Sudha Purihella
Online Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor
DC, Maryland
License PRC 661
www.sahayatherapy.comAbout Sudha
Sudha Purihella, MA-Psychology; MA-Mental Health Counseling; LPC – (Licensed Professional Counselor). Psychotherapist, Individual and Group Specialist, Specialist South Asian Cultural issues.
Sudha Purihella has two MA degree’s majoring in Psychology and Mental Health Counseling. She speaks fluent Telugu-South Indian language and understands Hindi. She has over 30 years of clinical experience in the field. She has worked in Clinical and Management positions in a wide variety of outpatient mental health settings and several levels of residential care from Crisis step-down, Transitional group home, Permanent Group Home and Independent Supervised Living at Woodley House, Inc in Washington, D.C. Due to her continued interest and passion for direct clinical services, she has entered the area of clinical private practice in 2003.
Her approach is Eclectic, Cognitive-Behavioral, Psycho-dynamic, Humanistic, Solution-Focused, Life Coaching, Existential, and Reality Therapy. She is very intuitive, caring culturally sensitive, and demonstrates a skilled ability to empathize and build a positive alliance with her clients. She works collaboratively with her clients’ inner chaotic nature and empowers growth as well as self-efficacy.
Costs and Insurance
$140 - 160 per session
Out of Pocket
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Cigna
UnitedHealthcare
Why did you become a therapist, and what motivates you to continue?
My path started when I started developing curiosity about Human emotions and behavior in my late teens. During my Bachelors in Home Economics, my curiosity increased and I started developing an interest to specialize in Psychology and proceeded to obtain my Master's in Psychology. Then after moving to the USA in the late '80s, pursued another Master's in Professional Counseling and specialized in Rehabilitation Counseling. Obtained my Licensure in Washington DC and was trained by a pioneer in the Psychosocial model of Rehab Theory. The rehabilitation of my clients to be normal human beings and integrating them back into the community fulfills my work. This is my motivation to see people bounce back into the community with enhanced performance after therapy. In general, helping all human beings attain their best possible performance level is my motivation.
For people that are hesitant to try therapy, what do you wish you could tell them?
I wish to ask them to think of allowing me to assist them to help themselves during difficult times.
What should people thinking about working with you, know about you?
I would like to ask them to look beyond my degrees, the experience I have in assisting others to reach their highest level of proficiency. I apply CBT and other Behavior modification tools very creatively in a culturally competent way. It has been very successful for 30+ years and especially in the last 15 years in my private practice.
What does a typical session with you tend to look like?
In "Individual Therapy" the process allows the therapist and client to speak one-on-one. Most sessions are usually 50-60 minutes.
In our practice, We pride ourselves on putting our clients first and using a collaborative, non-judgmental approach to address the root of emotional or behavioral issues. Our Individual psychotherapy sessions are distinct in the following key areas because we focus on:
*Building rapport and understanding expectations and goals for treatment.
Collect relevant information like Family, history, Childhood experiences, *Trauma and Abuse history, Past treatment history, and other relevant information.
*Peeling the onion strategy to effectively change entrenched psychological or behavioral patterns and unresolved issues to develop and build appropriate solutions and coping skills.
*Work with creative methods to process and uncover the root cause of the current symptomatology.
*Focus on the issues most relevant to one’s goals.
*Utilize experiential (in the moment) therapeutic tools to tap into how the brain learns and exhibits behaviors and emotions.
*These are just a few of the ways to describe what you can expect when working with our Sahaya Therapy psychotherapy staff.
How can you provide care remotely?
We have a HIPAA-compliant Telehealth platform DOXY.me. HIPAA compliant email and texting system to communicate with clients to ensure complete safety in our communication.
Interested in talking?
(703) 349-2772Costs and Insurance
$140 - 160 per session
Out of Pocket
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Cigna
UnitedHealthcare
Specialties
Anger Management
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Career Counseling
Depression
Approaches
Coaching
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Processing (CPT)
Eclectic
Emotionally Focused (EFT)