Manisha Parikh
Compassionate LCSW guiding practical change
LCSW California
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Manisha
Manisha Parikh is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in California with six years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem concerns, and depression.
Background and approach
Her practice also addresses related issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, caregiver stress, communication problems, guilt and shame, loneliness, midlife transitions, post-traumatic stress, and women's issues. Manisha approaches work from a collaborative, strengths-based perspective, viewing each client as the expert on their own life while offering guidance and skills when helpful.
She draws on evidence-informed methods including cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused strategies to support practical change, and she incorporates client-centered and solution-focused practices to tailor sessions to individual needs. Motivational interviewing is used to help clients clarify goals and build momentum toward them.
Clients who choose her can expect a supportive clinician who emphasizes empowerment, practical tools, and steady encouragement. Her aim is to help people take courageous first steps and to sustain progress toward a more balanced, fulfilling life.
How practical approaches meet online therapy
Manisha integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to stress and anxiety, then practices concrete skills to shift those patterns and improve daily functioning. She also uses trauma-focused methods when past traumatic experiences affect current wellbeing, gently working to process and reduce the impact of those memories while building coping resources.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Manisha treats it as a collaboration. She partners with clients to understand their goals, preferences, and immediate needs, adjusting methods over time so sessions feel relevant and effective for each person.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue care during transitions, and choose the format that feels most comfortable, while allowing licensed professionals to provide consistent guidance and support.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Licensed
California
Languages
English