Gargi Patel
LMFT #101986
Therapy for adults, teens, and couples across California.
I'm Gargi Patel, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #101986) offering virtual psychotherapy. I work with adults, adolescents, and couples on trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, racial identity, and the parts of life that feel stuck.
What therapy with me looks like
Integrative. Trauma-informed. Relational.
Sessions are 50 minutes, on Zoom. I draw on EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic practices, psychodynamic, and relational therapy. The mix depends on the person across from me and what we're working on. The aim isn't to make pain go away in a hurry. It's to help you metabolize what's underneath it so you can move differently in your life.
WHO I WORK WITH
Adults, teen, and couples.
Adults
Individual therapy for people working through trauma, anxiety, depression, identity, relationships, or transitions in work and life.
Adolescents (14+)
Therapy for teens navigating school stress, identity, family conflict, anxiety, depression, eating concerns, or self-esteem.
Couples
Couples therapy for partners working through conflict, communication patterns, attachment, life transitions, and rupture and repair.
HOW I WORK
Five modalities, woven together.
No single approach fits every person, and rigid adherence to one method often misses what's actually happening. I integrate the methods below, in proportions that change with the work.
EMDR
An evidence-based therapy for trauma and PTSD using guided eye movements to help the brain reprocess distressing memories.
Evidence-based · Developed 1987
Brainspotting
A brain-body therapy that uses eye position to access the deeper, non-verbal layers of an experience.
Developed by Dr. David Grand, 2003
Somatic Practices
Body-based work using sensation, breath, and posture as a way into what's underneath.
Body-based
Psychodynamic + relational
Therapy that takes the patterns you bring into relationships — including ours — as material.
Depth-oriented
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become
who you truly are."
-- Carl Jung
WHAT I SPECIALIZE IN
Where I have depth.
A few of these will resonate; many won't. That's expected. If something on the list maps to where you are, we can start there.
FEES
Direct, no surprises.
I'm an out-of-network provider and offer monthly superbills you can submit to your PPO insurance for partial reimbursement.
SERVICE
PER 50-MIN SESSION
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Individual Therapy
$250
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Couples Therapy
$350
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Initial 15-min Consultation
Free
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Ready to start?
Book a free 15-minute consultation. We'll talk briefly about what brings you in and decide together whether to schedule a full session.
Gargi Patel, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #101986) practicing virtually across California. Master's in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies; trained at Pierce Street Integral Counseling Center and Mission High School.
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CONTACT
In crisis? Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or go to your nearest emergency room.