South Asian Therapists in Oakland, CA
Most people who find their way to my practice aren't in crisis. They're functioning well - often remarkably so. But there's a gap between how things look and how things feel, and that gap has started to matter. Maybe relationships keep hitting the same wall. Maybe you give a lot and still feel unseen. Maybe you've done the self-help, the self-awareness, and you still can't quite shift the thing that most needs shifting. I work relationally and depth-oriented, which means we're not just managing symptoms. We're looking at the roots. If you're ready to do that kind of work, I'd love to connect.
Most people who find their way to my practice aren't in crisis. They're functioning well - often remarkably so. But there's a gap between how things look and how things feel, and that gap has started to matter. Maybe relationships keep hitting the same wall. Maybe you give a lot and still feel unseen. Maybe you've done the self-help, the self-awareness, and you still can't quite shift the thing that most needs shifting. I work relationally and depth-oriented, which means we're not just managing symptoms. We're looking at the roots. If you're ready to do that kind of work, I'd love to connect.
I am a systemically trained and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (in CA and PA) offering virtual individual, couple, and family therapy. My clients seek support around a myriad of concerns - most common among them are: depression, anxiety, loss, attachment trauma, oppression-based trauma, identity exploration/conflict, racial identity, family/relational conflict, and emotional dysregulation. Clients come to me to deconstruct beliefs about themselves and the world that are no longer serving them and instead creating chaos, dysfunction, and pain. Through our work together, they're able to live more fulfilling lives.
I am a systemically trained and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (in CA and PA) offering virtual individual, couple, and family therapy. My clients seek support around a myriad of concerns - most common among them are: depression, anxiety, loss, attachment trauma, oppression-based trauma, identity exploration/conflict, racial identity, family/relational conflict, and emotional dysregulation. Clients come to me to deconstruct beliefs about themselves and the world that are no longer serving them and instead creating chaos, dysfunction, and pain. Through our work together, they're able to live more fulfilling lives.
Psychotherapy is an intimately personal endeavor, that can provide a safe space for curiosity, exploration, and meaning-making of our lives and histories. I approach therapy through a relational psychodynamic lens, which means that I view mental health and well-being as being deeply interconnected with our relationships, experiences, and cultural identities. Each individual seeks therapy for unique reasons and carries a complex personal history, I tailor each treatment to meet your specific needs, goals, strengths, and cultural background.
Psychotherapy is an intimately personal endeavor, that can provide a safe space for curiosity, exploration, and meaning-making of our lives and histories. I approach therapy through a relational psychodynamic lens, which means that I view mental health and well-being as being deeply interconnected with our relationships, experiences, and cultural identities. Each individual seeks therapy for unique reasons and carries a complex personal history, I tailor each treatment to meet your specific needs, goals, strengths, and cultural background.
As a 2nd-gen South Asian American clinician, I understand that pain and suffering often stem from systemic factors, including wealth disparities, immigration enforcement, toxic work culture, gender dysphoria, anti-blackness, misogyny, structural violence, and cis-heteronormativity.
My approach to talk therapy is spacious, intuitive, and expansive yet aligned in the present, inviting moments of levity and humor. Every session builds upon the next, weaving in intrapsychic parts work, somatic explorations, and EMDR interventions.
As a 2nd-gen South Asian American clinician, I understand that pain and suffering often stem from systemic factors, including wealth disparities, immigration enforcement, toxic work culture, gender dysphoria, anti-blackness, misogyny, structural violence, and cis-heteronormativity.
My approach to talk therapy is spacious, intuitive, and expansive yet aligned in the present, inviting moments of levity and humor. Every session builds upon the next, weaving in intrapsychic parts work, somatic explorations, and EMDR interventions.
I am a first-generation, Indian American, queer, cis-woman.
I especially enjoy working with queer women of color, covid conscious people, people with chronic illness and/or disabilities, incarcerated people, people on parole and their loved ones, people preparing for and/or integrating non-ordinary states of consciousness, organizers, activists, and healing practitioners.
I am a first-generation, Indian American, queer, cis-woman.
I especially enjoy working with queer women of color, covid conscious people, people with chronic illness and/or disabilities, incarcerated people, people on parole and their loved ones, people preparing for and/or integrating non-ordinary states of consciousness, organizers, activists, and healing practitioners.
Have you noticed that other people seem to move through the world with ease: forming friendships, dating, finding direction; while for you, it all feels confusing and very effortful. You try to put yourself out there, but something doesn’t land, and you’re left wondering what you’re missing. Whether you’ve been labeled as a late bloomer, failure to launch, or "spectrum-y", we understand that underneath these labels is a sensitive soul yearning to find their way in the world. At Brave Space Therapy, our approach blends emotional growth with practical skill-building - helping our clients move from stuckness to decisive action.
Have you noticed that other people seem to move through the world with ease: forming friendships, dating, finding direction; while for you, it all feels confusing and very effortful. You try to put yourself out there, but something doesn’t land, and you’re left wondering what you’re missing. Whether you’ve been labeled as a late bloomer, failure to launch, or "spectrum-y", we understand that underneath these labels is a sensitive soul yearning to find their way in the world. At Brave Space Therapy, our approach blends emotional growth with practical skill-building - helping our clients move from stuckness to decisive action.
While depression and anxiety may be reasonable responses to your life experiences and the state of the world, that doesn't mean you have to suffer alone. You deserve support. I strive to create an environment where you can safely lean into difficult feelings and process your past and present without shame or judgment. We will work collaboratively to unpack the impact of systems, relationships, and intersectional identities (i.e. women of color, immigrant background, cultural stress) on your well-being. Together, we’ll explore healing not only as an individual journey, but as an act of empowerment and transformation.
While depression and anxiety may be reasonable responses to your life experiences and the state of the world, that doesn't mean you have to suffer alone. You deserve support. I strive to create an environment where you can safely lean into difficult feelings and process your past and present without shame or judgment. We will work collaboratively to unpack the impact of systems, relationships, and intersectional identities (i.e. women of color, immigrant background, cultural stress) on your well-being. Together, we’ll explore healing not only as an individual journey, but as an act of empowerment and transformation.
I believe that inside each of our struggles there is a choice and it's from this place that we can reconnect to and reclaim our inherent wisdom and power. My intention in our work together is to help shed light on the path to help guide you home to yourself
I believe that inside each of our struggles there is a choice and it's from this place that we can reconnect to and reclaim our inherent wisdom and power. My intention in our work together is to help shed light on the path to help guide you home to yourself
You've built a life that looks successful from the outside — and yet something feels off. Maybe you dread work in a way that doesn't make sense to you. Maybe you keep saying yes when you mean no, especially with family. Maybe you're caught between two cultures and unsure which version of yourself is real. Career anxiety, boundary struggles, and
bicultural identity aren't small things — they shape how you move through every room you walk into. You deserve a therapist who doesn't need you to explain the whole backstory.
You've built a life that looks successful from the outside — and yet something feels off. Maybe you dread work in a way that doesn't make sense to you. Maybe you keep saying yes when you mean no, especially with family. Maybe you're caught between two cultures and unsure which version of yourself is real. Career anxiety, boundary struggles, and
bicultural identity aren't small things — they shape how you move through every room you walk into. You deserve a therapist who doesn't need you to explain the whole backstory.
My areas of focus are:Queer Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Liberation Ecology Therapy, South Asian Therapist.
With over 25 years in various aspect of Sex Education, LGBTQIA+ Communities, and Intersex Advocacy I have witnessed both the joys and sorrows of being human. As a therapist, I find the greatest purpose is in working with clients to help them navigate becoming. Whether that be becoming themselves, becoming whole, becoming healed or becoming better humans.
My areas of focus are:Queer Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Liberation Ecology Therapy, South Asian Therapist.
With over 25 years in various aspect of Sex Education, LGBTQIA+ Communities, and Intersex Advocacy I have witnessed both the joys and sorrows of being human. As a therapist, I find the greatest purpose is in working with clients to help them navigate becoming. Whether that be becoming themselves, becoming whole, becoming healed or becoming better humans.
I’m a therapist supporting BIPOC, LGBTQ+, immigrant, and marginalized communities across California (virtual) and in Oakland (in person). My practice is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and rooted in anti-oppressive, decolonized values.
Whether you’re seeking therapy to explore your identity, heal from trauma, manage stress or anxiety, or process life transitions and experiences of injustice, I am here to support you. I work with individuals of all ages, couples, & families—especially those navigating complex cultural, relational, and systemic dynamics.
I’m a therapist supporting BIPOC, LGBTQ+, immigrant, and marginalized communities across California (virtual) and in Oakland (in person). My practice is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and rooted in anti-oppressive, decolonized values.
Whether you’re seeking therapy to explore your identity, heal from trauma, manage stress or anxiety, or process life transitions and experiences of injustice, I am here to support you. I work with individuals of all ages, couples, & families—especially those navigating complex cultural, relational, and systemic dynamics.
Being a queer Indian immigrant gives me a unique perspective to support those exploring their identities.
Living is complex, and we can find ourselves caught in patterns of overwhelm, stuckness, shutdown, or disconnection from ourselves and those we love. We may be navigating stress, trauma (personal or intergenerational), chronic illness, neurodivergence, parenting a neurodivergent child, or layered identities shaped by immigration, sexuality, and systemic oppression.
Whether feeling apprehensive, curious, or ready for support, we may long for a therapeutic space where the mind and body can soften—where we are met with compassion, witnessed without judgment, and supported in exploring change at our own pace.
Being a queer Indian immigrant gives me a unique perspective to support those exploring their identities.
Living is complex, and we can find ourselves caught in patterns of overwhelm, stuckness, shutdown, or disconnection from ourselves and those we love. We may be navigating stress, trauma (personal or intergenerational), chronic illness, neurodivergence, parenting a neurodivergent child, or layered identities shaped by immigration, sexuality, and systemic oppression.
Whether feeling apprehensive, curious, or ready for support, we may long for a therapeutic space where the mind and body can soften—where we are met with compassion, witnessed without judgment, and supported in exploring change at our own pace.
If you desire growth, change, and an improved quality of life - it would be my honor and pleasure to support you in that process. Perhaps you'd like to feel less anxiety or shift your experience of depression. Maybe you feel frustration with the state of the world. It could be the case that you are a high performance athlete or artist working through a creative block. Whatever it happens to be - you want something different for yourself and I am here to collaborate with you to bring about the change you desire.
If you desire growth, change, and an improved quality of life - it would be my honor and pleasure to support you in that process. Perhaps you'd like to feel less anxiety or shift your experience of depression. Maybe you feel frustration with the state of the world. It could be the case that you are a high performance athlete or artist working through a creative block. Whatever it happens to be - you want something different for yourself and I am here to collaborate with you to bring about the change you desire.
Shavika Singha- Teens, Adults &
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
4 Endorsed
Oakland, CA 94611
With nearly 10 years in tech & startups as a South Asian woman with ADHD, I know what it's like to adapt to fit in high-stress & pressured environments not designed with you in mind.
Many of my clients appear to it have it all together on the outside, but are struggling in navigating ADHD, anxiety, depression, complex trauma, burnout, & the pressure of being the one who holds it together on the inside. I work with teens, adults & couples- people who are high-achieving, caring & self-aware, feel things deeply, but often wonder if they're “too much.” Whether it’s your first time in therapy, or you’ve been before but felt like it was too surface to help with deep change, I can help. These are post-normal times, & we’re all holding more than we should have to. However that’s showing up for you, you are welcome here.
With nearly 10 years in tech & startups as a South Asian woman with ADHD, I know what it's like to adapt to fit in high-stress & pressured environments not designed with you in mind.
Many of my clients appear to it have it all together on the outside, but are struggling in navigating ADHD, anxiety, depression, complex trauma, burnout, & the pressure of being the one who holds it together on the inside. I work with teens, adults & couples- people who are high-achieving, caring & self-aware, feel things deeply, but often wonder if they're “too much.” Whether it’s your first time in therapy, or you’ve been before but felt like it was too surface to help with deep change, I can help. These are post-normal times, & we’re all holding more than we should have to. However that’s showing up for you, you are welcome here.
Will Lipsenthal (He/Him) is a passionate and caring trauma-informed therapist living in Oakland (Ohlone land). Raised by a first gen. Taiwanese mother and an east coast Jewish father, Will is familiar with walking the walk of an individual of multiple cultures. He is passionate about identity and one’s relationship to themself as well as with other’s. By working in a way to increase client’s own awareness, Will has found his therapy practice to feel alive, meaningful, and powerful. He utilizes therapeutic approaches ranging from gestalt, somatic, existential, multi-cultural, and integrative practices.
Will Lipsenthal (He/Him) is a passionate and caring trauma-informed therapist living in Oakland (Ohlone land). Raised by a first gen. Taiwanese mother and an east coast Jewish father, Will is familiar with walking the walk of an individual of multiple cultures. He is passionate about identity and one’s relationship to themself as well as with other’s. By working in a way to increase client’s own awareness, Will has found his therapy practice to feel alive, meaningful, and powerful. He utilizes therapeutic approaches ranging from gestalt, somatic, existential, multi-cultural, and integrative practices.
As a licensed clinical psychologist, I enjoy working with adults from diverse backgrounds who seek to improve the quality of their lives. Is there a place you find yourself stuck? Have you tried all you can and still find yourself in emotional pain? Do you have some insight into what may be happening, but want to seek professional support to grow and thrive? Whether you are familiar with counseling or not, each person's therapeutic journey is unique. Some people come with a specific goal in mind and others prefer a longer supportive therapy, traversing the many layers and aspects of their life.
As a licensed clinical psychologist, I enjoy working with adults from diverse backgrounds who seek to improve the quality of their lives. Is there a place you find yourself stuck? Have you tried all you can and still find yourself in emotional pain? Do you have some insight into what may be happening, but want to seek professional support to grow and thrive? Whether you are familiar with counseling or not, each person's therapeutic journey is unique. Some people come with a specific goal in mind and others prefer a longer supportive therapy, traversing the many layers and aspects of their life.
Hello! I am a joyful generalist experienced in working with children, adults, and couples with diverse identities and histories. The fundamental core of my practice is to foster a safe and nurturing environment with authenticity, spontaneity, and humor. As your therapist, I will listen closely, ask questions, share my observations, and offer insights and tools for us to consider together. My aim is to help you understand the roots of your thoughts, feelings, and actions. I pay close attention to the ways in which culture and society influence your sense of self and your world.
Hello! I am a joyful generalist experienced in working with children, adults, and couples with diverse identities and histories. The fundamental core of my practice is to foster a safe and nurturing environment with authenticity, spontaneity, and humor. As your therapist, I will listen closely, ask questions, share my observations, and offer insights and tools for us to consider together. My aim is to help you understand the roots of your thoughts, feelings, and actions. I pay close attention to the ways in which culture and society influence your sense of self and your world.
Offering CA-based Telehealth ideal for People of the Global Majority (PGM): a term for ethnic groups which constitute about 85% of the global population. Also welcoming Families & Partnerships with ≥1 PGM in regular attendance.
I offer Xychotherapy: psychotherapy that recognizes therapeutic experiences existed long before psychotherapy was invented, and incorporates psychotherapy into global therapeutic wisdoms and practices.
Offering CA-based Telehealth ideal for People of the Global Majority (PGM): a term for ethnic groups which constitute about 85% of the global population. Also welcoming Families & Partnerships with ≥1 PGM in regular attendance.
I offer Xychotherapy: psychotherapy that recognizes therapeutic experiences existed long before psychotherapy was invented, and incorporates psychotherapy into global therapeutic wisdoms and practices.
I connect with the South Asian and LGBTQ communities, with immigrants, with all groups and ages, and also relate to that which is universal and particular in you.
You are hurting, or anxious, are considering psychotherapy and whether to trust me to facilitate your healing. My experience with adults, couples and children will support your inner journey and that of loved ones. We will create space for you to contemplate internal, external and relationship challenges. Through an attuned therapeutic relationship, I will help you address internal challenges - depression, anxiety and trauma. Empathically, I help you face external challenges - discrimination, immigration and life transitions. I also support you in navigating relationships, in which your internal worlds connect with those of others.
I connect with the South Asian and LGBTQ communities, with immigrants, with all groups and ages, and also relate to that which is universal and particular in you.
You are hurting, or anxious, are considering psychotherapy and whether to trust me to facilitate your healing. My experience with adults, couples and children will support your inner journey and that of loved ones. We will create space for you to contemplate internal, external and relationship challenges. Through an attuned therapeutic relationship, I will help you address internal challenges - depression, anxiety and trauma. Empathically, I help you face external challenges - discrimination, immigration and life transitions. I also support you in navigating relationships, in which your internal worlds connect with those of others.
You may have a goal of living a meaningful life in all of its richness - and are seeking help with mental health, such as depression, anxiety, and trauma / complex trauma related challenges. Childhood or a distant emotional wound may continue to impact present day relationships, and/or day to day life. Or, perhaps, more recent incident(s) of distress or significant strain? A collaborative person-centered approach can help you with working towards your goals and healing.
You may have a goal of living a meaningful life in all of its richness - and are seeking help with mental health, such as depression, anxiety, and trauma / complex trauma related challenges. Childhood or a distant emotional wound may continue to impact present day relationships, and/or day to day life. Or, perhaps, more recent incident(s) of distress or significant strain? A collaborative person-centered approach can help you with working towards your goals and healing.
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