Nisha Patel, LCSW
Nisha is committed to helping clients be their best selves, and providing a safe, non-judgmental, and affirming space.
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Nisha’s Credentials and Experience
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Working With Nisha Patel
As a therapist, Nisha recognizes that seeking out therapy is an incredibly brave and courageous step towards self-care and healing. She is committed to helping clients be their best selves, and providing a safe, non-judgmental, and affirming space to do so. Her therapeutic model focuses on family systems work, helping clients to gain an understanding of how one’s family of origin and life experiences shape their beliefs, thought patterns and behaviors. Nisha applies cognitive behavior principles to unpack beliefs and behaviors that are feeling hurtful and unproductive, and helping to gain new perspective and coping skills.
Nisha works with clients to process traumatic life experiences and explore ways to lighten the difficult burden that such experiences bring. She encourages positive beginnings and finding new joy in life. She helps her clients create actionable plans to organize or re-organize their life, develop productive and meaningful habits and mindsets. Nisha works with clients to identify new goals or optimize current goals, and strategize ways to attain these meaningful goals.
Nisha is fluent in Gujarati and Hindi, and in addition to working with clients of all backgrounds, she also works with clients of South Asian descent. As a South Asian woman, she understands the cultural nuances that may sometimes bring challenges to our day-to-day lives. Nisha is aware of how mental health is often perceived as a stigma, and her goal is to support clients with finding balance, and managing and healing challenging familial relationships.
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Nisha’s Philosophy
As a therapist, Nisha is aware that you as the client, are the expert on your life, and she actively listens as her clients share their stories. She meets clients where they are at. Her therapeutic approach is focused on collaborating with her clients to practice mindfulness and reflection to build self-awareness. She believes in providing support and encouragement when helping clients to develop healthy and effective communication skills, coping skills to manage feelings of anxiety and depression, and identifies strategies to eliminate self-defeating patterns of thinking and behaviors. Nisha also provides her clients with linkages to other services and resources that she believes they can benefit from.
Nisha’s Why
Nisha truly believes that all individuals have a right to live their best lives in the best version of themselves. She is passionate about supporting and guiding others to reach their goals. She knows that life can be tough, but no one should have to go through challenges or situations on their own. Being a therapist is not just a profession for Nisha, it is her calling.
On a Personal Note
Creating a personal-professional life balance is very important to Nisha. She loves traveling with her family and friends, and visiting other cities and countries. Nisha enjoys exploring new cuisines, and reading and curling up on the couch with a blanket, watching Netflix and Bollywood movies.
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