What kinds of relationships do you work with?

Couples, co-parents, families, close friends, and co-founders. All relationship structures and configurations welcome.

Do you work with couples who are unsure whether to stay together?

Yes. The goal is clarity and honest reflection, not steering toward any particular outcome.

Do you work with non-monogamous couples?

Yes. I work across relationship structures without assumptions about what a healthy relationship looks like.

How long are couples sessions?

Couples sessions are 75 minutes. Longer sessions available when useful.

Do you offer relationship intensives?

Yes. Half-day, full-day, and multi-day formats available in person or virtually.

relationship Therapy with Aliss Wang, LMFT | Relational & Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist in California

couples & relationship therapy BASICS

Therapy for couples, co-parents, families, friends, and co-founders in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles area, and throughout California via telehealth. Whether you are trying to rebuild connection, navigate a recurring pattern, preparing for a major next step, or simply want to go deeper, relationship therapy provides a space where everyone in the room gets heard. Free 20-minute consultations available.

Free consultation

A 20-minute call to talk about what's bringing you in and whether we're a good fit.

OR INQUIRE ABOUT INTENSIVES

AVAILABLE IN

San Francisco Bay Area
Los Angeles area
Virtual throughout California
Mandarin Chinese available

relationship intensives

Half-day, full-day, and multi-day formats for couples who want concentrated time.

LEARN ABOUT INTENSIVES

Couples Counseling

Some people come to couples therapy because something is wrong. The same argument on loop -- the one where you both know exactly how it ends before it starts. A distance that will not close no matter who reaches first. Intimacy that has cooled. A feeling of being alone in the relationship even when you are not alone in the room. Trust that needs rebuilding after something broke. If that is where you are, you are in the right place.

Some people come because something is right, and they want to keep it that way. They are about to take a major step -- moving in together, getting engaged, getting married, having children -- and they want to cross every t and dot every i before they do. Premarital counseling is not about fixing problems. It is about building the foundation intentionally.

And some people have been together a long time and are ready to put in the effort to come back to each other.

All of it is welcome here.

The relational framing

When the relationship is the client

Most relational problems are not about the argument you keep having. They are about the pattern underneath it -- the ways each person moves toward and away from connection, the parts that get activated under stress, the needs that are not being met.

In relationship therapy, the relationship itself is the client. We work with what is happening between the people in the room -- the dynamics, the avoidances, the ruptures, and the moments of genuine connection -- because that is where the change actually happens.

Who I work with

All configurations. All stages.

Couples at a threshold -- engagement, marriage, moving in, having children. Long-term couples ready to come back to each other. Couples navigating infidelity, betrayal, or a loss of trust. Co-parents staying aligned after a relationship ends. Close friends at a crossroads. Adult family members with structural dynamics. Co-founders under strain.

I work equally well with people new to therapy and with seasoned clients looking for something more integrative and direct. Most clients find that I tend to know exactly what thread to pull -- and when.

What we work on

Premarital counseling and pre-commitment relationship work
Communication that circles without landing, or shuts down before it starts
Emotional and physical intimacy
Conflict resolution and de-escalation
Trust, repair, and rebuilding after infidelity or rupture
Long-term relationships that have drifted and are ready to come home
Life transitions that put pressure on everything between you
Building intentional relationship structures from the start

Some clients come for a defined piece of work and leave having built what they came for. Others stay, returning at different thresholds as life evolves. Relationships -- like people -- keep growing. The door is always open.

Couples counseling & relationship therapy

You want this relationship to be really good.