Gunjani Patel-OzaLPCC, LMHC

Gunjani Patel-Oza is a licensed therapist in California who blends practical talk therapy with focused approaches to help people manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and life transitions. She brings 17 years of experience to sessions and aims to create a respectful, sensitive space for each person. She encourages small steps and recognizes that reaching out for help can feel difficult.

Her work centers on understanding how past attachments and current thoughts affect daily life. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult feelings and still move toward what matters. Attachment-based tools and Emotionally-Focused Therapy guide conversations about closeness, communication, and repairing connection. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is also part of her approach for processing traumatic memories.

Gunjani adapts the pace and focus to each person’s needs. That can mean coaching on confidence and decision making, skills for panic and sleep, or strategies for coping with postpartum depression and grief. Practical steps and clear goals are part of the plan when useful.

She works with concerns such as isolation, guilt, control issues, dissociation, and forgiveness. She also supports people facing divorce, loss of purpose, or compassion fatigue from demanding roles. Sessions are guided by the client’s priorities and progress is reviewed along the way.

Gunjani holds LPCC and LMHC credentials and practices from California. She offers services in English and accepts international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

How these approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making changes even when feelings are strong. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connection patterns and communication, which can help with relationship strain and loneliness. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying emotions that drive interactions and opening new ways of expressing needs to strengthen bonds.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That can mean trying an acceptance skill one week and shifting to attachment work the next, based on what proves helpful.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in during a work break, or avoiding travel time for an appointment. They also allow people to keep consistent weekly work from different locations and balance therapy with parenting or job demands. Licensed professionals adapt tools like EMDR, EFT, and ACT for remote sessions when appropriate and discuss how each method will be used during the first meetings.