You love each other. Something keeps getting in the way.
For couples trying to find their way back to each other — or figure out what's true between them.
Couples come to me for a lot of reasons
Couples come to me for a lot of reasons. Sometimes something happened — a loss, an illness, a transition that changed the shape of your life together. Sometimes nothing dramatic happened and that's the problem: a slow drift, a distance that crept in, conversations that keep circling the same ground without landing anywhere.
What I find is that most couples aren't lacking love. They're lacking a way into the conversation they actually need to have — the one that feels too risky, or too big, or like it might change things in ways that are hard to predict.
I'll help you have that conversation. I bring genuine curiosity about who the two of you are — not just what's gone wrong — and a willingness to name what's happening in the room, including what's alive in the room, what’s tender, and what keeps getting avoided.
Hi, I’m Luisa.
I'm a therapist in Oakland working with individuals and couples navigating loss, identity, and major life transitions. I work as a real presence in the room — not just a witness — bringing honesty, warmth, and genuine curiosity to conversations that deserve that kind of attention.
Before becoming a therapist I spent 12 years as a product designer, and I still think about this work the same way: listening carefully for what's actually being asked.