Laressa Desmond, PhD., LMFT

Couples

Therapy

   West Los Angeles     Santa Monica      Agoura Hills     Video


Midlife

When we're young we feel that older people could never love as deep or completely as we do. Often our parents feel like sexual neuters to us. We think that heat and youth are the only combinations.

The intensity of love is not a flower that increasingly wilts. The capacity to love is not on a timer. It happens when it happens. We know it when it happens. And we are lucky when it does.

Second Marriages and relationships formed in midlife have a strong chance of success. They can be special. You have some personal history now and know yourself better. You may have more clarity about what you want and need, both in life and in your relationships. Your skills in the living room and the bedroom may have increased.

Love

If you are planning a Second Marriage you may want to explore your relationship patterns. Some of your previous patterns may not create the relationship results that you want again. If this is the case it might be time to review your own patterns and upgrade some of your assumptions. I can help you with that.

Do you have personal habits or communication issues that don't serve you? Have you grown accustomed to a level of behavior that disappoints you? Get help in changing the dynamic.

Upgrade

Do you need help overcoming a specific type of conflict or a general upgrade of your relationship style? Perhaps you might benefit from a few new relationship skills. I can help you with all of this.  

I have explored and come to understand the great desire for compatibility and peaceful co-existence that comes with second marriages. Generally, people are looking for what they couldn't find in their younger, earlier marriage. They have encyclopedic knowledge of what doesn't work, what they fear and what they don't want ever again. No one wants to repeat the mistakes of the past. Counseling can help you clear mind and open your heart.

I'll provide you with a safe atmosphere of insight, support and guidance.



Second Marriage


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....Warm regards,

Laressa Desmond, PhD.

CA LMFT, CPC

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