Dennis Hong
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MS, PhD
He/Him/His
Are you wary of labels and conformity? Do your relationship preferences fall beyond society’s dictated norms? If so, I offer therapy for individuals & couples whose lives won’t fit into tidy little checkboxes. First and foremost, I am a practitioner of collaborative therapy. I believe that you are the expert in your own life, and it is not my role to tell you what’s wrong and what to fix. Rather, I am here to listen to you and to help you develop the solutions that work best for you. I am polyam- and kink-aware, and an LGBTQ+ ally.
My focus is on relationships that fall beyond the stereotypical norms dictated by our society. Perhaps you and your partner decline to check the simplified boxes of “male” or “female.” Perhaps you are exploring consensual non-monogamy. Perhaps your relationship unit is more than a couple. Perhaps you are experimenting with kink. Or perhaps all of the above.
If your relationship preferences are non-conforming or just not labelable, you may face challenges in understanding and acceptance from friends and loved ones, counseling professionals, or maybe even yourself. My goal is to help you manage these challenges coming from the outside while working on and strengthening your relationship from the inside.

Dennis Hong
“Do you find that your life doesn't fit into neat little checkboxes? If so, my focus is on non-conforming or non-labelable relationships.”
Call or Email Dennis Hong for a free phone consultation now - (619) 330-0861
Finances
- Cost per Session: $120 - $160
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 1 Year
- Prelicense: California / 122355
- School: San Diego State University
- Year Graduated: 2020
- Supervisor: Pamela Shaffer
- Supervisor License: California / 91321
Additional Credentials
- Degree: University of California, San Diego / PhD in Evolutionary Biology
- Year graduated: 2002
- Degree: University of California, Los Angeles / BS in Biology
- Year graduated: 1996
Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Marital and Premarital
- Peer Relationships
Issues
- Anxiety
- Codependency
- Family Conflict
- Infidelity
- Men's Issues
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Addiction
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Asian
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Intersex Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused
- Gottman Method
- Imago
- Interpersonal
- Narrative
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Last Modified: 7 Feb 2021