Therapy helps you heal and thrive.
If you know your self, you can grow your self.
Affirming Relationship Therapy in Los Gatos, California provides a safe space for creating positive mental health practices to improve your life and relationships.
We support people on their journeys to uncovering their authentic selves. We help people in relationships positively shift their communication practices and break negative cycles to improve their relationships.
We are a safe LGTBQ+, gender expansive, relational and sex-positive space! We support ALL kinds of people and all types of relationship styles.
We help individuals and families work through anxiety, depression, grief and loss. We can help you develop mindful practices to cope with adversity, ambiguity, and build up your adaptive and coping skills to manage living with more hope and direction during this challenging social time.
All of our clinicians work well with relationship dynamics like sexual challenges and desire discrepancies. We can also help you with healing infidelity to opening up your relationships, practicing polyamory, and even just helping you get through major life transitions, including stress management.
We are an LGTBQ+, gender affirming, poly-friendly place, and make lots of room for sexual positivity (a kink & BDSM friendly space). We support all relationship types, including: monogamous relationships, vanilla relationships, kink relationships, to non-monogamous and ethically non-monogamous (open, swinging, or polyamorous) relationships; they are all important and need to be supported.
Our therapist in Los Gatos and on telehealth
Desiree Hedberg, M.A. LMFT 109708
Desiree works with individuals and people in relationships to address sexual challenges and create the kind of relationship they want, based on the strengths they each bring.
Learn more about Desiree.
Our therapist in Los Gatos and on telehealth
Christine Benetua, AMFT 136226, APCC 12799
Christine specializes in working with trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, children, teens and couples. She uses a trauma informed approach that integrates theories such as internal family systems, DBT, AEDP, strengths based and existentialism.
Learn more about Christine.
Let us help you on your journey to create more confident, authentic healthy selves and relationships.
Motivation comes from within — we’re here to help you activate it.
Let’s begin
We are happy to do a free consult with you over the phone or telehealth, to help you see if we might be a good fit!