Hourig Kalajian , LMFT

Hourig Kalajian, LMFT, guides people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or major life changes. She presents therapy in a calm, straightforward way and focuses on the whole person rather than just symptoms. Her warm manner aims to reduce worry and help clients find clearer next steps.

Hourig uses an individualized, person-centered style. Sessions look different depending on what someone needs - sometimes practical skill-building, sometimes space to process emotions, and sometimes short-term coaching to get unstuck. She draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based strategies to match how a person prefers to work.

Her background includes three years as a licensed marriage and family therapist in California, alongside earlier experience providing therapeutic support in school and community settings. That history informs her attention to real-life demands like parenting stress and caregiver strain. Hourig often helps people dealing with relationship concerns, career shifts, grief, fertility or pregnancy-related worries, and ADHD-related coping challenges.

In sessions she focuses on clear goals and usable tools. That can mean practicing new communication skills, testing small behavior changes, or learning ways to manage panic and anxiety when it shows up. She also addresses feelings of emptiness, isolation, and issues around commitment or control.

People who choose her often want straightforward guidance blended with empathy. She works with individuals who want to explore life purpose, improve relationships, or find more resilience amid hard changes.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing values-driven steps. It can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions by emphasizing actions that match what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for panic, social anxiety, depression and managing ADHD-related challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit the client's needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments can be made as progress is reviewed.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps with ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum through life changes.