Ritu Lal

As an LMFT, I help clients understand themselves through their formative experiences and relationships so that they can identify why they struggle with their presenting concerns and how to shed their unwanted, maladaptive mindsets, patterns, and behaviors. My experience includes working with a wide range of conditions like (C)-PTSD, anxiety, mood dysregulation, grief, personality disorders, multicultural and relational issues that result in couple, family, societal, and occupational distress.

I focus on creating a safe, collaborative, and nurturing space for you to unpack your concerns and get curious about yourself. I attune to your specific needs so you to get optimal support for your healing and growth. I encourage my clients to bring up whatever they are experiencing within the session to uncover underlying issues that may be present in their relationships and how they may unconsciously be viewing the world. I operate from psychodynamic and somatic modalities and am EMDR trained.

In our first couple of sessions, I usually focus on acquiring a detailed history that has led to your presenting issues, so I can best understand your needs and how to optimize therapy for your highest benefit. My goal is to help clients harness a sense of self-efficacy, operate from their highest Self, and to be able to integrate the various aspects of themselves in order to feel realistically confident, grounded, psychologically flexible, resilient, and joyful.