Quick Answer
Relationship Therapy at Angeles Psychology Group for Los Feliz is depth-oriented, affirming care for partners, polycules, and chosen families. Sessions work with the attachment patterns, character-level defenses, and unmet developmental needs underneath the recurring conflict — not just the surface argument. Care is delivered in person at our Mid-Wilshire office or by secure telehealth across California, and begins with a free 20-minute consultation with no obligation.
Key Takeaways
- Relationship Therapy at Angeles Psychology Group for Los Feliz is depth-oriented: it works beneath the recurring conflict to the underlying patterns.
- Affirming across relationship configurations — partners, polycules, throuples, chosen families — as a named specialty across the clinical team, not a disclaimer.
- Clinicians integrate EFT, IFS, depth psychology, and Orgonomic somatic work — matched to the specific relationship rather than defaulted to a single protocol.
- Delivered in person at our Mid-Wilshire office (6363 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 520) or by secure HIPAA-compliant telehealth across California.
- Care begins with a free, 20-minute consultation, with no obligation and no diagnosis required to start.
01 — OverviewWhy polyamorous partnerships need named clinical expertise
Polyamorous and non-monogamous relationship work in Los Feliz runs into the same problem the broader queer-affirming market has, in a specific form — polycule structures need clinicians who work with them as their own clinical object rather than adapting dyad templates on the fly. The difference between poly-friendly and poly-fluent is the difference between doing the clinical work versus explaining the structure to enable it.
APG’s specific difference is the depth layer — the character pattern is where the work actually lives. The framework operates from published thinking on these subjects rather than improvising them per case, which changes what the client’s time in the session actually gets spent on.
Chosen family. Chosen family refers to committed, family-functioning relationships built by choice rather than biology — common in LGBTQ+ communities and treated in APG’s clinical work as real family, with the same developmental and attachment weight as family of origin.
Research from the National Institute of Mental Health suggests that psychotherapy is effective for the range of relational and emotional difficulties couples and partners bring to therapy, and the American Psychological Association notes that the fit between client and clinician is one of the strongest predictors of outcomes. That is the reason matching — modality, clinician, format — is the first piece of clinical work at Angeles Psychology Group.
02 — ApproachPoly, ENM, and throuple work: what the framework actually holds
Framework-wise, the work draws on EFT, IFS, Orgonomic somatic work, and depth psychology. EFT tracks attachment across multiple bonds, IFS works with the parts each person carries into the configuration, and depth psychology reads character patterns that shape how each person functions inside a multi-partner structure. The framework is unified rather than three separate approaches stacked.
APG’s departure from the broader field is the coordinated multi-clinician structure inside one practice. That matters for a client population where clinician fluency is often the decisive intake variable. You can read more about the practice on our relationship therapy page.
All configurations
Affirming care for monogamous, non-monogamous, queer, and chosen-family relationships alike.
Beneath the conflict
Depth-oriented work with the patterns and unmet needs underneath — not just the recurring argument.
Coordinated care
Individual, couples, and group work inside one practice, coordinated with consent.
Whatever you’re carrying, there’s a place to begin. Book a free, 20-minute consultation.
Start a free consultation03 — In Los FelizLos Feliz and the Eastside poly community
Los Feliz and adjacent Eastside neighborhoods concentrate a demographic that arrives at therapy already articulate about the shape of the relationship they’re in. What they typically need isn’t education back at their vocabulary — it’s clinical work that treats what the vocabulary was pointing to as the actual material. Depth work operates at that layer directly.
The physical container is at 6363 Wilshire Boulevard; secure video covers weeks the in-person schedule doesn’t work. The practice’s operational structure — coordinated clinicians, shared framework — makes multi-partner sessions logistically workable in a way many practices aren’t set up for.
04 — Getting startedA poly-affirming first consultation
Starting Non-Monogamy & Polyamory Relationship Therapy in Los Feliz begins with a 20-minute call where the clinician already understands the household structure you’re describing — chosen-family primary relationships, queer partnerships, creative-industry rhythms — and the intake time isn’t spent educating anyone. That first call determines two things: whether depth-oriented affirming work is what you’re actually looking for, and which clinician on the team fits the specific configuration and creative-schedule reality.
The clinical framework combines EFT for the attachment layer, IFS for the parts each person built to survive less-affirming environments, and depth work for the character-level patterns underneath. Affirmation across queer configurations, ENM, kink-aware work, and creative-industry livelihood is specialty rather than disclaimer — published clinical content on the practice site shows the framework in operation. For a broader comparison across practices, the APA’s page on choosing a psychologist covers the questions to ask any first-call clinician.
Sessions run in person at Mid-Wilshire (6363 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 520) or by secure telehealth across California, which fits the irregular schedules many creative-professional clients from Los Feliz work around. The practice is private-pay with superbills provided. Book online or call (310) 866-0440; the intake team is straightforward about wait times and clinician availability.
Office hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM (additional times available as needed), with additional times arranged when the standard availability doesn’t quite fit. For Los Feliz clients specifically, the intake team can advise on current wait times, clinician availability, and whether the format that fits your schedule is in-person, telehealth, or a mix. The consultation is free, no diagnosis is required to start, and you can pause or end the work at any point without penalty.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Relationship Therapy at Angeles Psychology Group for Los Feliz?
Relationship therapy at Angeles Psychology Group for Los Feliz is affirming, depth-oriented care for queer partners, creative-industry couples, and chosen-family configurations — sessions shaped around the people in the room rather than a standard-couple template. The clinical work draws on EFT, IFS, and depth psychology, adapted for the specific attachment patterns queer clients often carry from early environments.
Who provides the care?
Care is provided by a multi-clinician team including licensed psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, and associate (pre-licensed) clinicians working under doctoral-level clinical supervision. The practice is founded and clinically directed by Dr. Neil Schierholz, PsyD (PSY25154), a licensed clinical psychologist. Angeles Psychology Group is a psychology practice and does not prescribe medication — where medication is relevant, care is coordinated with the client’s own prescriber. All clinicians hold current California licensure or are registered associates working under supervision.
Do you work with chosen family as a primary relationship structure?
Yes. The practice treats chosen family as real family with the same developmental and attachment weight as family of origin, and adapts the clinical work accordingly. This includes queerplatonic partnerships, chosen-family constellations, and configurations that do not map to a legal or nuclear family structure. The affirming stance is a named specialty across the clinical team, not a disclaimer, and the practice publishes clinical content on queer relationship developmental patterns.
Is telehealth available for clients in Los Feliz?
Yes. Sessions are available in person at our Mid-Wilshire office (6363 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 520, Los Angeles, CA 90048) or by secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth across California. Telehealth removes the commute barrier for clients in Los Feliz and is delivered with the same clinical depth as in-person work — the practice’s stated position is that depth-oriented care translates to the virtual format when the container is held accordingly. Clients often split between formats based on schedule and preference, keeping continuity with the same clinician.
How do we get started?
Begin with a free, 20-minute consultation — a conversation about fit before any commitment. A clinician helps you decide who should be involved (individual, couple, family, or group), what modality is likely to fit, and what the work might look like, with no obligation. You can book online or call (310) 866-0440. Office hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM (additional times available as needed), and additional times can be arranged by request.
About this page
This page reflects the practice of Angeles Psychology Group, a depth-oriented, affirming psychology practice in Los Angeles founded by Dr. Neil Schierholz, PsyD (PSY25154). Angeles Psychology Group provides psychotherapy and does not prescribe medication; where medication is relevant, care is coordinated with a client’s own prescriber. Claims about psychotherapy are framed as research suggests and cited to primary sources below.
Reviewed by Dr. Neil Schierholz, PsyD. Last updated September 2026.
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