Ananta Lakshmi Chitluri(She/Her/Hers)

Individual clients typically work with me as they face major life transitions and are feeling anxious as they face these transitions.

I mainly utilize the cognitive behavioral model of therapy, which operates under the principle that the combination of our logical mind and our emotional mind leads us to act or behave in certain ways. Ideally, you arrive in therapy with some goals and the objective is for you to leave therapy closer to achieving or having fully achieved these goals.

I see you as the expert. While I know how to do the work, you know your life best, and we are counting on the fact that you are always capable of growth & change.

Couples who work with me have a desire to prepare for a long-term commitment by using therapy as a space to build healthier patterns of communication & boundaries. Couples might also start working with me if they are looking to figure out if they would like to continue their relationship with each other.

In couples counseling, you will learn to speak with each other about your needs. You will learn to de-escalate conflict as it arises, disrupt the path of negative communication patterns, identify and accept the ways you show up in the world, express these ways to your partner, and develop new ways to come together and problem solve. The goal of being present in couples counseling is to shine a light on all the different parts of you and hold yourself accountable for all the ways you show up within the relationship, and to ultimately help your partner understand all of these parts of yourself so that they can also hold you accountable.

No matter the situation, communicating to listen, rather than to be heard, is an essential part of the healing process.