Isha Desai, MSW, MA | Psychotherapist

About Isha Desai

Focus areas

BIPOC Mental Health Issues

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Stress Management

Cultural Diversity Issues

Life Transition

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Intergenerational Trauma

Multicultural Therapy

Clientele seen

Young adults (18-24)

Adults (25-64)

Individuals

Treatment approaches

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Narrative

Dialectical (DBT)

Psychodynamic

Motivational Interviewing

Relational

Identity

Gender

Female

Languages spoken

English, Gujarati

Getting to know Isha Desai

CANCELLATION POLICY: We kindly request that if you need to cancel your medical appointment, please do so through your Zocdoc account. This helps us efficiently accommodate other patients' needs and ensures the best use of our available time slots. Ms. Isha Desai is a Licensed Certified Clinical Social Worker working under the supervision of Alyssa Schutte, LICSW. She received her undergraduate degree in intensive psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and completed her master’s degree at Boston University, School of Social Work (BUSSW), with a trauma specialization. Ms. Desai is a Certified Trauma Research Foundation psychotherapist. Ms. Desai strongly believes in using a collaborative therapeutic approach that aims to ‘meet you where you are at,’ and focuses on curiosity, liberation, play, and healing. She strives to discuss the various components of life that impact individuals on a mental, physical, and spiritual level, including relationships, cultural identities, intersectional identities, inequity, and other interpersonal, institutional, and systemic factors. Ms. Desai provides individual psychotherapy for presenting concerns including life transitions/adjustments, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, disordered eating, ADHD, and complex trauma. She is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Liberation Health Model (LHM) certified clinician, that primarily uses intuitive approaches such as Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Narrative Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Components Based Psychotherapy (CBP), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and body-based healing. Ms. Desai is particularly passionate about addressing the role of cultural, systemic, and intergenerational trauma that impacts BIPOC, immigrant, and refugee populations. Ms. Desai is fluent in English and Gujarati, and proficient in Hindi.

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Out-of-pocket fees and assistance

Initial session: $175 for 60 minutes

Popular visit reasons

Anxiety

Anxiety Disorder

Childhood Trauma

Depression

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit

Therapy

Anxiety

Anxiety Disorder

Childhood Trauma

Depression

Education and background

Practice names

And Still We Rise

Education and training

Boston University, Master's in Social Work

NPI number

1255864740

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Isha Desai works with And Still We Rise.

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