Deepali Patel

Hi, I'm Deepali! I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people build real self-understanding, deepen their relationships, and move through life's bigger transitions. I connect especially with people who feel disconnected from themselves and want to invest in a more connected, intentional lifestyle and build a life that feels like theirs. I'd love to help you get comfortable taking up space, and learn that caring for yourself can exist right alongside caring for everyone else. I'm also drawn to working with people navigating low self-esteem, and I find real meaning in helping clients uncover their own worth. It's also especially meaningful to me to work with fellow mental health practitioners!

My approach is warm and collaborative. I want clients to walk away not just feeling better, but actually knowing their own wants, needs, and feelings well enough to speak them out loud. At my core, I work relationally, and I bring in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment principles to give that relational work some practical shape.

In our work together, here's some of what you can expect to build toward:

• Self-compassion
• A stronger sense of self-trust
• Catching your "should" or "could've" statements and learning to reframe them
• More realistic, healthier expectations for yourself
• The ability to name what you're feeling
• Tools to regulate those feelings once you've named them
• Clarity around intrusive thoughts, and what to do with them
• Assertive communication and the confidence to set real boundaries
• An understanding of insecure attachment, and steps toward a more secure one
• A greater tolerance for uncertainty