Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists in Tehachapi, CA
Brice Hildreth
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Tehachapi, CA 93561
Hello, my name is Brice Hildreth and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Every individual is unique and complex and I am adaptable to your needs in therapy. I greatly empathize with how your mental health can affect your overall well-being and ability to have satisfying and reciprocal relationships. I focus on building a strong therapeutic alliance using my wide range of experience and practice with you taking the lead in your journey to the outcomes and goals you seek. One of my passions is helping individuals understand the processes, thought patterns, and underlying causes of what is causing them distress in their life.
Hello, my name is Brice Hildreth and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Every individual is unique and complex and I am adaptable to your needs in therapy. I greatly empathize with how your mental health can affect your overall well-being and ability to have satisfying and reciprocal relationships. I focus on building a strong therapeutic alliance using my wide range of experience and practice with you taking the lead in your journey to the outcomes and goals you seek. One of my passions is helping individuals understand the processes, thought patterns, and underlying causes of what is causing them distress in their life.
Andrea Stocker
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Tehachapi, CA 93561
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance -Alan Watts I am here to help you, this is your time. Whether you need someone to vent to, someone to help you set goals, or coping skills, I am here to help you. I have a very easy going approach that makes me easy to talk to and open up to. I also have a variety of lived experience that helps me connect with you. I want you to be comfortable and I cater my sessions to you.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance -Alan Watts I am here to help you, this is your time. Whether you need someone to vent to, someone to help you set goals, or coping skills, I am here to help you. I have a very easy going approach that makes me easy to talk to and open up to. I also have a variety of lived experience that helps me connect with you. I want you to be comfortable and I cater my sessions to you.
Nathan Aish
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Tehachapi, CA 93561
Hello! I'm Nathan Aish, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) located in San Diego, California. I have 26 years of healthcare leadership experience, including 9 years of providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families. My approach to therapy integrates person-centered, trauma-informed, strength-based, harm-reduction, gender-responsive, and cultural humility perspectives. My personal approach to therapy is to create a collaborative partnership with clients and treat them with dignity, respect, and humility.
Hello! I'm Nathan Aish, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) located in San Diego, California. I have 26 years of healthcare leadership experience, including 9 years of providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families. My approach to therapy integrates person-centered, trauma-informed, strength-based, harm-reduction, gender-responsive, and cultural humility perspectives. My personal approach to therapy is to create a collaborative partnership with clients and treat them with dignity, respect, and humility.
Kate Vasquez
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Tehachapi, CA 93561
You deserve to live as authentically and with as much integrity as you desire in order to be the best version of yourself, but this can be difficult at times. The journey can be full of discovery or even feel scary. The things we think can lead us to our goals may not be as fulfilling as we thought. Sometimes because of what has happened before or what we think might happen. Change can be hard. It can feel overwhelming. It's different for everyone.
You deserve to live as authentically and with as much integrity as you desire in order to be the best version of yourself, but this can be difficult at times. The journey can be full of discovery or even feel scary. The things we think can lead us to our goals may not be as fulfilling as we thought. Sometimes because of what has happened before or what we think might happen. Change can be hard. It can feel overwhelming. It's different for everyone.
Online Therapists
Jamie Chess
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
Hello & welcome! My name is Jamie Chess and I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist LMFT 121910. I provide telehealth therapy using a secure video platform for California residents. I offer affirming services to individuals and partners across the gender, sexuality, and relationship spectrums, including LGBTQIA-2, kink, non-monogamy, polyamory, sex work, and power exchange. My specialties include helping clients with concerns around relationships, identity, and general mental health difficulties including anxiety, depression, and compulsive behaviors.
Hello & welcome! My name is Jamie Chess and I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist LMFT 121910. I provide telehealth therapy using a secure video platform for California residents. I offer affirming services to individuals and partners across the gender, sexuality, and relationship spectrums, including LGBTQIA-2, kink, non-monogamy, polyamory, sex work, and power exchange. My specialties include helping clients with concerns around relationships, identity, and general mental health difficulties including anxiety, depression, and compulsive behaviors.
William Charles Conner
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (Online Only)
• Break up Recovery • Complex Trauma • Depression and Anxiety • Gay Men's Issues: Body Dysmorphia, HIV, STI stigma, Substance Use Disorder • Grief and Loss • Polyamory: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy • Self-Esteem & Addiction Factors • Sex-Positive Support • Toxic Relationships: How to end an unhealthy LGBTQ relationship.
Being seen and supported for who you are is vital to feeling comfortable with your therapist. I strive to provide an affirming space for all individuals, especially gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, and non-binary individuals and couples. Heteronormative societal pressures often force sexual minorities to think of themselves in a non-affirming language, creating internal conflict and self-doubt. Crafting therapy with a language that reflects your lifestyle and beliefs is a hallmark of my therapeutic approach, and we craft that language together in a safe and collaborative space.
• Break up Recovery • Complex Trauma • Depression and Anxiety • Gay Men's Issues: Body Dysmorphia, HIV, STI stigma, Substance Use Disorder • Grief and Loss • Polyamory: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy • Self-Esteem & Addiction Factors • Sex-Positive Support • Toxic Relationships: How to end an unhealthy LGBTQ relationship.
Being seen and supported for who you are is vital to feeling comfortable with your therapist. I strive to provide an affirming space for all individuals, especially gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, and non-binary individuals and couples. Heteronormative societal pressures often force sexual minorities to think of themselves in a non-affirming language, creating internal conflict and self-doubt. Crafting therapy with a language that reflects your lifestyle and beliefs is a hallmark of my therapeutic approach, and we craft that language together in a safe and collaborative space.
Shir Shanun
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
11 Endorsed
Arcadia, CA 91007
Expertise with couples and relationships, intimacy, trust, sexuality, open relationships, polyamory, life style, LGBTQIAP & 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 understanding 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 about me at https://www.Shir Shanun psyd.com
Expertise with couples and relationships, intimacy, trust, sexuality, open relationships, polyamory, life style, LGBTQIAP & 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 understanding 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 about me at https://www.Shir Shanun psyd.com
Scott Altamirano
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Accepting clients Apr 2024. I help gay men - from the newly gay to the seasoned queen - navigate and understand topics related to dating monogamously, polyamory, sexual anxiety, fetishes, understanding Grindr, Sniffies, and bathhouses, drugs/alcohol/food/sex as coping, body insecurities, masculinity, developing self esteem, hobbies, and the most importantly - the friends we made along the way.
Accepting clients Apr 2024. I help gay men - from the newly gay to the seasoned queen - navigate and understand topics related to dating monogamously, polyamory, sexual anxiety, fetishes, understanding Grindr, Sniffies, and bathhouses, drugs/alcohol/food/sex as coping, body insecurities, masculinity, developing self esteem, hobbies, and the most importantly - the friends we made along the way.
Noura Chehade
Pre-Licensed Professional, APCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Burbank, CA 91502
Currently calling in clients seeking guidance in (not limited to) : ethical non-monogamy/polyamory, LGBTQ+, kink, spirituality, existential crisis, life purpose, relationships, life transitions, emotional trauma.
Therapy can be about managing difficult emotions and situations in our lives, and it can also mean discovering who you really are, getting to know yourself on a deeper level, layer by layer. The more you know yourself, the more you can navigate life in a way that’s aligned with your values and your soul’s purpose. However, to really love ourselves, we can attempt to love all of our parts. So perhaps we can find some space to turn towards anger or sadness with love and compassion and we can give these parts the opportunity to heal and harmonize with our core selves.
Currently calling in clients seeking guidance in (not limited to) : ethical non-monogamy/polyamory, LGBTQ+, kink, spirituality, existential crisis, life purpose, relationships, life transitions, emotional trauma.
Therapy can be about managing difficult emotions and situations in our lives, and it can also mean discovering who you really are, getting to know yourself on a deeper level, layer by layer. The more you know yourself, the more you can navigate life in a way that’s aligned with your values and your soul’s purpose. However, to really love ourselves, we can attempt to love all of our parts. So perhaps we can find some space to turn towards anger or sadness with love and compassion and we can give these parts the opportunity to heal and harmonize with our core selves.
Jason Markel
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90028 (Online Only)
Additionally, I work with partners/couples/triads in non-conforming/non-traditional relationships, whether that's polyamory, open relationship, swinging, or something else.
Being part of the LGBTQIA+ community can be a challenging path to walk. As a gay man, I have been walking that path all my life and I understand the challenge. As a therapist I am here to help you with many of the challenges of it. Whether you are struggling with gender identity, sexuality, or something related - I'm here to support you. Maybe you are a family member of someone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and are struggling to understand how to support your loved one? Whatever the circumstance - I'm here for you. I provide Telehealth for anyone living in California and can offer a sliding scale to those in need.
Additionally, I work with partners/couples/triads in non-conforming/non-traditional relationships, whether that's polyamory, open relationship, swinging, or something else.
Being part of the LGBTQIA+ community can be a challenging path to walk. As a gay man, I have been walking that path all my life and I understand the challenge. As a therapist I am here to help you with many of the challenges of it. Whether you are struggling with gender identity, sexuality, or something related - I'm here to support you. Maybe you are a family member of someone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and are struggling to understand how to support your loved one? Whatever the circumstance - I'm here for you. I provide Telehealth for anyone living in California and can offer a sliding scale to those in need.
Damon Holzum
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MA
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90046
My focus: You, Couples therapy, Your relationship(s), Solo/Poly/Bi/Homosexual and heterosexual identities, Polyamory, Sex & Sexuality Support, Gender Identity, Alternative Sexual Practices, Sex worker support and strategies, Kink culture, Emotionally Safe Sexual interaction.
Damon Holzum, LCSW. I bring a fresh, passionate and compassionate approach to your concerns and engage with you as someone desiring a powerful, nurturing, and solutions focused experience. My focus is an integrative approach blending CBT, experiential, Gestalt, and narrative therapies to assist you and your significant other or family to thrive within your environment and understand your thoughts and feelings to be the best you. I engage with all genres of individuals and focus on sex-positive therapy, polyamory, alternative sexual practices and the destigmatization of all things sexual and intimate within your relationships.
My focus: You, Couples therapy, Your relationship(s), Solo/Poly/Bi/Homosexual and heterosexual identities, Polyamory, Sex & Sexuality Support, Gender Identity, Alternative Sexual Practices, Sex worker support and strategies, Kink culture, Emotionally Safe Sexual interaction.
Damon Holzum, LCSW. I bring a fresh, passionate and compassionate approach to your concerns and engage with you as someone desiring a powerful, nurturing, and solutions focused experience. My focus is an integrative approach blending CBT, experiential, Gestalt, and narrative therapies to assist you and your significant other or family to thrive within your environment and understand your thoughts and feelings to be the best you. I engage with all genres of individuals and focus on sex-positive therapy, polyamory, alternative sexual practices and the destigmatization of all things sexual and intimate within your relationships.
Chelsea Monty
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90004
I welcome and affirm all relationship structures and configurations including both hierarchical and non-hierarchical non-monogamy and polyamory.
In a culture that equates your productivity to your self-worth, it can be a challenge to feel comfortable and guilt-free when you choose to take care of yourself. I reject the cultural beliefs that shame us and try to force us to endure, rather than enjoy. Seeking help is a show of strength, there is no shame in it, and you shouldn’t have to “tough it out” on your own or “just get by”. Whatever it is about your relationships, connections, or experiences with intimacy that brought you here deserves attention. I’m interested in helping you feel more like yourself, more alive, and more at ease in the world.
I welcome and affirm all relationship structures and configurations including both hierarchical and non-hierarchical non-monogamy and polyamory.
In a culture that equates your productivity to your self-worth, it can be a challenge to feel comfortable and guilt-free when you choose to take care of yourself. I reject the cultural beliefs that shame us and try to force us to endure, rather than enjoy. Seeking help is a show of strength, there is no shame in it, and you shouldn’t have to “tough it out” on your own or “just get by”. Whatever it is about your relationships, connections, or experiences with intimacy that brought you here deserves attention. I’m interested in helping you feel more like yourself, more alive, and more at ease in the world.
Bobbie Emetu
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, PhD, MPH, MA
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90028 (Online Only)
Bobbie (she, her) is an affirming associate therapist that aims to create a safe and supportive space for clients to explore their concerns and work towards their goals. She values and respects the diversity of sexual and gender identities, as well as the inclusivity of all people. Bobbie has experience in sex therapy; sexual health and functioning; sexual abuse and sexual trauma; LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy; gender affirming therapy; couples therapy; emotionally focused therapy; polyamory, non-monogamy, and non-traditional relationship configurations; in addition to kink and BDSM.
Bobbie (she, her) is an affirming associate therapist that aims to create a safe and supportive space for clients to explore their concerns and work towards their goals. She values and respects the diversity of sexual and gender identities, as well as the inclusivity of all people. Bobbie has experience in sex therapy; sexual health and functioning; sexual abuse and sexual trauma; LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy; gender affirming therapy; couples therapy; emotionally focused therapy; polyamory, non-monogamy, and non-traditional relationship configurations; in addition to kink and BDSM.
Sean C. Smith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90008 (Online Only)
I am a good fit for LGBTQ+ people who need support navigating identity as well as people working on boundaries, self love, open relationships/polyamory.
Do you feel stressed, worried, lost? Are you fighting all the time with your partner and feeling stuck? Feel like you have to be someone else? If these sound true to you, I want you to know that in our society, we don’t talk about it very much, but what you are experiencing is normal.
I am a good fit for LGBTQ+ people who need support navigating identity as well as people working on boundaries, self love, open relationships/polyamory.
Do you feel stressed, worried, lost? Are you fighting all the time with your partner and feeling stuck? Feel like you have to be someone else? If these sound true to you, I want you to know that in our society, we don’t talk about it very much, but what you are experiencing is normal.
Manny Kemphues
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90034 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
A lot of my work centers around trauma, gender identity, sexuality, kink, and polyamory.
Sometimes there are parts of ourselves, our desires, or our pasts that are difficult to share with others. This could be because of a lack of acceptance or support in your social world, and could be related to feelings of fear, shame, or disgust. I work with clients to build a relationship in which it is safe enough for clients to bring disowned parts of themselves into compassionate awareness as they develop a sense of wholeness. Throughout this deep internal work, I ask curious questions about environmental factors in order to facilitate liberation from internalized oppression and self-blame.
A lot of my work centers around trauma, gender identity, sexuality, kink, and polyamory.
Sometimes there are parts of ourselves, our desires, or our pasts that are difficult to share with others. This could be because of a lack of acceptance or support in your social world, and could be related to feelings of fear, shame, or disgust. I work with clients to build a relationship in which it is safe enough for clients to bring disowned parts of themselves into compassionate awareness as they develop a sense of wholeness. Throughout this deep internal work, I ask curious questions about environmental factors in order to facilitate liberation from internalized oppression and self-blame.
Leanna Wolfe
PhD
Verified Verified
Van Nuys, CA 91405
You are struggling with Polyamory. It’s become a “thing” in our society and you feel so confused! Polyamory promises a life of integrity and transparency. These sound like noble goals, but jealousy lurks around every corner. It’s a private matter between you and your partner(s)—and you really don’t have anyone to talk to. Poly chat groups and Meetups aren’t your thing. You just need solid information about how people make Polyamory work. I can help you sort it out! I can explain what’s possible in the world of multiple partner relating—what has worked for others…and what might work for you.
You are struggling with Polyamory. It’s become a “thing” in our society and you feel so confused! Polyamory promises a life of integrity and transparency. These sound like noble goals, but jealousy lurks around every corner. It’s a private matter between you and your partner(s)—and you really don’t have anyone to talk to. Poly chat groups and Meetups aren’t your thing. You just need solid information about how people make Polyamory work. I can help you sort it out! I can explain what’s possible in the world of multiple partner relating—what has worked for others…and what might work for you.
Matthew McLean
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (Online Only)
Are you feeling anxious, depressed, or stuck? Do you have relationship, family, or career issues? I can help you figure it out, feel better, and move forward, making changes to allow you to live life on your terms. Experienced working with entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and motion picture industry professionals. I utilize solution-focused, narrative, CBT, and family systems therapies. LGBTQ+ and polyamory/CNM/ENM allied. I am currently accepting new individual clients, and offer flexible Telehealth scheduling options for clients anywhere in California. Call or email for a free consultation.
Are you feeling anxious, depressed, or stuck? Do you have relationship, family, or career issues? I can help you figure it out, feel better, and move forward, making changes to allow you to live life on your terms. Experienced working with entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and motion picture industry professionals. I utilize solution-focused, narrative, CBT, and family systems therapies. LGBTQ+ and polyamory/CNM/ENM allied. I am currently accepting new individual clients, and offer flexible Telehealth scheduling options for clients anywhere in California. Call or email for a free consultation.
Natalie Alderson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
I support adults and couples/partnerships with navigating addiction recovery, trauma, LGBTQ+, infidelity, codependency, polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, and communication skills.
Your body has the wisdom and knowledge to help guide you through this difficult season of life, and my work is dedicated to helping you learn how to listen. My practice is currently focused on providing a unique body-based (somatic) approach for adults and couples/partnerships who are healing from trauma and co-dependency. The way that you feel in your mind, body, and spirit is a reflection on for how you walk through the world, and my approach takes this into account to provide a safe, gentle, and direct space for you and your partner(s) to explore how you show up in your life and relationships.
I support adults and couples/partnerships with navigating addiction recovery, trauma, LGBTQ+, infidelity, codependency, polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, and communication skills.
Your body has the wisdom and knowledge to help guide you through this difficult season of life, and my work is dedicated to helping you learn how to listen. My practice is currently focused on providing a unique body-based (somatic) approach for adults and couples/partnerships who are healing from trauma and co-dependency. The way that you feel in your mind, body, and spirit is a reflection on for how you walk through the world, and my approach takes this into account to provide a safe, gentle, and direct space for you and your partner(s) to explore how you show up in your life and relationships.
Fox Eros | The Polyamory Therapist Queer Life And Love
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90010 (Online Only)
My name is Fox, aka The Polyamory Therapist, and I am an inclusive, queer, 2slgbtqia+ affirmative Therapist. I’m a loving incandescent BIPOC femme and my nature is deeply empathetic and passionately curious - and still... I will gently challenge you with questions that have kept you stuck. I have a deep passion for working with people on trauma, identity, intimacy, loss, communication, self-worth, shame, sex, life stress and gender discovery. I’m Certified in both Sex Therapy and CNM / ENM and trauma informed. I work with all relationships: monogamy, opening up, open relationships, consensual non-monogamy; polyamory and kink / BDSM.
My name is Fox, aka The Polyamory Therapist, and I am an inclusive, queer, 2slgbtqia+ affirmative Therapist. I’m a loving incandescent BIPOC femme and my nature is deeply empathetic and passionately curious - and still... I will gently challenge you with questions that have kept you stuck. I have a deep passion for working with people on trauma, identity, intimacy, loss, communication, self-worth, shame, sex, life stress and gender discovery. I’m Certified in both Sex Therapy and CNM / ENM and trauma informed. I work with all relationships: monogamy, opening up, open relationships, consensual non-monogamy; polyamory and kink / BDSM.
Rachel Troy
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, APCC
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90066
I also have experience with Consensual Non-Monogamy and Polyamory and can support couples interested in exploring this as an option for them.
I believe that effective therapy happens within the context of a safe and supportive relationship. With this in mind, I prioritize the therapeutic relationship in my work, emphasizing warmth, safety, trust, respect, and meaningful connection. I work with individuals, couples, and children, and have extensive experience working with the LGBTQI+ community. In our work together I will invite you to be curious about yourself and investigate the root cause of specific issues, while also helping you to access and strengthen your own unique and natural abilities to cope with distress and challenges that life may bring.
I also have experience with Consensual Non-Monogamy and Polyamory and can support couples interested in exploring this as an option for them.
I believe that effective therapy happens within the context of a safe and supportive relationship. With this in mind, I prioritize the therapeutic relationship in my work, emphasizing warmth, safety, trust, respect, and meaningful connection. I work with individuals, couples, and children, and have extensive experience working with the LGBTQI+ community. In our work together I will invite you to be curious about yourself and investigate the root cause of specific issues, while also helping you to access and strengthen your own unique and natural abilities to cope with distress and challenges that life may bring.
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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.