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Mary Kay Cocharo, MFT

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As a certified couples therapist for the past 35 years, I provide individualized attention to each client's specific needs and concerns.

This personalized attention ensures that each couple gets the targeted help they need for their unique situation. I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in West Los Angeles, California with over 30 years experience working with individuals, couples and families. I am Certified in IMAGO Relationship Therapy and Encounter-centered Couples Therapy. I help couples rediscover the joy of being together, deepen communication and resolve conflict. I offer 90 minute sessions, all day and two day Intensives, as well, as Workshops and Weekend Retreats for Couples. For Premarital Couples, I offer a four session package as well as one day Workshops.

10/11/2026

A great couples therapy session can create a breakthrough. But what happens when couples go home?

Over my years of working with couples, I’ve seen how easily the progress made in therapy can get lost in the routines, responsibilities, and familiar patterns of everyday life.

Couples leave feeling understood and hopeful, but without something concrete to practice, it can be difficult to maintain that momentum.

That’s one of the reasons I created Connect • Communicate • Create.

A deck of 45 practical cards designed to help couples continue the work between sessions.

Something to practice together.
A way to deepen conversations.
An opportunity to strengthen emotional and physical connection.

Because meaningful change doesn't happen only during the therapy hour.

It grows through what couples practice together afterward.

For fellow therapists and relationship coaches, this deck can be a valuable addition to your work with couples.

✨ Bulk purchases are available at discounted rates.
📩 Email [email protected] for bulk orders, or visit the link in my bio to get your deck.

10/08/2026

Conflict doesn't mean your relationship is failing. Sometimes, it's an invitation to understand each other more deeply. ❤️

Every couple disagrees. Every relationship experiences moments of frustration, misunderstanding, and disconnection.

But what matters most isn't whether you fight. It's how you find your way back to each other.

Can you listen without becoming defensive? Can you stay curious when you feel hurt? Can you remember that your partner isn't the enemy, even when you see things differently?

Healthy relationships aren't built by avoiding difficult conversations. They're strengthened when both partners feel safe enough to have them.

The goal isn't to win the argument. It's to protect the connection.

What's one thing that helps you and your partner reconnect after a disagreement? I'd love to hear. 💙

10/06/2026

Being loved and being deeply known aren’t always the same experience.

You can know that your partner loves you and still wonder whether they truly understand what’s happening inside you.

Feeling known happens in the details.

It’s when your fears are met with curiosity instead of dismissal.�
Your struggles are remembered.�Your inner world matters.�
And you don’t have to edit yourself to stay connected.

That kind of intimacy takes more than love. It takes attention, curiosity, and the willingness to keep learning each other.

Because even after years together, there is still more to know. ❤️

When was the last time you asked your partner something you genuinely didn’t know the answer to?

09/25/2026

There’s a difference between being loved and feeling deeply known.

Love can say, “I care about you.”��But being known says, “I notice you. I understand you. I see the parts of you that don’t always make it into words.”

�In long-term relationships, it’s easy to assume we already know everything about our partner.

But people keep changing.
Their fears change.
Their hopes change.
The things they need from us change, too.

�One of the most meaningful things we can offer each other is continued curiosity.

Not assuming.�
Not finishing their sentence.�
Not listening only to respond.

�But making space to discover who your partner is now.

�Because sometimes the deepest form of intimacy is simply being able to say:
“You really see me.” ❤️
�

09/24/2026

The October Couples Retreat is officially SOLD OUT. ❤️

Six couples have said yes to stepping away from everyday life and giving their relationship three intentional days in Ojai to slow down, reconnect, have the conversations that matter, and make space for each other again.

I’m so grateful to the couples who will be joining me this October. I can’t wait for what we’ll experience together.

And if you were considering the retreat but missed your chance this time, this won’t be the last opportunity.

Join the waitlist to be among the first to hear about future Couples Retreat dates and openings.

📍 Ojai, California�📅 October 1–4, 2026�🤍 SOLD OUT — 6 of 6 couples booked

To join the waitlist, email [email protected] with “RETREAT WAITLIST” in the subject line. ✨

09/22/2026

It’s easy for your relationship to get whatever time is left over.

After work, kids, responsibilities, errands, and everything else that needs your attention, intentional connection can quietly get pushed to “later.”

That’s why I created Connect • Communicate • Create: 45 therapist-created cards designed to give couples simple, meaningful ways to come back to each other.

Choose a card at random, pick the category you need most, or work with one card throughout the week. There’s no perfect way to use them. The point is simply to make space for the two of you.

Because connection doesn’t always require a big romantic gesture. Sometimes it begins with one intentional moment. ❤️

Get your deck today: https://www.connect-communicate-create.com/

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09/16/2026

Sometimes you’re not arguing about what happened today.

You’re grieving what you thought the relationship would become.

The closeness you imagined.�The future you pictured together.�The version of your partner you hoped would emerge.�The relationship you thought you’d have by now.

And grief doesn’t always look like sadness.

Sometimes it looks like resentment. Disappointment. Irritability. Distance. Or the same conflict resurfacing again and again.

Recognizing that grief can change the conversation.

Instead of only asking, “Why do we keep fighting about this?” you can begin asking, “What are we mourning underneath this?”

That doesn’t mean giving up on the relationship you have.

It can mean finally making space to acknowledge what was hoped for, what was lost, and what the two of you want to create together from here. ❤️

— Mary Kay Cocharo, LMFT

09/10/2026

There’s room for one more love story in Ojai. ❤️

Five couples have already chosen to step away from everyday life and give their relationship three intentional days of attention.

Now, just ONE spot remains.

Three days to slow down together.�
To have the conversations that keep getting postponed.�
To understand each other more deeply.�
To reconnect without the usual distractions.�
And to remember what it feels like when your relationship gets to come first.

This is an intimate retreat by design, only six couples, with space for deep relationship work, personal guidance, and time to simply enjoy being together.

📍 Ojai, California�📅 October 1–4, 2026�🤍 ONE SPOT REMAINS

Maybe you’ve been watching these posts and thinking, “We should do something like this someday.”

What if someday is this October?

There won’t be a seventh spot. Once this final couple books, the retreat is full.

Visit https://couplesretreatmkcocharo.netlify.app/ to secure your spot. ✨

Address

11500 W. Olympic, Suite 614
Los Angeles, CA
90064

Opening Hours

Monday	10:30am - 7pm
Tuesday	9am - 7pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 3pm

Telephone

+13108282624

Website

http://www.mkcocharo.com/

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