by Susie Rome | Apr 11, 2026 | Article, Couples Therapy, Relationships
Intimacy After Loss of Trust: How Couples Rebuild Connection Following Betrayal Trust, once broken in a relationship, does not simply repair itself with time. Time alone tends to produce one of two outcomes: a kind of numbness in which both partners go through the...
by Susie Rome | Mar 21, 2026 | Article, Family Therapy, Relationships
Blended Families and the Work of Building Something New Together Blended families are among the most complex family systems there are, and yet they are often formed with the expectation that love and goodwill alone will smooth the transition. The couple has found each...
by Susie Rome | Feb 21, 2026 | Adolescent Therapy, Article
What Teenagers Need Most: A Therapist’s Perspective on Adolescent Mental Health in Calabasas Adolescence is one of the most demanding developmental passages a human being moves through. In the span of a few years, a young person is simultaneously navigating the...
by Susie Rome | Feb 14, 2026 | Article, Couples Therapy, Relationships
Love Is a Practice: Building a Relationship That Grows Stronger Over Time We absorb a particular story about love from the culture we grow up in: that it is primarily a feeling, something that either exists or does not, something that arrives unbidden and, if we are...
by Susie Rome | Feb 7, 2026 | Article, Relationships, Trauma Therapy
Attachment and Trauma: How Early Wounds Shape the Way We Love as Adults There is a question that comes up, directly or indirectly, in nearly every therapy I conduct: why do I keep repeating the same patterns in my closest relationships? Why do I find myself attracted...
by Susie Rome | Jan 17, 2026 | Article, Couples Therapy, Relationships
The Art of Being Heard: What Good Communication Actually Requires in a Relationship Most couples who come to my office in Calabasas or Hidden Hills will tell me, somewhere in the first session, that their problem is communication. They are not wrong. But when we begin...
