Meet our Team
The Team
The people you’d be working with.
Leela was started because the existing options kept asking South Asian and immigrant clients to explain themselves before the real work could begin. Every clinician receives ongoing training and consultation in the communities we serve.
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, and OCD, with particular depth in South Asian and immigrant experience. Sessions in English, Hindi, and Bengali.
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.
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.
For Clinicians
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