Ruchi Malhotra
Are you struggling with issues related to stress, anxiety, grief, depression or major life changes? Life can be overwhelming, and sometimes even exhausting; I can guide you through challenges you may face. My goal is to help you understand yourself on a deeper level and provide you with the skills and tools to live a healthy and balanced life. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Florida. I have more than 25 years of experience in providing diverse clients with a wide range of therapeutic services. I practice a person-centered, strength-based, and person-driven approach to my therapeutic services and I strongly believe that we all can “Achieve Wellness through Mindful Living."
I have extensive experience and passion for working with diverse population, Southeast Asian communities and Women.
I am fluent in four languages, English, Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati. I also have intensive experience in emotion management, Compassion fatigue, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Life Purpose, Midlife Crisis, Multicultural Concerns, Self-Love and advocacy skills, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues, Communication Problems, and Forgiveness. Clinical approaches: Client-Centered and Strength-based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
First session
In our first session together , we'll start with brief introduction, then dive into getting to know you and your therapeutic needs This will help us to create tailored plan for you to work through in follow-up sessions.
Strengths
My strength is working on issues related to stress, anxiety, or major life changes. I have extensive experience and passion for working with diverse population, Southeast Asian communities and Women. My approach to my therapeutic services is working with the whole person" Mind, Body and Spirit".
Ideal clients
I work with adults 21 and above for individual therapy who are facing life challenges such as Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Grief, Relationship and Career Issues. I also specialize in working with Southeast Asian populations, Women Empowerment, Mental Health Wellness and Mindfulness. I work with mind body connection and believe in you can achieve wellness through mindful living using CBT and DBT approaches .
Treatment methods
Motivational Interviewing
A counseling approach designed to help people find the motivation to make a positive behavior change. This client-centered approach is particularly effective for people who have mixed feelings about changing their behavior.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT aims to help you identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts and to learn practical self-help strategies.
Daialectical Behavior (DBT)
Focuses on helping people accept the reality of their lives and their behaviors, as well as helping them learn to change their lives, including their unhelpful behaviors.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Use of meditation, relaxation and awareness exercises to help focus on the present moment, aiming over time to experience day to day situations and stressors in nonjudgmental and non-reactionary ways.
Strength-Based
Therapists help clients recognize and appreciate their strengths to maintain or increase their sense of wellbeing
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Top specialties
Other specialties
Serves
Doesn't specialize in
- Addiction
- Anger Management
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child or Adolescent
- Christian Counseling
- Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
- Couples Counseling
- Couples Counseling
- Couples Counseling
- EMDR
- Health/Medical Issues
- High Clinical Acuity
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Medication Management
- Military/Veterans
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Postpartum
- Sex Therapy
- Sex Therapy
- Trauma and PTSD
Licensed in
- FloridaLicense SW13092