UPDATE: I am currently on leave from my practice until the end of May 2024. My practice is currently full and I will not be reviewing inquiries during this time.

 

Nurture a Deeper Connection to Yourself

Depth Psychotherapy for Adults in the San Francisco Bay Area + California residents

Welcome,

You may be here because despite your successes, you feel unhappy, worried, overwhelmed, empty and unfulfilled in your life. You may be seeking more satisfying relationships with family, friends and intimate partners. Perhaps your life is being touched by major changes and this time, you aren’t able to hold all of the pieces by yourself. You may find it easier to take care of the feelings and needs of others, but much more challenging to attend to your own emotional experience. Or perhaps you need support with addressing the complexities and emotional strain associated with being a child of immigrant parents or navigating the world as a person of color. You may have found short-term strategies helpful in the past but are looking for more long term change and satisfaction in your life.


Therapy can offer you a weekly space that is dedicated just to you - a place to address your worries, fears and unhappiness, gain insights about your wants, needs and desires, untangle how experiences in your past may be affecting you presently and achieve more clarity, direction and meaning in your life. Through an improved understanding of self, you may discover how previous experiences have shaped who you are, raise your self-confidence, confront repetitive patterns and heal old wounds so you can begin living the kind of life you envision for yourself.

 
 

  • -Persistent worry, stress or overwhelm that affects your life


    -Navigating lack of purpose or direction


    -Experiencing sadness or lonliness

  • -Lack of fulfillment or motivation in work


    -Feeling directionless regarding career


    -Changing careers


    -Navigating work-life balance

  • -Desire to process and unpack experiences in one’s family of origin

    -Navigating family pressure or obligations

    -Experiencing difficult relationships with family members

    -Examining family patterns and key dynamics that have shaped you

  • -Beginning or ending a relationship


    -New work or family obligations


    -Moving to a new place


    -Navigating young adulthood

    -Decisions around having and raising children

  • -Navigating issues of identity, belonging and acculturation for People of Color, First-Generation Americans, immigrants and folks with multi-cultural backgrounds


    -Grappling with generational and cultural differences with parents, caregivers and family members

    -Unpacking intergeneration influences on one’s identity and sense of self

  • -Issues with trust, intimacy and connection with partners
    -Relational anxieties
    -Challenges setting boundaries
    -Difficult family dynamics/family of origin issues
    -Navigating a break-up

  • -Processing traumas from either childhood or more recent experiences of trauma

    -Navigating racial/systemic or immigration trauma

    -Loss of a parent


    -Unpacking intergenerational and multigenerational trauma

 

Hi, I’m Areeza

I am a licensed psychotherapist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area with just about a decade of experience working with youth, families and adults. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, relational challenges, overwhelm or emotional stress, we can work together to change the patterns that have become obstacles for you. Through a compassionate, warm and inviting approach, I will invite you into a process of introspection and reflection so that you can achieve new perspectives.

My approach is relational psychodynamic, which means while we address current challenges, I will also guide you towards deepening your understanding of how past experiences, relationships, and the broader socio-cultural surround may shape the difficulties you are observing in your life. I will invite curiosity about what is happening for you underneath the surface to help you develop new insights about yourself and confront the repetitive patterns that have a hold on your life.