Linda Nusbaum, Marriage and Family Therapist

08/31/2021

Spacious, warm, and inviting fully furnished office in Bixby Knolls near the corner of Wardlow and Orange. Just minutes from the freeway.
This shared counseling office has access to plenty of assigned and off-street parking, and is next to a local park. When you enter the premises, you will see a welcoming hallway leading to a serene and well-appointed waiting room. The private office is the largest in the suite. It is warmly and professionally decorated and includes several chairs, a couch, and desk for your business activities. Wifi included.
Please call 562-234-9348 or email lindanusbaum@gmail.com

11/15/2019

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All of us in relationships come into our union with the skills we learned growing up. Many of us might have come from homes where the problems never got solved. Some of us might even be new to even thinking about saying, “I am sorry.” That’s how I grew up. My family was full of love and deep c...

10/25/2019

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All of us as children learned about the world. We understood if we were well taken care of, or if we were ignored. We figured out when we were coddled and not allowed to say much, or we had to discover things by ourselves and speak up. All of us have had childhood experiences that shaped us. And sin...

10/19/2019

Name Calling in a Relationship - How to Stop

Name calling in a relationship can hurt your loved one, undermine your connection, and stir conflict. Learn how to bring peace to your relationship today!

10/11/2019

http://counselinglongbeach.com/couples-swear/

Swearing at our loved ones damages relationships. Want to know why people do it and how they can make things better? Read this.

09/21/2019

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Openness and vulnerability are essential to truly being known. We long for acceptance, but true acceptance comes from understanding. So, how do we get it?

09/06/2019

Why Our Habits Are So Hard to Break

Most of us, by the time we choose a mate, have spent our lives figuring out how to be ourselves. Often it takes a while to just know who we are and what we will do when we need something or have to do something. These are very unique and individual skills, and we all know that we are not the same as...

08/30/2019

Are You The Authority in Your Relationship?

Some of us in life are leaders, and some of us are followers. There is nothing wrong with the way we are. We are mostly just being the way we are and the way we are wired. But when we are in a relationship if one person wants to be the leader and can’t tolerate sharing that role with the other, th...

08/23/2019

Do You Rehash the Difficulties in YOUR Relationship?

Often when people get their feelings hurt they take what happened to them and re-run it through their brain again and again. Sometimes we can see that we should have said something different, and sometimes we just get madder and madder. This situation happens in all our relationships, especially wit...

08/09/2019

Do You Tell Your Partner About Their Faults?

It hurts when our partners pick at our faults. Learn how to express how you and your partner can make be happier, without hurting each other's feelings.

07/05/2019

Where Our Heart and Mind Take Us in Love

I read an expression recently. It said, “We fall in love with our heart, we fall out of love with our head.” When I think about this I know it makes a lot of sense. I have this friend who is sad that her marriage is ending. She still loves her mate, and she is feeling what her love is creating f...

06/14/2019

Help Yourself by Looking Inside

When we are in a relationship, some of us often look at our partners and wonder how could they treat us they way they do. We might even try and get them to change their actions by complaining about what it is that makes us uncomfortable. Many of us do this. I know I have done this in the past. But n...

06/08/2019

How We Are So Different from Our Partners

All of us are connected to our special person in our own way. And it is usually pretty great for those of us who are in a relationship with another person. But on occasion I am wondering if you ever feel that you are talking to someone who is from another planet? I know sometimes I am talking to my....

05/24/2019

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Many of us seek love from another person. That kind of explains why we couple. We look for the right kind of mate so we can feel good about ourselves. This is very human. But the more I learn about myself and other people, the more I understand that when we are fully ourselves, and only ourselves, t...

04/08/2019

Taking Stock in Our Better Selves to Reduce Suffering

All of us in this world have basic kindness, compassion and insight. These are human traits that we all have inside of us. Sometimes, though, when there is a fight between partners, we forget our goodness and make our mates the enemies or tell ourselves we are at fault. This always creates hardship....

03/18/2019

Nurture vs Criticism in Relationships: Where Do You Stand?

Criticism in relationships separates us from our loved ones. Learn what you can do instead to more effectively change your partner's habits and feel closer.

03/08/2019

When Expectations in a Relationship Lead Us Astray

Expectations in relationships dictate a lot of how we interact, plan, and feel. Learn what you can expect in your relationship, and how you can improve it!