Licensed to practice in 2 states and accepts 36 insurances. Specializes in Addiction, Military/Veterans, Trauma and PTSD and 9 more.
Falu Rami
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About me
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 23 years of clinical experience. I also have my Ph.D. in International psychology with Organization and Systems specialty. Throughout my career, I have worked with individuals, families, couples, children, and adolescents from diverse multicultural, socioeconomic, and international backgrounds. I have the expertise and a passion for diversity and global and cross-cultural issues. My specialties include working with immigrants and refugees and addressing acculturation, adjustment, and traumatic experiences. I also specialize in working with military service members and their families, humanitarians, and expats. My other areas of interest, skills, knowledge, and competence include assisting individuals, families, and couples to cope with racism and microaggressions. I assist individuals with mood disorders, anxiety, relational issues, substance abuse and addictions, and post-traumatic stress disorder, amongst others. I believe in each individual's strength and resilience and in helping to promote resiliency to facilitate healing and growth. I believe in working collaboratively with individuals, couples, and families to identify meaningful goals and services. I incorporate cultural factors and life experiences that shape everyone. I also try to include a holistic perspective on health and address underlying relational and familial issues that impact clients. I am trained in Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PET) and Family Systems, and use mindfulness and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) interventions. Other modalities I use include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Brief Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. In addition to traditional therapy modalities, other key frameworks that inform my therapeutic approach and beliefs include Trauma-Informed Care and Global Psychology.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Clients can expect to understand consent for treatment and participate in an intake session where I gather their background information. They can also expect to identify treatment goals to work on during our time together.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
My strengths include working with individuals, couples, and families that are from diverse and cultural backgrounds and viewing systemic and structural issues that influence them which can include: family of origin issues, organizational issues, and viewing the impact of environment and structures/systems on functioning. I also focus on strengths and resilience that have helped individuals, couples and families thrive.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I love working with clients who are motivated to make changes and are in various stages of change and transition in their lives. I also particularly enjoy working with clients who are interested in and have a deep affinity for working and living in different countries, such as ex-pats.
Specialties
Top specialties
Addiction
Military/Veterans
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Family Conflict
First Responders/Healthcare Workers
Grief
Life Transitions
Older Adults
Racism
Identifies as
Asian / Asian American
Person of Color (POC)
Woman
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Licensed in
California
Florida
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Lucent Health
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
AvMed
Blue Shield
Cash - $175 per session
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Net (Commercial)
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Sutter Health Plan
IHSS Healthy Workers
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
Multicultural
I have extensive experience working with people from diverse backgrounds and communities and how their lived experiences impact their lives, beliefs, and values.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have extensive experience using cognitive behavioral interventions with clients. We collaboratively identify treatment goals, and I introduce various types of cognitive behavioral interventions in session. We also discuss ways to practice these skills outside of the session.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I introduce DBT skills and how to apply them in session and practice them outside of sessions to individuals who have a range of issues, and to assist them in coping with distressful emotions