Couples Therapy & Marriage Counseling Serving Tarzana, CA
Welcome!
Tarzana has a quieter, more residential feel than a lot of the surrounding Valley, the kind of community where people put down roots. But quiet doesn’t always mean easy, and even a stable, settled life can leave a relationship feeling stuck or disconnected in ways that are hard to talk about.
Our practice works exclusively with couples and individuals through Emotionally Focused Therapy, the most extensively researched model in couples therapy today. We’re led by one of California’s few Certified EFT Therapists and Supervisors, and every therapist on our team meets that same standard of training. Tarzana couples can meet with us in person at our Encino office, a short drive east on Ventura Blvd, or online for added flexibility, with no difference in the quality of care.
EFT works especially well for couples who look fine from the outside, a stable home, established routines, but feel quietly distant from each other underneath it. We help you name the cycle that’s created that distance, often built from years of small withdrawals and misunderstandings rather than one big rupture, and rebuild the kind of emotional responsiveness that made you feel like a team in the first place. Tarzana couples often wait a long time before reaching out, since nothing looks urgently wrong; you don’t need a crisis to benefit from this work, just a willingness to look at the pattern honestly.
If you’re wondering whether this is the right time, a free 20-minute consultation is a low-pressure way to find out.
Services We Offer
Let’s work together to help you and your partner break out of your cycle of conflict, improve communication and create a stronger connection.
It’s important to make careful decisions after an affair. We are here to help sort through the conflicting emotions and figure out the next steps.
Couples Therapy For
Tarzana, CA
We use the most effective form of couples therapy to help with a wide variety of issues including improving communication, rebuilding trust and increasing intimacy.
Planning for a happy, healthy relationship is an important part of wedding preparation. Let us help you start marriage on solid ground.
Ending a relationship can be complicated. Our guidance and support can help ease the stress.
Couples work can be done, even if one partner is not willing to participate. Making individual shifts can have a powerful impact on your relationship.
Couples Therapy for Tarzana, CA
Locations and Hours
Driving Directions to Our Office
From Tarzana, CA
- Start by heading east on Ventura Boulevard toward Encino.
- Continue east on Ventura Boulevard through Tarzana.
- Stay on Ventura Boulevard as you enter the Encino area.
- As you approach Woodley Avenue, look for 16055 Ventura Boulevard.
- The office is located at 16055 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1111, Encino, CA 91436, near the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Woodley Avenue.
- Turn into the building/parking area; your destination will be at the Encino office.
Meet Our Therapists

Stephanie Saari, LMFT
Owner and Clinical Director of Renewed Relationships Counseling Group

Jill Cepela, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Justin Inbar, AMFT
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

Alexandra Beatty, AMFT
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist





