Therapy in Laguna Beach
Navigating Life's Waves Together
We're a small, experienced team of therapists in Laguna Beach, here for individuals, couples, and families, and for the seasons that ask more of you than you expected. Start with a free, no-pressure call.
- Be seen within 24 hours
- Free 15 to 20 minute call
- Laguna Beach or telehealth statewide
Most people don't call a therapist the week something starts. They call months later, after telling themselves it would settle down on its own, after the same argument has run its fourth lap, after the mornings quietly got harder to start. If that's roughly where you are, you are not late. That is usually just when it gets loud enough to do something about.
Waves work the same way. You can stand in the shallows and let them knock you sideways, or you can learn to read them and time your footing. So what if the thing you're carrying isn't evidence that something is wrong with you, but a signal that something needs attention? That is where the work starts, and it tends to be far more ordinary than people expect.
Thirty years of practice, held lightly. Here is what that actually buys you.
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Someone who has seen this before
Kay Wenger has spent more than 30 years in the room with individuals, couples, and families, and she opened this practice in Laguna Beach in 2001. She spent decades training other therapists, and she personally supervises everyone here, so the standard of care holds whoever you end up seeing.
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Therapy that can happen outdoors
Beach Therapy is real therapy on the Laguna coastline, walking side by side instead of sitting face to face. Sand Castle Therapy is its counterpart for children, on the sand, at their pace. Kay developed both of them here, a few blocks from where they happen.
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A first step that stays small
One free 15 to 20 minute call with a real person, and nothing to fill out first. Be seen within 24 hours, in our Laguna Beach office or by secure video anywhere in California.
In our own words
Hear how we think about the work.
It is hard to tell from a website whether someone will be a good fit for you. This video is on marriage and family therapy, which is as good a window as any into how the work actually goes here.
We're more than a counseling practice. We're part of a community we genuinely care about.
Who we help
Counseling in Laguna Beach, for whatever you're facing
Individual Therapy
You already know what you'd do differently. The gap between knowing it and doing it is usually where the real work begins.
Individual TherapyCouples & Marriage
For the slow disconnection, the argument on repeat, and the fresh start before a wedding. Pro-commitment, never pro-pressure.
Couples & MarriageFamily Therapy
When the whole household is stuck, no single person can unstick it alone. We work with the system, not against one member of it.
Family TherapyMother & Daughter
For the pattern that outlived the argument that started it, whether you're barely speaking or talk every day and still hang up feeling worse.
Mother & DaughterTeens
A low-pressure way in for a teenager who did not ask to be here, and steady footing for the parents alongside them.
TeensChildren
Warm, developmentally-attuned counseling for young children, indoors with play and stories or outdoors on the sand.
ChildrenSeniors
Grief, retirement, and later-life change, from the founder of the Heart to Heart program at Susi Q. A place for what the activity calendar leaves out.
Seniors
Signature service
Sometimes the environment matters.
Beach Therapy started as an observation, not a marketing idea. Some people open up walking that never quite manage it sitting still, facing another person across a room. Something about moving side by side, with the horizon out in front of you, takes the pressure off the eye contact and lets the harder sentence out.
It is the same real therapy, with the same therapist, held on a quiet stretch of the Laguna shoreline. When the weather or the week calls for a room instead, we use the office. Nothing about it is precious.
The natural beauty of the beach creates a unique setting for reflection, connection, and personal growth.
Explore Beach TherapyWhat people struggle with
The things that actually bring people in
Most people arrive with more than one of these tangled together, which is normal and not a complication. Start anywhere that sounds like you.
The people
A small team, on purpose.
A bigger practice was never the goal. Kay built this one so that the quality of the work would matter more than the scale of the business, which means a handful of therapists she trains and supervises herself rather than a directory of names you have to guess between.
Wondering who you would actually click with? That is precisely what the free call is for. We listen first, then point you toward the right person, and we will say so honestly if that person is somewhere else.
Meet the teamBefore you ask
The practical parts, up front
- What sessions cost Sessions run 50, 75, or 90 minutes, and the rate depends on the length and on who you see. Every figure is published on the fees page, so you can check it before you ever pick up the phone.
- Insurance Laguna Beach Counseling is an out-of-network practice. We do not bill insurance directly, which allows us to deliver full-length sessions and keep decisions about your care between you and your therapist. We can provide a Superbill for each session, for clients to submit to their PPO insurance for out-of-network reimbursement.
- Where we meet Our office at 333 Third Street, Suite 6 in Laguna Beach, on the coastline for Beach Therapy, or by secure video anywhere in California. We also see clients at a sister office in Irvine.
- How it starts A free 15 to 20 minute Get to Know Us call. We hear what is going on, answer what you want to ask, and match you with the right therapist. No obligation follows it.
When you're ready
Pick a time for your free call.
Fifteen to twenty minutes, by phone or video. We listen, we answer what you want to ask, and we point you to the right person. Nothing is owed after it.
Something needs to shift. Let's start there.
A free 15 to 20 minute call is a low-pressure way to find out whether we are the right fit for you. And if we are not, we will help you find who is.
Free and confidential. Be seen within 24 hours.
Navigating Life's Waves Together