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You don’t have to figure out the first step alone.
Take the first step to book an initial appointment.
Sessions in English · Hindi · Bengali· Marathi · Mandarin · Cantonese · Spanish
How to get started
sTEP 1 – Fill UP the FORM
STEP 2 – We contact you
STEP 3 – Meet your therapist
We match you and book your first session.
220 California Avenue, Suite 105
Palo Alto, CA 94306
In-person and telehealth sessions available throughout California.
When you are ready, this is where to begin.
Helpful next steps
Meet the Clinician
About Our Team
Learn about our Team’s background, training, cultural identity, and the philosophy behind Leela.
What does it cost?
Session fees, Lyra Health and Wellfleet SHIP coverage, superbills, and the Thrizer OON calculator.
Referring a Client?
Referral information for physicians, campus health centers, and mental health colleagues.
The Team
The people you’d be working with.
Shanise Mok
AMFT 164358 · SUPERVISED BY MOITREYEE CHOWDHURY, LMFT 121934
LGBTQIA+ · TEENS · ADULTS · COUPLES · TRAUMA
Queer-affirming therapy for teens, adults, older adults, couples, and people in all relationship structures. Works with gender and sexual identity, chronic health conditions, complex trauma, and BIPOC and immigrant experience.
Neeraja Muthal
AMFT 144185 · SUPERVISED BY MOITREYEE CHOWDHURY, LMFT 121934
COUPLES · INDIVIDUAL · FAMILY
Works with adults on anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, work stress, and relationship conflict, drawing on CBT, psychodynamic, and solution-focused approaches. A South Asian immigrant herself, she works closely with clients navigating culture, family expectation, and identity.
Teresa Gamez DePerez
LMFT 152063 · SPANISH
COUPLES · INDIVIDUAL · TRAUMA · GRIEF
Trauma-informed therapy for adults and couples working through anxiety, depression, infidelity, loss, and generational family patterns. A Latina therapist offering sessions in English and Spanish.
Moitreyee Chowdhury
LMFT 121934 · LPCC 9238 · EMDR
FOUNDER · COUPLES · INDIVIDUAL · FAMILY · TRAUMA
Founder and Clinical Director, practicing in California for over two decades. Works with adults, couples, and families on anxiety, trauma, depression, EMDR and OCD, with particular depth in South Asian and immigrant experience. Sessions in English, Hindi, and Bengali.
All services
Individual Therapy
For one partner working through their own patterns before or alongside couples work.
ADHD Therapy
Inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and combined. These are the patterns that bring families and individuals to the practice.
Trauma & EMDR
For relational triggers that are larger than the present moment — stored responses that require specific processing.
South Asian Therapy
The practice built for South Asian, East Asian, and multicultural clients navigating the full weight of where they came from.
Depression Therapy
For South Asian, East Asian, and immigrant clients carrying what the world never gave space to name.
Child Teen Therapy
A parent consultation at Leela Mental Health — with you alone, before your child has agreed to anything.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy and marriage counseling in Palo Alto for South Asian, East Asian, and immigrant couples.
Parent & Family Therapy
For South Asian, East Asian, and immigrant families, this is not abstract. The family often spans generations & continents.
Before you reach out
How do I get started at Leela Mental Health?
Leela Mental Health makes it easy to take the first step. Fill out the form on this page or email information@leelamentalhealth.com. We will reach out with the next steps.
What insurance do you accept?
How long is a typical therapy session?
Do you offer therapy in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish??
Leela Mental Health offers therapy in English, Hindi, Bengali, Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish. Moitreyee is a fluent speaker of Bengali, Hindi, in addition to English, Shanise speaks additionally Mandarin, Cantonese, Neeraja speaks Hindi and Marathi, Teresa speaks Spanish. All therapists, works from personal experience, understading the texture of bicultural and immigrant life that shapes so much of what South Asian, East Asian and immigrant clients carry into the room. Language is never just translation; it’s the difference between being understood and being managed.
Good Faith Estimate: You have the right to a written estimate of what your care will cost before your first session. Read the full Good Faith Estimate notice. Read the full notice ➞