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Individual Therapy for Relationship Issues | Gita Seshardri Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Individual

Regardless of whether you are coming in by yourself, I take a systemic view of your life and relationships. We will explore, different contexts, to figure out what makes you; you as a product of your relationships and experiences, as well as how these affect your current, previous, and future relationships. We will also explore ways that you can change or ways that you can benefit from accepting or making peace with your situation.

 
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Couples / Family

I specialize in working with interracial and intercultural couples and families. My publications and presentations at conferences explore the research literature and studies on finding what works with interracial couples and families. My experience working with a variety of clinical areas are listed below cover all three modalities: Individual, Couple, and Family.

 
College Therapy | Gita Seshardri Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

School

I also have experience providing therapeutic support to young adults around college experiences. College preparatory experiences, struggles around how COVID-19 affected their school experiences and being in college. I have also worked with those who are needing emotional support around their dissertations and/or theses. My approach is to help you therapeutically navigate this milestone in your life, despite the saying, “the only way to know how to do a dissertation, is to do a dissertation”.

 I have experience providing psychotherapy in the following areas:

  • Fear/Anxiety/Stress Management

  • Depression/Anger/Mood Management

  • Body Image/Self-esteem/Insecurities

  • Shame/Perfectionism

  • Rejection/Abandonment

  • Trust/Connection

  • Commitment

  • Emotional Unavailability

  • Affairs/Betrayals

  • Women’s/Men’s/Gender Issues

  • Coping (emotionally) with Physical/Chronic Illness

  • Coping (emotionally-self and family) with Allergies or Sensitivities or dietary restrictions or chronic pain

  • Substance misuse

  • Long distance relationships

  • Adjustments of military life

  • Being a First Responder

  • PTSD

  • Emotional coping with disasters (all types) and related trauma

  • Arranged and Love Marriages

  • Sexuality/Sex/Intimacy

  • Sleep Issues/Dreams/Insomnia

  • Therapeutic support after the treatment of poor coping

    • (food, social media, eating issues, shopping/spending, internet, substance abuse)

  • Loss of a pet

  • Grief and Loss

  • Attachment Issues

  • Election stress/anxiety

  • Managing Power and Privilege

  • Trauma/Abuse (all types-there are over 150)

  • Interracial/Intercultural experiences

  • Interfaith (secular) experiences

  • Estrangement

  • Divorce/Separation/Break up

  • Relationship/Couples/Partner Counseling

  • Fertility journey

  • Post birth experiences

  • Miscarriages

  • Adoption

  • Surrogacy

  • LGBTQ+ relationships and experiences

  • Premarital Counseling (Prepare/Enrich and/or relationship enhancement)

  • Singlehood

  • Codependency

  • Caregiver/Compassion Fatigue

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Life of a Business Owner

  • Small Business

  • Work relationships/Co-worker/Supervisor relationships

  • Workplace bullying

  • Burn Out/Job Stress

  • Workaholism

  • Struggles of High Achievers

  • Imposture Syndrome

  • Professional Jealousy

  • Relationship with money

  • Overspending

  • Retirement

  • Accountability/Responsibility

  • Resentment/ Grudges

  • Workplace bullying

  • Job changes/being laid off or fired

  • Leaving a profession

  • Performance anxiety

  • Therapy for therapists or other mental health professionals

  • Therapy for athletes

  • College or Graduate School adjustments/difficulties

  • Professional issues in Academia (Emotional Support)

  • Managing a post doc/graduate school

  • Dissertation/thesis support (therapeutic/non-academic)

  • Cross Cultural Relationships

  • Parent-Child Relationships or Sibling Relationships (adult to adult or adult to child)

  • Parental Immaturity

  • Parenting/Co-parenting

  • Relationships with In-laws

  • Adolescents and Young Adults

  • Generational differences

  • Managing the holidays and family conflict

  • Social Rejection

  • Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)

  • Emotional Exhaustion

  • Impact of societal/historical events

  • Acculturation/Cultural Identity

  • Immigrant experiences

Individual, Couple, & Family Therapy

It has proven to be that psychotherapy is effective in that makes people feel better and improves their relationships with others. However, psychotherapists/counselors do not have working magic wands, unfortunately. Feeling comfortable with your therapist provides you with an opportunity to trust the therapist's abilities and allows you to get the most out of your services. I believe in a collaborative, strength based, client centered approach.

 

Online Relationship Therapy | Gita Seshardri Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Treatment Modalities*

  • Family Systems

  • Bowenian Therapy (family of origin)

  • Narrative Therapy (meaning)

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (looking at the way you think)

  • Gestalt Therapy

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy

  • Solution Focused Therapy

  • Mindfulness

  • Client Centered/Strength Based

  • Play Interventions

  • Brainspotting (Trauma Informed Therapy Approach using eye movement- an off shoot of EMDR)

*I try to fit my approach to the particular situation(s) that you are experiencing along with what would best fit you.

*I like to use structured goals and homework between sessions; this is to enhance what we are processing during therapy. These are not “assignments” or “classwork”, but rather structured ways to build self awareness and coping. Despite being a professor, I don’t run sessions like a class with a lecture.

Fees for Services

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Initial Consultation

I offer a complimentary 15 minute phone consultation. During the initial consultation, you will have the opportunity to explain your needs. If you would prefer to request this via email (use the contact form), this option is available, however I find that a verbal conversation may be easier to communicate your needs. I encourage you to ask questions about the therapy process in general, my therapeutic approach, the process of billing and payment, so you can make an informed choice as to whether my services are the right fit for you.

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Session Rate

I offer the same 50-minute session rate for an individual, couple, or family. The fee per session is $175; for current full-time students with a valid student id, the fee is $140.

I also offer immigrant evaluations (2 meetings of 1 hour each and producing a report to your attorney). The fee for immigrant evaluations is $1200. Use of interpreters are an additional cost if involved.

I do not take any insurance at this time; however, I would be happy to provide you with a receipt or any additional paperwork needed for your insurance company to reimburse you as an out of network provider, called an OON (a super-bill). Depending on availability, I may have space for those with financial difficulty, on a case-by-case basis only. This sliding scale will be provided on a limited time basis.

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Payment

All major credit cards are accepted- Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. Cash, Venmo, and PayPal are also accepted, however, checks or debit cards (without the credit card feature) are not accepted at this time. I do provide superbills upon request; we will talk about this process during the initial consultation. Please check with your insurance company if you are eligible; I would be considered an out of network provider (OON). Payment plans are also accepted. Please discuss this option during the 15 minute consultation.