Manisha Parikh , LCSW

Manisha Parikh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with six years of professional experience. She focuses on supporting people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and issues around self-esteem and motivation. Manisha approaches each person as the expert of their own life and looks for strengths that can be used to move through difficult moments and toward meaningful change.

Her work emphasizes empowerment and practical steps toward improved well-being, honoring the courage it takes to seek a more fulfilling life. Manisha offers a collaborative, respectful space where clients can explore patterns related to attachment, abandonment, caregiver stress, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, midlife concerns, and post-traumatic stress. She helps women and caregivers build self-love, confidence, and clearer communication while addressing the impacts of past and current trauma.

Manisha combines clinical training with a strengths-based perspective to help clients set achievable goals and develop tools for long-term growth. She aims to support and empower people as they take the first steps toward change, recognizing that progress often begins with small, courageous choices.

Approaches that guide online care

Manisha integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to shape her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person with empathy and respect, helping clients explore their own goals and tap into personal strengths - it is useful for building self-esteem, improving communication, and navigating life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and experiment with different behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress-related symptoms.

She also draws on motivational interviewing when clients face ambivalence about change; this approach encourages curiosity about values and supports commitment to achievable steps. Selecting the best approach is collaborative - Manisha works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, connect across time zones, and access licensed professionals from wherever clients are located.