Hillside Counseling Center, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
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| Español If you and your partner feel stuck, disconnected, or caught in repeated conflicts, I help couples, marriages, and intimate partners rebuild trust, improve communication, and deepen emotional connection. Using evidence-based approaches like Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman Method, I guide couples through relationship repair, affair recovery, and conflict resolution. Together, we create a safe, supportive space to explore patterns, strengthen emotional intimacy, resolve conflicts constructively, and build a loving, lasting partnership that feels secure, connected, and fulfilling for both partners.
In therapy, we uncover the patterns that keep couples disconnected and create opportunities for understanding, empathy, and closeness. I provide practical tools for healthier communication, managing conflict, and rebuilding trust. We work to help both partners feel heard, valued, and supported as you work together toward a stronger, more connected bond.
Whether you are seeking couples therapy, marriage counseling, or support after an affair, I guide couples toward deeper connection, intimacy, and lasting trust. Therapy offers a safe, empathetic space to heal, grow together, and create the loving, fulfilling partnership you both deserve, where both partners feel supported and understood.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Hillside Counseling Center, LLC now - (424) 395-3942
Let's Connect (424) 395-3942
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $200
- Couple Sessions $250
Payment Methods
Cash, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- Out of Network
Hillside Counseling Center, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Check fees and, if listed, ask to verify your insurance coverage. Email or (424) 395-3942
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / 111470 Patricia Rayas-Tabares
- In Practice for 13 years
Marriage & Family Therapist: Patricia Rayas-Tabares
Education and Years In Practice
Hillside Counseling Center, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. Email or (424) 395-3942
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Marital and Premarital
- Anxiety
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Anger Management
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Cancer
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Polyamory & ENM
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Veterans
- Women's Issues
Hillside Counseling Center, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (424) 395-3942
Client Focus
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
Spanish
Religion
Christian
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
Spanish
Religion
Christian
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Christian Counseling
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Gestalt
- Humanistic
- I treat anxiety and OCD disorders with CBT
- Intervention
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Hillside Counseling Center, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (424) 395-3942
Groups
Anxiety
This group will be for clients that are experiencing high levels of anxiety symptom. We will process and help support each other to improve and reduce distressful symptoms including Social withdrawal * Unemployment * Decreased work productivity & attendance * Financial stress/dependence * Relational problems * Health problems * Life dissatisfaction * Increased rates of alcohol & drug misuse *health * and Increased mortality rates. This may be due to Panic Disorder (PD) * Agoraphobia * Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) * Specific Phobias * Social Anxiety Disorder * Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) * Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and more...
Expertise
Anxiety
Types of Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Age
Adults
Session Cost
$60
Group Meets
Every Sat 11 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Location
Hillside Counseling Center, LLC.
3868 Carson St
Suite # 312
Torrance, CA 90503
Email Patricia Rayas-Tabares about this group or call - (424) 395-3942
Location
Nearby Areas
Counties
Neighborhoods
Hillside Counseling Center, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Take the first step to help. Call now - (424) 395-3942