Nisha Paliwal , LCPC

Nisha Paliwal is a licensed clinical professional counselor who focuses on supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and life changes. She speaks English, Hindi, and Tagalog and brings 12 years of experience to sessions. Nisha aims to create a caring space where someone who feels overwhelmed can say what they really need and begin to move forward.

She centers the person in the room and listens for each individual's priorities. Sessions are practical and conversational. She uses approaches that help clients tell their story differently and work through difficult memories and reactions.

Nisha draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow a person's lead and build on what already helps them. She also uses Narrative Therapy techniques to uncover patterns in life stories and create new, more helpful meanings. For trauma or abuse-related concerns she applies Trauma-Focused Therapy methods that emphasize safety and stepwise processing.

People come to her for a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, addiction, ADHD, body image, career challenges, and caregiver strain. She also addresses complex topics such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, chronic illness, and codependency.

Sessions are offered online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging, and she accepts international clients. Nisha encourages practical steps and steady progress, and she works collaboratively to match the approach to each person's goals and life situation.

Approaches that guide online work and practical care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's needs. The therapist creates space for the client to lead conversations, helping strengthen personal insight and everyday coping skills. Narrative Therapy helps people look at the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships, then try new ways of understanding those stories to reduce shame and unlock different choices.

Trauma-Focused Therapy breaks difficult memories and reactions into manageable steps so the person can work through them without becoming overwhelmed. It is often used when a history of abuse or intense trauma affects daily life and relationships. Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process; the therapist will work with the client to identify priorities, try methods that fit their goals, and adjust as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video works well for face-to-face conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat can allow a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options provide flexibility so therapy can continue from different locations and at different times.