Poonam Thadani , LMFT

Poonam Thadani is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports people struggling with self-esteem, life changes, and motivation. Sessions are offered in English and Hindi.

Poonam keeps sessions straightforward and warm. She creates a space where people can talk through thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. Her approach emphasizes listening first, then working together to set goals that feel realistic.

She uses a mix of methods chosen to fit each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships shape current bonds and reactions. Emotionally-Focused techniques are used to identify emotions and strengthen emotional connection where that is helpful.

Over four years of practice have given her experience with caregiver stress, codependency, chronic illness and pain, family of origin issues, infidelity, and major life transitions like divorce or midlife reassessment. She also supports people facing isolation, guilt, shame, and questions about life purpose.

Poonam offers online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She works collaboratively to choose methods and session styles that match a person's schedule and comfort. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the Start Therapy flow.

Her focus is on practical, step-by-step change. She aims to help people build coping skills, clearer communication, and a greater sense of direction in daily life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds shape current reactions and relationships; online sessions use conversation and guided reflection to identify patterns and practice new ways of connecting. Client-centered therapy places the person's experience at the center and emphasizes nonjudgmental listening and empathy to help people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thought, feeling, and behavior parts and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, which works well through structured online exercises and between-session tasks.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals, preferences, and daily life. That means trying options, checking in, and adjusting plans together so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone calls take less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, live chat offers shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection and brief updates between sessions. These options make it easier to attend regularly and keep therapy aligned with a person's schedule and energy.