Dan Nyirady

There are moments in life that don't come with a map. A relationship stuck in a pattern neither of you knows how to break. A marriage that has survived something painful and needs rebuilding. A life transition that has left you uncertain about who you are and what comes next. I've sat with those moments professionally for more than 25 years. I've also sat with them personally.

I know firsthand what it means to navigate the hardest chapters of relational life. I don't approach these moments from the outside looking in. That combination of lived experience and clinical depth shapes how I work.

My approach is collaborative and relational. I'm grounded in the belief that people are not the problem — the problem is the problem. I work with couples who want to fight for their relationship: to understand what's broken, take responsibility without shame, and find their way back to each other. I also work with couples and individuals navigating the full range of relational outcomes, including separation, divorce, and the grief and rebuilding that follow. I don't come into the room with a predetermined outcome; instead, my commitment is always to what each person truly needs.

Clients describe me as a calming presence: thoughtful, unhurried, and genuinely interested in people. I ask questions that open things up rather than close them down. I help clients see themselves, each other, and their experiences in ways that feel both honest and freeing.

My areas of focus include couples and relationship repair, infidelity and betrayal, life transitions, and grief. I have a particular focus on men navigating the pressures of midlife: identity, fatherhood, and the cultural scripts about strength and silence that so often get in the way of asking for help. I also hold a research specialization in gray divorce — divorce among adults 50 and older — and its impact on family relationships across generations. It's an area I've studied rigorously and understand deeply, both as a scholar and as someone for whom these questions have never been purely academic.

Spirituality and faith — in whatever form they take — are welcome here.

I am the owner and clinical supervisor of Ripple Effects Individual, Couple and Family Therapy, and the Director of the Couple and Family Clinic at Alliant International University in Los Alamitos. I work in person in Los Alamitos and via telehealth throughout California. I take Aetna insurance and private pay with sliding-scale fees. To see more information, see fees and insurance.