Gita Rai is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist working under Dr. Thomas Lucking’s supervision.

Therapy can be a very vulnerable process. It can also be a foreign concept, if you are a first generation child of immigrants, such as myself. If you are feeling “stuck” in the past, feeling misunderstood or unheard throughout different areas of your life, navigating through these challenges should not have to be done alone. You have come so far in your life, in spite of the trials and tribulations that you have experienced. The journey to self-love can be difficult, but worth every step. Let me be your guide.

Gita earned a Masters’ degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, CA and is currently providing telehealth to clients residing throughout California. Gita specializes in working with BIPOC (Black indigenous people of color) populations, women of color, intergenerational trauma(s), HSP’s (highly sensitive person), anxiety disorders, depression, grief and loss, body image, and life adjustment/ transitions. Her therapeutic style is a combination of: humanistic, person-centered, solution focused, and cognitive behavioral and she is trained in EMDR.

” As a therapist, I promise to be a compassionate and patient confidant throughout the therapeutic process. I am here to listen and to help. My hope for you is that you leave therapy feeling more empowered and leading a more satisfying life.

Specialties:

• Communication skills
• Relational Issues
• Identity development
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Behavior management
• Burnout and stress management
• Cross cultural Issues
• Grief and Loss
• Parenting burnout
• Autism Spectrum behavioral needs
• Trauma related issues
• Attachment issues
• Substance use related issues
• Family stressors
• Excessive truancy, failing or missing school
• Suicidal ideations

Clients: Children, Teens, Adults, Couples, Parents, Families, Groups

Modalities: Trauma informed Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy

Locations: Telehealth, Orange County