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Hello there - my name is Helen, and I'm a board-licensed, poly/ENM-friendly COUPLES/romantic relationships psychotherapist. My primary modality is Transformative Couples Therapy, where I guide couples to deepen their ability to feel, receive, and show love to their partner(s). Please note that due to insurance limitations, I am only able to offer 30 MINUTE FOLLOWUP SESSIONS. Don't worry, we will get a lot done in this time! My work is trauma-informed and grounded in psychodynamic theory training, relational group work, and liberation psychology practice. I am highly skilled in working with depression, anxiety, and stress, which are often variations of emotion dysregulation (fear, anger, sadness, dissociation; even personality disorders and complex PTSD). I am deeply curious and enjoy exploring and adventuring, which is reflected in the the way I work as a therapist. If something is new to all of us, I am committed to learning and growing with you - as a team.
In our intake session you can immediately experience moving out of crisis/defensive/angry communication into talking about what each member of the relationship is longing for from their partner(s).
I'm well-organized, thoughtful, empathic, and open minded, and willing to co-discover solutions with you AND admit + repair mistakes when I make them.
I work with all couples/romantic relationship configurations who seek better communication, more love, better mental health and more emotion regulation. I am comfortable working with poly/ENM relationships, and especially welcome those who identify as immigrant, BIPOC, and/or queer. I can work with families, though this is not my specialty. I am not able to work with individuals at this time.
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Cash - $200 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
Arlo
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
Evernorth
GTEB
IHSS Healthy Workers
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
Sutter Health Plan
Tufts Health/Cigna
Couples Counseling
I work using Transformative Couples Therapy, which is an attachment-based therapy that grew out of AEDP. Additionally, I am Foundational-trained (Level 3) in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which informs how I help clients develop and maintain emotional stability before doing higher-level or deeper, often trauma-related, couples work. I am particularly skilled at treating all conditions and dynamics involving emotional dysregulation (depression, anxiety, trauma, etc) and in helping clients find motivation and remove barriers to pursue lives and relationships that bring them joy and love.
3 ratings with written reviews
July 16, 2026
We went to Helen for couples therapy. Helen is a very knowledgeable therapist who is extremely capable of seeing our truth and helping us as a couple to connect and share in a healthy way. She is able to give us tools and exercises that can be used outside of our therapy sessions. Her warm and open approach makes it easy to open up and work together. We are very grateful to have found her.
June 16, 2026
After just our second meeting with Helen, we already feel encouraged by the progress we're making. She has given us helpful tools and valuable knowledge to move forward together, and we can already see a slight change in the way we communicate with each other. Helen creates a supportive and understanding environment, and we feel hopeful about continuing this work with her.
June 15, 2026
Wonderful first session. Helen was clearly interested in helping us and clearly skilled at doing so.