Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists in Rosemead, CA
Starting therapy is difficult and scary; however, you do not have to do it yourself. I understand it is also vulnerable to share your stories with a stranger. Therapy is a space where you can feel safe being yourself. With sincerity, I strive to build that safe environment for you and work collaboratively to find yourself. I want to empower you to understand your thoughts and feelings. Working through your negative behavioral and thought patterns, we will identify how these currently affect your life. I will help you find solutions within yourself that you feel comfortable practicing and sustaining, using your natural strengths.
Starting therapy is difficult and scary; however, you do not have to do it yourself. I understand it is also vulnerable to share your stories with a stranger. Therapy is a space where you can feel safe being yourself. With sincerity, I strive to build that safe environment for you and work collaboratively to find yourself. I want to empower you to understand your thoughts and feelings. Working through your negative behavioral and thought patterns, we will identify how these currently affect your life. I will help you find solutions within yourself that you feel comfortable practicing and sustaining, using your natural strengths.
Hi there. I am Dr. Jay Howell, and I am a licensed psychologist who is passionate about providing his clients with compassionate care. I have expertise working with college-age students since I have worked in a university setting for close to 20 years. I enjoy working with clients of all ages (18 and older) who are working through many life challenges including depression, anxiety, stress, and relational concerns. I also have expertise working with clients exploring identity development which may include sexual orientation and gender identity and gender expression.
Hi there. I am Dr. Jay Howell, and I am a licensed psychologist who is passionate about providing his clients with compassionate care. I have expertise working with college-age students since I have worked in a university setting for close to 20 years. I enjoy working with clients of all ages (18 and older) who are working through many life challenges including depression, anxiety, stress, and relational concerns. I also have expertise working with clients exploring identity development which may include sexual orientation and gender identity and gender expression.
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Elvina (Legal Name Vincent) Inzano
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
Serves Area
I practice cultural humility and strive to provide centered services including but not limited to: polyamory & kink communities.
Let’s collaborate so we can work together to support your ongoing healing and growth. I work towards engaging from a compassionate, anti-oppressive, and trauma informed positionality. One of my focuses is on collaborating to better understand yourself as an integrated mind/body/spirit/social/relational being (soma) and reprocessing what your soma holds. Some of the ways in which we can do this is through building upon the stories that empower you and learning skills for personal and/or interpersonal fulfillment. We all deserve to live our lives liberated from the reactive survival responses of trauma.
I practice cultural humility and strive to provide centered services including but not limited to: polyamory & kink communities.
Let’s collaborate so we can work together to support your ongoing healing and growth. I work towards engaging from a compassionate, anti-oppressive, and trauma informed positionality. One of my focuses is on collaborating to better understand yourself as an integrated mind/body/spirit/social/relational being (soma) and reprocessing what your soma holds. Some of the ways in which we can do this is through building upon the stories that empower you and learning skills for personal and/or interpersonal fulfillment. We all deserve to live our lives liberated from the reactive survival responses of trauma.
Sara Wolfrom
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
My therapeutic focus is LGBTQ+ affirming care, non-traditional relationships such as ethical non-monogamy and polyamory, the kink community, gender identity issues, relationship issues, integration of psychedelic experiences, and anxiety.
Hello and thank you for taking the time to check out my profile! My approach to therapy is non-pathologizing and client centered meaning I believe my clients are the experts of their own story. I work to collaborate with my clients on ways to approach their issues from a place of empathy and compassion. I place emphasis on my clients strengths and work to uncover areas in which my clients may not be able to see their skills being used.
My therapeutic focus is LGBTQ+ affirming care, non-traditional relationships such as ethical non-monogamy and polyamory, the kink community, gender identity issues, relationship issues, integration of psychedelic experiences, and anxiety.
Hello and thank you for taking the time to check out my profile! My approach to therapy is non-pathologizing and client centered meaning I believe my clients are the experts of their own story. I work to collaborate with my clients on ways to approach their issues from a place of empathy and compassion. I place emphasis on my clients strengths and work to uncover areas in which my clients may not be able to see their skills being used.
Anthony Kozlowski
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90027
I work with many clients in non-traditional relationship structures like polyamory and other forms of ethical non-monogamy in a judgment-free environment.
Feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges? Whether you're battling anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or exploring your identity, you're not alone. Maybe you're part of the LGBTQ+ community looking for safe space to be heard, navigating non-traditional relationship structures, or coping with the challenges of depression, OCD, or bipolar disorder. Whatever your struggle, you're seeking understanding, support, and a path to a more fulfilling life. As someone who's been on both sides of the therapy journey, I get it. You want someone who can truly empathize and guide you towards positive change.
I work with many clients in non-traditional relationship structures like polyamory and other forms of ethical non-monogamy in a judgment-free environment.
Feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges? Whether you're battling anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or exploring your identity, you're not alone. Maybe you're part of the LGBTQ+ community looking for safe space to be heard, navigating non-traditional relationship structures, or coping with the challenges of depression, OCD, or bipolar disorder. Whatever your struggle, you're seeking understanding, support, and a path to a more fulfilling life. As someone who's been on both sides of the therapy journey, I get it. You want someone who can truly empathize and guide you towards positive change.
Expertise with couples and relationships, intimacy, trust, sexuality, open relationships, polyamory, life style, LGBTQIA+ & Kink.
When we change ourselves we create change in our life and relationships. Therapy is a journey of self discovery to develop intimacy and create meaning in life and relationships. Gain new perspectives expand freedom and fulfillment. Through exploration of your past and present I will help you develop nurturing relationships with others and with your empathetic genuine self; connect with playfulness and creativity; understand repetition in your life; discover the unconscious role in your decisions ; experience intimacy and alleviate depression and anxiety as we transform suffering into growth. More at https://www.shirshanunpsyd.com
Expertise with couples and relationships, intimacy, trust, sexuality, open relationships, polyamory, life style, LGBTQIA+ & Kink.
When we change ourselves we create change in our life and relationships. Therapy is a journey of self discovery to develop intimacy and create meaning in life and relationships. Gain new perspectives expand freedom and fulfillment. Through exploration of your past and present I will help you develop nurturing relationships with others and with your empathetic genuine self; connect with playfulness and creativity; understand repetition in your life; discover the unconscious role in your decisions ; experience intimacy and alleviate depression and anxiety as we transform suffering into growth. More at https://www.shirshanunpsyd.com
I specialize in working with LGBTQ communities, neurodivergent folx, and polyamory communities.
My work as a therapist centers on my values of compassion, equity, and empowerment. I practice through an intersectional feminist lens and I provide trauma-informed, affirming, integrative care using AEDP, EFT, EMDR, IFS, and more. I have extensive training working with members of the LGBTQIA+ folx, neurodivergent folx, and poly communities.
I specialize in working with LGBTQ communities, neurodivergent folx, and polyamory communities.
My work as a therapist centers on my values of compassion, equity, and empowerment. I practice through an intersectional feminist lens and I provide trauma-informed, affirming, integrative care using AEDP, EFT, EMDR, IFS, and more. I have extensive training working with members of the LGBTQIA+ folx, neurodivergent folx, and poly communities.
Moushumi Ghose | MFT | Los Angeles Sex Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Online Only
I also have a team of therapists, all with extensive experience with kink, non-monogamy/ polyamory, LGBTQIA+, gender-variant, sex worker/erotic laborers, and BIPOC.
I believe that our strength lies in our ability to connect to others, learning authenticity is the pathway to pleasure. I provide a safe space for you to explore stories you have created/held onto, traumatic experiences which color your journey, and help you uncover a version of yourself that is truer to the authentic expression of you.
I also have a team of therapists, all with extensive experience with kink, non-monogamy/ polyamory, LGBTQIA+, gender-variant, sex worker/erotic laborers, and BIPOC.
I believe that our strength lies in our ability to connect to others, learning authenticity is the pathway to pleasure. I provide a safe space for you to explore stories you have created/held onto, traumatic experiences which color your journey, and help you uncover a version of yourself that is truer to the authentic expression of you.
I offer teen, adult, couple, and polycule therapy for those experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, systemic oppression, intergenerational trauma, or exploring their gender, identities, and sexuality; I specialize in serving Asians, BIPOC & LGBTQ+ folx and am kink-, polyamory, and neurodiversity-affirming.
As a first-generation Asian immigrant who has lived and worked on multiple continents, I bring to therapy cultural humility and curiosity about the impact of history, ancestry, class, race, and gender on your lived experience and on your relational dynamics; I have a special interest in inter-racial and inter-cultural relationships.
I offer teen, adult, couple, and polycule therapy for those experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, systemic oppression, intergenerational trauma, or exploring their gender, identities, and sexuality; I specialize in serving Asians, BIPOC & LGBTQ+ folx and am kink-, polyamory, and neurodiversity-affirming.
As a first-generation Asian immigrant who has lived and worked on multiple continents, I bring to therapy cultural humility and curiosity about the impact of history, ancestry, class, race, and gender on your lived experience and on your relational dynamics; I have a special interest in inter-racial and inter-cultural relationships.
As a Sex-Positive Psychotherapist, I am kink aware and polyamory affirmative, examining themes relevant to alternative gender identity and sexual expression.
We carry with us stories and patterns that have likely served us in the past, but may no longer serve us. This can exacerbate symptoms of anxiety, depression or other mental health symptoms. Exploring and recognizing, with gentleness, how these patterns have become detrimental, gives us the freedom to choose what themes we insert in our life, and what we no longer have space for. I am excited by the opportunity to explore with individuals, couples and polycules the way in which they can increase their intimacy, empowerment, and sense of individuality by exploring and challenging barriers and patterns that limit exploration.
As a Sex-Positive Psychotherapist, I am kink aware and polyamory affirmative, examining themes relevant to alternative gender identity and sexual expression.
We carry with us stories and patterns that have likely served us in the past, but may no longer serve us. This can exacerbate symptoms of anxiety, depression or other mental health symptoms. Exploring and recognizing, with gentleness, how these patterns have become detrimental, gives us the freedom to choose what themes we insert in our life, and what we no longer have space for. I am excited by the opportunity to explore with individuals, couples and polycules the way in which they can increase their intimacy, empowerment, and sense of individuality by exploring and challenging barriers and patterns that limit exploration.
Valeriya Petrikova - NonMonogamy, Couples, Kink
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Online Only
I offer therapy and coaching for individuals and couples, specializing in alternative lifestyles, including non-monogamy, polyamory, BDSM/kink, and sex work.
Together we delve into the emotional depths of relationship dynamics, emphasizing open communication and trust. We challenge conventional norms and foster unique paths to intimacy and connection, ensuring a non-conservative, affirming space. My approach is integrative, rooted in Psychodynamic theory, tailored for those exploring alternative lifestyles.
I offer therapy and coaching for individuals and couples, specializing in alternative lifestyles, including non-monogamy, polyamory, BDSM/kink, and sex work.
Together we delve into the emotional depths of relationship dynamics, emphasizing open communication and trust. We challenge conventional norms and foster unique paths to intimacy and connection, ensuring a non-conservative, affirming space. My approach is integrative, rooted in Psychodynamic theory, tailored for those exploring alternative lifestyles.
Clients come to me with a range of issues and needs, from working through mood disorders like depression to needing support with coming out as lgbtq or navigating polyamory.
My experience as a Black Queer Psychologist informs my connection and passion for working with people of color, lgbtq people, and other marginalized groups. I support navigating identity development/concerns, sexual health and wellness, relationship desires, life transitions, sports performance, anxiety, mood disorders, existential questions etc.
Clients come to me with a range of issues and needs, from working through mood disorders like depression to needing support with coming out as lgbtq or navigating polyamory.
My experience as a Black Queer Psychologist informs my connection and passion for working with people of color, lgbtq people, and other marginalized groups. I support navigating identity development/concerns, sexual health and wellness, relationship desires, life transitions, sports performance, anxiety, mood disorders, existential questions etc.
I am well versed in issues surrounding open relationships and polyamory.
As a working artist, I have a deep understanding of the unique problems faced by creative people of all types and specialize in treating issues that many non-artists find difficult to understand.
I am well versed in issues surrounding open relationships and polyamory.
As a working artist, I have a deep understanding of the unique problems faced by creative people of all types and specialize in treating issues that many non-artists find difficult to understand.
Fox Eros - Stress, Intimacy & Polyamory
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Online Only
I work with queer, LGBTQIA and heterosexual identified people and all relationship types: monogamy, opening up, open relationships, CNM and polyamory.
Fun Facts: I’m pansexual, ambiamorous, multi-racial, BIPOC and hella tight with my ancestors. Parts Work is my kink (IFS) and inspiring Self-worth is my jam. My style is collaborative, relational and non-shaming. Let us deconstruct the narratives you’ve adopted that no longer serve you and reflect on what isn't working — so we can get to what does.
I work with queer, LGBTQIA and heterosexual identified people and all relationship types: monogamy, opening up, open relationships, CNM and polyamory.
Fun Facts: I’m pansexual, ambiamorous, multi-racial, BIPOC and hella tight with my ancestors. Parts Work is my kink (IFS) and inspiring Self-worth is my jam. My style is collaborative, relational and non-shaming. Let us deconstruct the narratives you’ve adopted that no longer serve you and reflect on what isn't working — so we can get to what does.
Dr. Andrew Khalil - The Poly Therapist
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Supporting people in the Sexual and Gender Minority Community encompassing LGBTQ, Consensual Non Monogamy/ Polyamory, BDSM/Kink, Cuckoldry Swingers, and many more.
You worked up the courage to have "the talk" with your partner about opening your relationship and you weren't sure how to do that. You wanted to spice things up and have some fun, and in the excitement of this new relationship, you didn't really understand what you were getting yourself into. Now that you're open, things are not as exciting as you hoped. You’re getting upset, having more arguments, feeling jealous, or are filled with fear and anxiety that this will ruin your relationship, maybe even end it. This was supposed to be fun but only made things even harder. Something has to change.
Supporting people in the Sexual and Gender Minority Community encompassing LGBTQ, Consensual Non Monogamy/ Polyamory, BDSM/Kink, Cuckoldry Swingers, and many more.
You worked up the courage to have "the talk" with your partner about opening your relationship and you weren't sure how to do that. You wanted to spice things up and have some fun, and in the excitement of this new relationship, you didn't really understand what you were getting yourself into. Now that you're open, things are not as exciting as you hoped. You’re getting upset, having more arguments, feeling jealous, or are filled with fear and anxiety that this will ruin your relationship, maybe even end it. This was supposed to be fun but only made things even harder. Something has to change.
Owen Renert
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I have a history in queer sex-ed, polyamory counseling, and medical trauma work.
Hi there! I’m Owen (they/them)! I am LGBT, neurodivergent, chronically ill, and a dancer. I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who has spent my life finding meaning in the little things (like my guinea pigs). I believe with my whole heart that therapy is a way to embrace weirdness as the true reality of humanity. My clients are those who struggle with Relationships, Multicultural Navigation, Intimacy, Anxiety, Chronic Illness, and Phase of Life difficulties. Talk therapy isn't always enough so I incorporate lots of different kinds of therapy to meet your unique needs.
I have a history in queer sex-ed, polyamory counseling, and medical trauma work.
Hi there! I’m Owen (they/them)! I am LGBT, neurodivergent, chronically ill, and a dancer. I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who has spent my life finding meaning in the little things (like my guinea pigs). I believe with my whole heart that therapy is a way to embrace weirdness as the true reality of humanity. My clients are those who struggle with Relationships, Multicultural Navigation, Intimacy, Anxiety, Chronic Illness, and Phase of Life difficulties. Talk therapy isn't always enough so I incorporate lots of different kinds of therapy to meet your unique needs.
Misty Johnson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW, WGS
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90046
I also specialize in working with the queer community, trans community, kink community, as well as working with poly, polyamory, and ethically non-monogamous ( ENM ) folks.
Sex and intimacy struggles? Communication challenges in your relationships?
Are you questioning or exploring your gender and sexuality? I am here to support you and to collaborate with you. I provide a safe space to explore who you are becoming and to discern old thought patterns that are no longer of service. I provide a healing space free of judgement and offer tools that you can immediately integrate into your current experience. I will collaborate with you and work with the intersections of your unique experience.
I also specialize in working with the queer community, trans community, kink community, as well as working with poly, polyamory, and ethically non-monogamous ( ENM ) folks.
Sex and intimacy struggles? Communication challenges in your relationships?
Are you questioning or exploring your gender and sexuality? I am here to support you and to collaborate with you. I provide a safe space to explore who you are becoming and to discern old thought patterns that are no longer of service. I provide a healing space free of judgement and offer tools that you can immediately integrate into your current experience. I will collaborate with you and work with the intersections of your unique experience.
Malika has worked in the areas of child development, parenting, addiction treatment, couples therapy, premarital counseling, non-monogamous/ Polyamory, LGBTQIA, foster-care/transitional aged youth issues, homelessness, issues pertaining to systemic racism, as well as joined alongside clients overcoming anxious and depressive symptoms.
Dr. Malika's educational background includes a bachelor's degree in psychology, master's degree in marriage and family therapy, and a Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy (DMFT).
Malika has worked in the areas of child development, parenting, addiction treatment, couples therapy, premarital counseling, non-monogamous/ Polyamory, LGBTQIA, foster-care/transitional aged youth issues, homelessness, issues pertaining to systemic racism, as well as joined alongside clients overcoming anxious and depressive symptoms.
Dr. Malika's educational background includes a bachelor's degree in psychology, master's degree in marriage and family therapy, and a Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy (DMFT).
With an attachment lens, we address topics such as sex, gender, culture, health, spirituality, monogamy, polyamory, childhood trauma, and psychedelic integration.
I am extensively trained and supervised in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for individuals and couples. My approach is relational, holistic, somatic, psychodynamic. The modalities I use are: EFT, Relational Somatic Healing, Transformational NLP, and Internal Family Systems. I'm influenced by feminist, psychodynamic, humanistic, and somatic psychology.
With an attachment lens, we address topics such as sex, gender, culture, health, spirituality, monogamy, polyamory, childhood trauma, and psychedelic integration.
I am extensively trained and supervised in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for individuals and couples. My approach is relational, holistic, somatic, psychodynamic. The modalities I use are: EFT, Relational Somatic Healing, Transformational NLP, and Internal Family Systems. I'm influenced by feminist, psychodynamic, humanistic, and somatic psychology.
I work with individuals, couples and families on topics including sexual and gender identity, coming out, non-traditional relationships and families, polyamory and negotiating open relationships, BDSM and D/s relationships.
I am honored to build an affirmative practice that brings in-depth, contemporary, relational psychotherapy to my community. I hope to build therapeutic relationships that encourage my clients to process and fully experience emotions, move through depression and anxiety, and re-frame negative thoughts and patterns with a deeper understanding of their origins. Together, we engage bravely (and playfully) with unexamined thoughts, feelings and experiences!
I work with individuals, couples and families on topics including sexual and gender identity, coming out, non-traditional relationships and families, polyamory and negotiating open relationships, BDSM and D/s relationships.
I am honored to build an affirmative practice that brings in-depth, contemporary, relational psychotherapy to my community. I hope to build therapeutic relationships that encourage my clients to process and fully experience emotions, move through depression and anxiety, and re-frame negative thoughts and patterns with a deeper understanding of their origins. Together, we engage bravely (and playfully) with unexamined thoughts, feelings and experiences!
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Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists
Why might an individual want to see a therapist specializing in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
A client seeking help with an open or consensually non-monogamous relationship will prefer to talk with a professional whom they can count on to be nonjudgmental. Talking with a supportive therapist may on its own help relieve some of the stigma and challenges partners face. That said, the most important factor in the success of any type of therapy is the ability of the client and practitioner to form a strong, trusting bond. For this reason, an individual or couple could find success with a therapist who does not specialize in non-monogamous relationships but with whom they can build trust.
When should open or consensually non-monogamous partners seek counseling?
Like other couples, polyamorous partners typically seek counseling when they face relationship challenges they can’t solve themselves. In non-monogamous relationships, this could include breaches of trust, including infidelity; unclear rules or violations of boundaries; jealousy of outside partners; the stress of juggling the needs of multiple partners; or the effect of high partner turnover on children. Like those of other couples, polyamorous bonds can be threatened by increasingly frequent arguments, poor or dysfunctional communication, diminished emotional or physical intimacy, or the feeling that something is wrong, even if they don’t know what it is.
Do therapists have special training to gain expertise in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
No, but individuals seeking help with non-monogamous relationships would most likely consult a licensed professional with specific training in couples counseling or couples therapy. Couples counseling and couples therapy both involve teaching concrete strategies to navigate conflict in relationships. A good therapist can engage both partners as they explain these approaches but can also work with a single partner.
How long does therapy for consensually non-monogamous couples typically last?
Couples therapy for any type of couple, tends to be relatively time-limited, lasting around 12 weeks on average. A good therapist will tailor sessions to the individual partners’ emotions and sometimes their past, along with patterns found to be repeating in the relationship. In many cases, clients should expect their therapist to assign “homework” between weekly sessions.