Couples therapy with Sungshim Park Loppnow, LMFT
You can care deeply about each other and still feel stuck. At Loppnow Relationship Center, we help couples understand the patterns that keep them apart and practice new ways of relating with greater clarity, care, and emotional safety.
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You do not have to have it all figured out
Maybe the same disagreement keeps returning. One of you reaches for connection while the other pulls away. You talk about schedules and responsibilities, but the closeness you want feels harder to find.
You do not have to begin with the right words or a clear solution. Therapy offers a place to slow down, understand what is happening between you, and explore a different way forward.
Sungshim Park Loppnow, LMFTCouples therapy & relational transformation
English + Korean
For couples seeking a different way forward
California LMFT license #45663
Sungshim helps couples move beyond repetitive conflict and emotional disconnection toward deeper understanding, trust, and meaningful relational growth.
Her work brings together attachment, relational neuroscience, trauma-informed care, and experiential learning. Rather than focusing only on what to say, she helps you notice what happens inside you and between you when connection becomes difficult.
Growth develops through three connected movements:
Understand the patterns, expectations, and protective responses that shape your relationship.
Explore new moments of being heard, understood, and connected in the therapy room.
Bring small, intentional relational skills into everyday life, at a pace that fits your capacity.
Sungshim offers therapy in English and Korean. She is a developer of Immanuel Journaling and co-author of Joyful Journey. When you want to include Christian faith, spiritual integration can be part of the work. It is never a requirement.
For entrepreneurs, executives & high achievers
For entrepreneurs, executives, and high-achieving professionals.
You may be carrying significant responsibility while finding less room for your relationships, emotional life, or sense of purpose. John's work helps you explore how achievement can coexist with connection, well-being, and spiritual depth.
This is not business consulting or a plan to become more productive. It is a space to become more connected and integrated as a person.
Explore leadership, clarity, emotional intelligence, and the complexity of responsibility.
Make room for intimacy, attunement, and meaningful relationships beyond your professional role.
Understand stress patterns and develop greater awareness, resilience, and freedom in how you respond.
Explore purpose, identity, and contemplative awareness in a way that respects your beliefs.
John offers psychotherapy and nonclinical coaching as distinct services. Together, you will clarify which service fits your needs and is appropriate for your location.
Our shared philosophy
We see growth as more than understanding a problem. Our work also makes room for lived experience, awareness of the body, and intentional practice within relationships.
We draw from relational neuroscience, attachment, trauma-informed psychotherapy, and contemplative approaches. We translate these perspectives into a collaborative process shaped around your goals, history, and current capacity.
Your values matter here. Spirituality can be included when you choose. You do not need to share our faith to work with us.
Real people. Thoughtful partnership.
Couples therapy & relational transformation
Sungshim brings a cross-cultural perspective and a focus on helping couples develop the capacity to stay connected through difficult moments. Her work integrates attachment, experiential learning, and trauma-informed care. Meet Sungshim
California LMFT license #51457
Therapy & coaching for entrepreneurs and executives
John supports people who want achievement to enrich, rather than crowd out, the rest of their lives. His relational approach draws on mind-body awareness and contemplative practice, with attention to connection, emotional well-being, and meaning. Meet John
Taking the next step
Tell us who you would like to meet and the kind of support you are looking for. A few words are enough.
A brief introductory conversation gives you room to ask questions about our approach, service options, and next steps.
If working together is appropriate, we will discuss the practical details before you decide whether to schedule.
A few helpful answers
No. You can seek support when conflict feels overwhelming, when you notice growing distance, or when you want to deepen an already meaningful relationship.
No. Spiritual integration is optional and shaped by your preferences. We welcome people with different beliefs and those who do not want to include faith in therapy.
Psychotherapy addresses mental-health and relational concerns within a licensed clinical relationship. Coaching is a separate, nonclinical service focused on agreed personal-development goals. Coaching does not diagnose or treat mental-health conditions and is not a substitute for therapy.
We offer online services when appropriate. Psychotherapy eligibility depends on where you are physically located during sessions and the applicable licensing requirements. We will clarify your location and the available options before scheduling. Coaching also requires a review of scope and location requirements.
An invitation, not a commitment
You do not have to resolve everything before reaching out. Tell us what you hope might be different, and we can explore whether our work is a good fit.
Your next step
Use our Contact page to ask about working together. If you have a preference, mention Sungshim or John in your message. Availability and service fit will be confirmed before scheduling.
Please keep your initial message brief and avoid sending detailed clinical or sensitive information. An inquiry does not establish a therapist-client relationship.
Contact Loppnow Relationship Center
2233 Honolulu Ave, Suite 308
Montrose, CA 91020 · (626) 634-2131
Sungshim Park Loppnow, LMFT · California license #45663
John Loppnow, LMFT · California license #51457
This is not a crisis service. In an immediate emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number. In the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support.