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"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

—James Baldwin

About Rishika

I aim to help you tune into how you're truly feeling, while centering radical self-compassion. Healing and liberation come in many different forms and we will work collaboratively to understand your individual path. Ours will be an open space, free of judgment, to explore thoughts and feelings you may not otherwise have a place to address. One of the first steps toward healing is being seen and heard authentically and in our work together we will begin there.

Many of the things about ourselves that we struggle with are also our greatest assets. Therapy can be a place to understand how to amplify our strengths and also identify areas where long-term patterns of thought and behavior are no longer serving us.

If you are seeking extra support through difficulties you are facing, have the desire to break out of patterns that you have outgrown, or looking for a collaborator in working towards growth, I look forward to being a part of your journey. I will both support and challenge you along the way.

MSc, Clinical Social Work - Columbia University

BBA, Economics - Baruch College

Training

AEDP Institute

AEDP Level 2 Certified

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Education

  • Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

    Gender and Sexuality Training Program Year One

    Therapy with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

    Soma-Cultural Liberation

    Culture's Impact on Sex

    Principles of Psychoanalysis

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Mindfulness

  • Relational

  • Trauma-informed 

  • Emotions-Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT)

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Approaches

  • Self-esteem

  • Inner conflict

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Attachment

  • Life transitions

  • Feelings of stuck-ness

  • Interpersonal connection

  • Relationship instability

  • Gender, sexuality, and identity

  • Trauma and post-traumatic stress

Specialties

  • Queer

  • South Asian

  • Young Adults

  • Student

  • Individual Therapy

  • Polyamory & Non-Monogamy

  • Couples & Relationship Therapy

Client Focus

Book Recommendations

In case you were wondering, here are some of my favorite books I often recommend to patients.

No Bad Parts
By Richard C. Schwartz

Girl, Woman, Other
By Bernadine Evaristo

all about love: new visions
By bell hooks

The Life-Changing
Magic of Tidying Up
By Marie Kondo

Polysecure
By Jessica Fern

Sister Outsider
By Audre Lord

The Night Parade
By Jami Nakamura Lin

Interested in
working with me?

Book a discovery call on my calendar—
no further commitment required.