I'm Dr. Jené Verchick, a licensed psychologist in Los Angeles, and for 26+ years couples work has been the center of my practice, not a sideline. Two people who love each other and cannot stop hurting each other is where I do my best work.
The fight is rarely the real problem. Under the arguments about money, chores, or the in-laws is usually one ache: I don't feel seen. My job is to get underneath the surface and help each partner say the true thing so the other can finally hear it.
I am warm and active. I don't just sit and nod while you repeat the fight you have at home. I step in, slow down the moment it breaks, and we rebuild it in the room. I draw on the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Discernment Counseling, matched to your relationship, because no one method fits every couple.
I work with couples at every stage: engaged, new parents, long-married, and couples deciding whether to stay. I help with communication, lost intimacy, rebuilding trust after infidelity, resentment, and the hard question of whether to stay or go.
Dr. Jené Verchick, PsyD, licensed by the California Board of Psychology (PSY 18703). 26+ years with couples.
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