About Nithya
Dr. Nithya Narayan uses a client-centered approach to help people build confidence and cope with life changes. She blends practical strategies with thoughtful listening to help people address stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
Dr. Narayan works to make conversations straightforward and respectful so people can talk about what matters to them. She brings nine years of experience as a California psychologist, CA Psychologist 28844, and draws on several therapy styles to meet different needs.
How Nithya works
That can mean noticing unhelpful thoughts and practicing new ways of responding, or looking at how past relationships shape current struggles. Sessions often focus on clear, doable steps people can try between meetings. Her background as a first-generation immigrant shapes an interest in multicultural concerns and barriers to care.
She has additional focus in areas such as adoption and foster care, aging issues, attachment concerns, and immigration-related stress. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, grief, reproductive and perinatal challenges, and stress tied to identity and discrimination. Dr.
Narayan offers therapy in English, Hindi, and Tamil and provides sessions in California. She uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and existential work to tailor treatment. The goal is practical progress that fits each person’s life.
Beginning therapy is described as a collaborative process. She helps people set realistic goals, try small changes, and track what helps. Conversations are paced to match each person’s comfort and needs.
Nithya lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Nithya works with
The areas below are the ones Nithya selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | CA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Tamil |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Dr. Narayan commonly combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people manage difficult feelings and change unhelpful habits. ACT focuses on clarifying values and taking action even when emotions are uncomfortable, which can help with motivation, stress, and life transitions. CBT helps identify and test thoughts that hurt mood and confidence, and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach can help people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and learn new ways to connect and cope. Choosing the best approach is part of the work together - she talks with each person about goals and preferences and adapts methods as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit everyday life. Video is useful for a full session with visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps keep momentum between appointments. These options aim to make regular sessions more practical and consistent for varied schedules.
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