. If you’re ready to explore what’s possible for your relationship, schedule a free consultation. Together, we can decide whether Emotionally Focused Therapy is the right next step for you.