The basics
What is couples counseling?
Couples counseling is structured therapy where both partners work with a clinician on communication, conflict, and emotional connection. In practice since November 2017, our team uses psychodynamic therapy, CBT, and solution-focused therapy. Call us to verify your insurance and get matched with a clinician.
Not sure whether to start together or on your own? See individual vs couples therapy.
Most couples come in because partners keep having the same fight without any resolution, and neither person feels heard. Sessions give you tools to continue your treatment on your own time between appointments, not just in the room.
How it works
How couples therapy sessions work
Five steps from your first call to skills you keep using between appointments.
Call us with your insurance card
We verify whether your plan covers couples sessions before you book. Medi-Cal is one of several insurances we accept, and we check with you first.
Get matched with a clinician
We'll match you with a clinician who has openings. If the fit is off, we match you with another clinician in the practice.
Set your session goals together
In the first session, your clinician identifies each partner's unmet needs and drafts shared treatment goals. No session starts without a clear purpose.
Meet in person or by video
Sessions run at our Cerritos office at 17215 Studebaker Rd. or over telehealth statewide. Same therapist, either way.
Build skills between sessions
Your clinician sends you practical exercises to use between appointments. Treatment length follows your medical necessity, not a session quota.
Why us
Why couples choose Eye Cue Mental Health
Private-practice couples counseling on the insurance you already carry, with the same clinician in person or by video.
Same therapist, in person or by video
Big telehealth platforms assign whoever is available. At Eye Cue, your clinician is yours whether you sit in our office or join by video from anywhere in California. You keep the same therapeutic relationship.
Insurance accepted, including Medi-Cal
Most couples counseling near Cerritos is cash-pay at $185 or more per session. We accept Medi-Cal, Medicare, Covered California and most major commercial plans. We verify before your first appointment.
If the fit is off, we match you again
If you or your partner does not connect with your assigned clinician, we match you with another clinician in the practice. You do not have to start the insurance process over.
Open weekends and evenings
Our Cerritos office is open 7 days a week, 8 AM to 10 PM. Most Medi-Cal mental health clinics in LA County are closed on weekends. We are not.
Therapy in your language
Our team delivers sessions in English, Spanish, Farsi, Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi. Real fluency, not a phone translator. Visit our therapy services page to learn more about language-specific care.
Treatment length based on your needs
"Treatment length is based on your medical necessity. No one is pulling the strings. You are in charge of your treatment."
That is how founder Saqib Iqbal, LCSW, describes how sessions are set. No algorithm decides when your couples therapy ends.
What it helps with
Reasons couples come to therapy
The patterns partners bring to couples counseling most often, in person in Cerritos or by video across California.
Recurring conflict
Partners cycle through the same arguments without resolution. Therapy helps both people name what is underneath the fight.
Communication breakdown
One or both partners feels unheard. Sessions build tools to express needs and listen in a way that actually lands.
Life transitions
A new baby, a job loss, a move, or a diagnosis can shift the balance in a relationship faster than a couple can adjust.
Emotional distance
Closeness fades over time. Therapy reconnects partners to each other and to what they value about the relationship.
Trust and repair
A breach of trust takes work to rebuild. Our clinicians help partners move through it at a pace that is honest about the difficulty.
One partner struggling
Sometimes one partner is dealing with depression, anxiety, or stress. When that goes unaddressed, the relationship feels the weight. We also offer individual therapy as a sibling service.
Coverage
Insurance accepted for couples counseling
Eye Cue Mental Health accepts Medi-Cal, Medicare, Covered California and most major commercial plans. Whether your specific plan covers a couples session depends on your plan and medical necessity. Call us with your card and we check together before you book.
If you are unsure about your plan, call us and we will be direct about whether we can help.
Telehealth across California
Online couples counseling anywhere in California
If you live anywhere in California, you and your partner can work with an Eye Cue clinician by video from home, work, or wherever you feel settled. You keep the same clinician for as long as treatment runs. When it helps, you can switch to in-person sessions at our Cerritos office without changing therapists.
Statewide telehealth depends on your plan. Some Medi-Cal plans are limited to one county: L.A. Care, Carelon, and Health Net Medi-Cal to Los Angeles County, and CalOptima to Orange County. We verify your plan before your first session. See the full insurance list and county details.
Service area
Where we see couples
In person at our Cerritos office on the LA and Orange County border, and by video for couples across California.
In-person, Cerritos CA
17215 Studebaker Rd., Suite #110, Cerritos, CA 90703. At the 91 and 605 freeway interchange, on the LA County and Orange County border.
Telehealth, statewide California
Clients in Long Beach, Lakewood, Norwalk, Bellflower, Artesia, La Mirada, Buena Park, Cypress, and Anaheim join by video. Telehealth is available across California. Coverage depends on your plan and medical necessity; we verify before you start.
See location pages: Cerritos · Long Beach · Lakewood · Norwalk · Bellflower · Artesia · La Mirada · Buena Park · Cypress · Anaheim
Anywhere else in California by telehealth. See all locations. Eye Cue Mental Health · 17215 Studebaker Rd., Suite 110, Cerritos, CA 90703 · 562-860-2891 · Open 7 days, 8 AM to 10 PM
In their words
What clients say
A note from someone we worked with at our Cerritos office.
"This therapist has saved my life. Makes you feel great when you walk out of his office. Saqui will also give you tools to continue your treatment on your own time. Highly recommend him for people all ages."
Javier M.
Google Review, 5 stars
Individual results vary; this reflects one client's experience and is not a promise of outcome.
Eye Cue Mental Health at a glance: in practice since November 2017 · sessions available 7 days a week, 8 AM to 10 PM · in-person in Cerritos and telehealth across California.
Good questions
Frequently asked questions
Still unsure? Call 562-860-2891 and we will talk it through, no commitment.
In our sessions we focus on the unmet needs underneath recurring fights, which is where communication and conflict most often get stuck. Our team uses 3 approaches: psychodynamic therapy, CBT, and solution-focused therapy. Ask your clinician which approach fits your situation best.
Start when the same argument cycles without resolution and neither partner can break the pattern alone. You do not need a crisis to begin. Earlier work on communication and unmet needs is easier than repair after long-term emotional distance.
Start individual therapy first. One partner beginning individual psychotherapy often changes the dynamic enough that the other becomes willing. If your partner is ready later, we can transition to joint sessions with the same or a different clinician.
Yes, Medi-Cal is one of several insurances we hold contracts with. Whether your specific plan covers a given couples session depends on your plan and medical necessity, and we verify before you start. Call us at 562-860-2891 with your insurance card.
We match you with a clinician with current openings. Call us at 562-860-2891 to ask about current availability. We do not publish a specific wait-time number because it changes week to week.
We reassign you to another clinician in the practice. You do not lose your place in the insurance process. The goal is a good fit for both partners, and we work through that with you.
Come with a rough sense of what you each want to stop, and what you want more of. Your clinician handles the structure. If you want to read ahead, family therapy at Eye Cue covers some of the same communication tools used in couples work.
Get started
Start couples counseling in Cerritos
Eye Cue Mental Health has offered couples counseling in Cerritos, CA since November 2017. Call us to check your insurance and get matched with a clinician. In person at 17215 Studebaker Rd. or telehealth across California.
If you or your partner is in crisis, call or text the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline any time. We are an outpatient practice, not a crisis center.
- 562-860-2891
- 17215 Studebaker Rd., Suite #110, Cerritos, CA 90703
- Open 7 days a week, 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM