Individual & Couples Therapy | Newport Beach, CA
Conflict, disconnection, or misunderstanding can feel so destabilizing when they take hold. Treatment focuses on identifying the patterns — in communication, in reactive thinking, in old habits of relating — that keep couples or individuals stuck in the same difficult cycles, and builds practical skills for interrupting them in the moment. Equal emphasis is placed on developing greater awareness and acceptance of one’s own emotional reactions, as well as those of a partner, so that conflict can be approached with curiosity rather than defensiveness.
Rather than focusing only on resolving surface-level disagreements, the work often extends to the deeper needs, values, and vulnerabilities that shape how people show up in relationships. Difficulties frequently surface — or intensify — around major life transitions: moving from single life into partnership, having a baby, financial strain, differences around sex and intimacy, career or lifestyle changes, or retirement. Each brings its own mix of emotions, and treatment helps couples and individuals make sense of what they’re experiencing during these shifts.
Drawing on an integrative approach tailored to each individual or couple’s needs, treatment helps clients build the insight and skills to communicate more effectively, set healthier boundaries, and respond to one another with greater empathy and flexibility. The goal isn’t a relationship free of conflict or difficulty, but one grounded in mutual understanding — resilient enough to grow through challenges rather than be defined by them, and, for most people, at the very heart of what makes life rich and meaningful.
Dr. Seghers sees clients at his Newport Beach office and via telehealth throughout California.
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