Online Couples Therapy in California, Oregon and Connecticut
Virtual, flexible, and just as effective as in-person. Available to couples anywhere in California, Oregon or Connecticut.
If you and your partner have been thinking about couples therapy but keep putting it off because of scheduling, distance, or the sheer logistics of getting two busy people to the same office at the same time, online therapy removes every one of those barriers.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist offering online couples therapy to couples throughout California, Oregon and Connecticut. Wherever you are in any of these three states, we can work together.
Virtual Does Not Mean Less Effective
One of the most common questions I hear from couples considering online therapy is whether it is as good as in-person. In my experience, the honest answer is yes. Often it is better.
When you and your partner are in your own space, the familiar environment that is both comfortable and sometimes the scene of the conflict itself, something interesting happens. People tend to be more honest. More themselves. Less performative.
There is no commute, no parking, no carving out three hours of your day for a fifty minute session. There is just the two of you, showing up for your relationship from wherever works.
Every session is conducted through a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform. Your privacy is fully protected.
Couples I Work With Across California, Oregon and Connecticut
I work with couples at all different stages and in all different situations. Some have been together for years and feel like they have lost each other somewhere along the way. Some are newer and already stuck in patterns they do not understand. Some are navigating something specific, a betrayal, a major life transition, a breakdown in communication that has become the norm.
“What they all have in common is that they are ready to try something different.”
I specialize in couples experiencing high conflict, partners caught in the pursuer-withdrawer cycle, couples recovering from a breach of trust, and partners who love each other but cannot seem to stop hurting each other.
I provide culturally responsive and LGBTQ+ affirming care, and I welcome couples from all backgrounds and communities across California, Oregon and Connecticut.
How I Work With Couples
I use Emotionally Focused Therapy, one of the most extensively researched approaches to couples therapy available. EFT is not about teaching you communication scripts or conflict resolution techniques. It is about helping you and your partner understand the deeper emotional cycle driving your conflict and change how you respond to each other at the level where it actually matters.
My style is warm, direct, and active. I am not the therapist who sits back and lets the silence do the work. I am engaged, I ask hard questions, and I stay fully present with whatever is happening in the room.
“The goal is not a relationship without conflict. The goal is a relationship where both of you feel safe enough to be honest, vulnerable, and genuinely connected.”
High Conflict Couples Therapy
For couples where conflict has become the dominant language of the relationship.
Some couples are not stuck. They are in a constant state of tension. Arguments escalate fast. Repair feels impossible. Trust has eroded. And the space between you feels less like distance and more like a wall.
If this is where you are, I want you to know something: this pattern makes complete sense given what is happening underneath it. And it can change.
I specialize in high-conflict relationships and I have seen couples in this exact place find their way back to each other. Not by learning to fight less, but by understanding what the fighting is really about and developing new ways to respond to each other when things get hard.
Using Emotionally Focused Therapy and trauma-informed approaches, I help high-conflict couples slow the reactive cycle down, understand the emotional needs driving it, and start building the kind of safety that makes connection possible again.
Virtual sessions available throughout California, Oregon and Connecticut.
Online Couples Therapy
The same quality of care, from wherever you are.
My practice is fully virtual. Sessions take place on a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform, so you can join from home or anywhere private.
That means no commute and no trying to get two busy people to the same office at the same time. In my experience, many couples open up more easily in a place where they already feel at home.
I am licensed to provide online couples therapy in California, Oregon and Connecticut.
Your Online Couples Therapist
I am Dr. Zena Vevaina, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 16 years of clinical experience. I have dedicated my career to helping couples understand the patterns keeping them stuck and find their way back to each other.
I specialize in high-conflict relationships and trauma recovery and I work from an attachment-based, trauma-informed framework. I provide fully LGBTQ+ affirming and culturally responsive care.
I am licensed to provide online couples therapy in California, Oregon and Connecticut.
The first step is a free consultation. It is just a conversation, a chance for you to ask questions, share a little about what is going on, and see if working together feels like the right fit. No pressure. No commitment. If you are a couple in California, Oregon or Connecticut ready to try something different, I would love to hear from you.