You’ve worked hard to build a successful life — yet under the surface, you often feel anxious, overwhelmed, or like you’re never quite enough.
Maybe you’re constantly second-guessing yourself or torn between your own desires and the expectations of your South Asian family or community.
You’ve carried the weight of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and cultural pressure for so long. Now, you’re ready to release what no longer serves you — and reconnect with your voice, your truth, your life.
I help first- and second-generation South Asian professionals move from self-doubt, anxiety, and burnout to a place of calm, confidence, and clarity.
Through holistic, mindfulness-based therapy, we’ll gently untangle the inner critic, reconnect with your inner wisdom, and create space for the life you truly want and need.
As a South Asian therapist, I integrate Eastern and Western healing practices—including mindfulness, yoga psychology, somatic approaches, and evidence-based psychotherapy. Together, we’ll explore the impact of cultural stress, family expectations, and intergenerational dynamics with compassion and care.
This is a space where you don’t have to explain your background. A space to slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with your truth—where healing is grounded in both personal growth and cultural understanding.
I’m a first-generation South Asian therapist and mindfulness teacher, passionate about helping high-achieving professionals come home to themselves.
I know what it’s like to feel pulled in many directions—to strive, succeed, and still wonder if it’s ever enough. If you’re navigating anxiety, perfectionism, or the weight of cultural expectations, you’re not alone.
My approach is relational, holistic, and grounded in both Eastern and Western wisdom. It’s also warm, practical, and human. I bring humor into the room when it helps, and offer tangible tools you can actually use between sessions. Healing doesn’t have to feel heavy all the time.
Let’s walk this path together—toward clarity, calm, and a deeper connection with yourself.
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
— CARL JUNG
Online therapy available for individuals and couples in California and Illinois
In-person therapy in Ventura, CA
Free 15-minute phone consultation to see if we’re a good fit
$225 per 50-minute session for individuals (limited sliding scale spots available).
$325 per 50-minute session for couples
View FAQs about therapy and what to expect.
You don’t have to carry this alone.
Let’s explore what’s possible when you slow down, listen inward, and begin healing from the inside out—with the support of culturally sensitive, mindfulness-based therapy.
“Arati just gets it. I didn’t have to explain my culture, my family, or why I felt so much pressure…Therapy with her felt like a space where I could finally breathe and be myself.”
— Client (shared with permission)
Arati Patel, LMFT provides individual counseling located in Ventura, CA and online/tele-health services in the state of California and Illinois. Serving Chicago, Los Angeles, Ventura, Ojai, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Bay Area, Orange County, Inland Empire, Silicon Valley, San Diego. Therapy focused on anxiety, stress, empowerment, relationships, codependency, life transitions, depression, perfectionism, low self-esteem, self-doubt, grief, and South Asian Mental Health. South Asian Therapist near me.
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