Being human is hard
Feeling overwhelmed? Looking for answers? Stuck? Life can feel that way, I’ll meet you there and walk with you toward a life you want.
Energy Flows Where Intention Goes
As a therapist, my purpose is to create an environment that cultivates acceptance, comfortability, and growth. Helping you move toward a sense of feeling fully alive — to feel as though you can thrive.
Meet Neha
YOUR THERAPIST & CONFIDANT
I am a licensed professional counselor with experience working with individuals across the lifespan. My primary specialties include trauma/PTSD, OCD, chronic pain, and the psychological dimensions of health and illness. I work from a somatic, mind-body lens ~ integrating yoga, breathwork, and body-based awareness into the therapeutic process alongside evidence-based approaches like ACT and ERP.
I received my M.S.Ed and M.Phil.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania. During my masters and since then, my training has been deeply shaped by practicing through a multicultural trauma informed lens. With that base, I use insight-oriented treatment models when working with clients. Such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Existential models, and more!
Areas of Expertise
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When someone experiences trauma, it can disrupt their sense of safety, control, and trust in the world.
When thinking of trauma, it is crucial to remember that it does not take a single life altering event for trauma to arise.
For most, trauma is ingrained into their behaviors, patterns, and thoughts without even being fully aware of the extent. Trauma therapy is a tool for those who are seeking to understand their experiences in a safe and proactive way.
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People with OCD struggle with either obsessions or compulsions or both. Obsessions are unwanted and intrusive thoughts, images or impulses. Obsessions make people feel upset and anxious. Compulsions are actions or rituals people are driven to perform to get rid of anxiety.
OCD is a highly treatable mental health condition, using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) informed by ACT/CBT.
ERP works by helping people face the things that trigger their anxiety in structured, incremental steps, and in a safe environment.
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Forms of treatment in which we would work together to understand how beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and experiences impact the present state of mind.
Culturally Attuned
As a South Asian Therapist, a main goal of mine is to bring a culturally sensitive multicultural lens to therapy.
Being a person of color is a unique struggle that can only be experienced first-hand. In a country or culture that consistently asks you to show up, act, and speak in ways that could feel foreign to you, it can be difficult to truly find and feel yourself.
Often, finding a therapist who understands your individual experience comes with the hardships of having to over-explain the how, what, when, and where of every event. The BIPOC communities in America are often asked to repress their culture, identity, and individuality to placate those around them. South Asian communities can sometimes feel a pull between being in American society and staying grounded in their culture.
I understand the depth of courage that it takes to attend therapy and value that feeling comfortable with your therapist requires an understanding of where you’ve been, what you’ve experienced, and how your identity is woven into your mental health. When you’re a person of color, finding a mental health professional who shares an aspect of your identity or who is also a BIPOC may be a top priority during your search.
While I identify with the South-Asian community myself, I can understand the difficulty of finding a therapist that aligns with your identity. If you would like to connect to talk more or find another therapist that could fit with your needs, I will do what I can to aid that need.
Therapy at home.
I offer Telehealth/video call therapy. As my virtual appointment times are limited do share if this would be a preference for you.
