About Me
As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Angeli Desai appreciates the profound changes that can come from doing psychodynamic, depth work. Such work can stem from relationships with ourselves and others.
Angeli Desai's educational background includes a B.A. from the George Washington University in Washington D.C., with a major in Psychology, and t
As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Angeli Desai appreciates the profound changes that can come from doing psychodynamic, depth work. Such work can stem from relationships with ourselves and others.
Angeli Desai's educational background includes a B.A. from the George Washington University in Washington D.C., with a major in Psychology, and then receiving a M.A. in Psychology from New York University.
She subsequently received a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles.
Dr. Desai has resided in many parts of the country, and can appreciate how culture and diversity impact our upbringing, world views, and personality development.
In addition to Dr. Desai's formal education, she has received specialized training in areas of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and couples therapy.
This training and expertise allows Dr. Desai to better assist clients with a variety of clinical presentations - multiple issues that coexist and often overlap.
Overall, she believes in the importance of helping clients stay curious and understanding about their internal and external worlds. In her experience, this process leads to major shifts in relationships, work, and lifestyle.
Therapeutic Approach
Dr. Desai's approach is grounded in kindness, openness, and acceptance. she practices psychoanalytic psychotherapy that stresses the importance of making the unconscious conscious. Dr. Desai will work to help you develop more insight and understanding of the unconscious material that causes you strife in your life and perpetuates negative
Dr. Desai's approach is grounded in kindness, openness, and acceptance. she practices psychoanalytic psychotherapy that stresses the importance of making the unconscious conscious. Dr. Desai will work to help you develop more insight and understanding of the unconscious material that causes you strife in your life and perpetuates negative patterns of behaving, thinking, and relating to others. She can help you to disengage from unhelpful patterns that have consistently led to emotional pain.
Unpacking and exploring your underlying issues can allow you to have more space and freedom to create a more joyous and meaningful life.
Angeli Desai works with a wide array of emotional and behavioral issues, rendering services that range from treatment for depression and anxiety to addictive behaviors, to couples counseling.
In a comfortable and safe setting, she aims to offer an individualized approach that is unique to her clients' needs and struggles to help them succeed.
With relational, depth work, clients can experience healing taking place on multiple levels that can be both experienced and observed.