Isita Patel

I’m a therapist, educator, and first-generation eldest daughter who understands, deeply, what it means to carry more than your share. My work is rooted in supporting children of immigrants, people navigating identity and belonging, and anyone untangling themselves from intergenerational trauma, survival mode, and the pressures to “keep it together” at all costs.

My style is laid back, warm, and conversational. I’m easy to talk to, add a little humor when it helps, and I’m not afraid to gently call out the patterns that keep you stuck. My goal is to create a space where you feel seen, understood, and safe enough to explore the harder truths you’ve been carrying.

I specialize in trauma (especially generational trauma), perinatal mental health, identity exploration, self-worth, and boundary-setting within immigrant families. My approach blends validation, perspective-shifting, and practical tools to help you build a life that feels aligned with who you are. Not who you were taught you “should” be.

Outside of sessions, I’m usually baking something, reading, or hanging out with my dog, Maya. I love science, Bollywood movies, and using creativity to help people feel more grounded and empowered.

If you’re ready to reconnect with yourself, create new patterns, and build the kind of life you don’t have to heal from, I’m here to walk with you through it.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that is effective in treating a wide range of mental health struggles. Through research and clinical practice, it has been demonstrated that CBT has led to significant improvements in functionality and quality of life.

The core beliefs in CBT are that:

  • Thoughts, feelings, and actions are interconnected

  • Psychological problems are partly caused by unhelpful thinking and partly by learned patterns of unhelpful behavior

  • Learning positive coping strategies to make changes in thinking/behaviors can lead to symptom reduction and overall improvement

CBT focuses more on what is happening now rather than what has occurred in the past and teaches strategies to be used outside of session, putting the client in control of their healing.

Narrative Therapy

Narrative therapy helps you become, accept, and embrace being the expert of your own life. The focus is on sharing your stories and how your experiences have impacted you. Experience shapes us and influences how we see ourselves and the world. Narrative therapy techniques include:

  • Constructing the narrative

  • Deconstructing the narrative

  • Externalization

  • Perspective taking

Through this approach, you can find alternative stories, challenge internalized messages, widen your view of yourself, and find new ways of living your best life. Sharing your stories helps to empower you and remind you that you are in control of your story.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

DBT is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that brings together the opposing concepts of acceptance and change. This approach aims to improve functionality and quality of life in 4 ways.

  • Distress Tolerance - Feeling intense emotions without acting impulsively or using negative coping skills to reduce distress

  • Emotional Regulation - Recognizing, naming, and managing emotions

  • Mindfulness - Learning to maintain awareness of thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and the surrounding environment with self-compassion

  • Interpersonal Effectiveness - Navigating conflict and learning assertiveness