Gunjani Patel-Oza, LPCC, LMHC
Somatic-informed therapist for stress and relationships
About Gunjani
Gunjani Patel-Oza is a licensed counselor who blends body-focused work with talk therapy to help people manage stress and anxiety. She draws on hands-on approaches to notice how emotions show up in the body and pairs that with practical conversation. Her style aims to make sessions feel grounded and useful from the first meeting.
She has 17 years of clinical experience and holds LPCC and LMHC credentials, licensed in California and Florida.
Background and approach
Over that time she has helped people facing relationship strains, sleep problems, life transitions, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those coping with panic attacks, postpartum depression, trauma, grief, and feelings of isolation. Her sessions often use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build small, doable steps forward.
Attachment-based and emotionally focused approaches guide work on relationship patterns and difficult feelings. Client-centered listening keeps the conversation tuned to each person’s pace and priorities. In practice she keeps language simple and actions concrete.
People can expect breathing and body-awareness exercises alongside talk about daily routines and reactions. She also incorporates coaching tools for folks wanting stronger boundaries, clearer communication, or help with life purpose. Gunjani asks straightforward questions and offers simple practices to try between sessions.
She encourages gradual change rather than quick fixes. The approach aims to help clients feel more steady, more connected to their goals, and better able to handle life’s ups and downs.
How somatic and values-based therapy works online
Somatic-informed work focuses on the body alongside thoughts and feelings. It uses breathing, posture, and simple movement to notice how stress and emotions show up physically, which can help with anxiety, panic, and trauma-related symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values while accepting difficult emotions.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will explore your goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges to decide whether somatic practices, ACT, attachment-based work, or a mix makes the most sense. That planning happens together so techniques fit your life and pace.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work with these approaches. Video calls allow guided breathing and movement prompts while you follow along at home. Phone sessions work for focused conversations, and live chat or text messaging can keep progress steady between meetings. These options make it easier to use therapy tools in real-life moments and to schedule help around work and family demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California, Florida
- Languages
- English