"Find stability, recovery and growth during life’s challenges"

Clinical Areas of Focus

    Creating Wellness
    • Depression, Anxiety
    • Life transitions
    • Coping with stress
    • Challenging entrenched patterns
    Healing from Trauma
    • Childhood Sexual Abuse
    • Sexual Assault
    • Traumatic events
    • Therapy for parents/caregivers of children who have been sexually abused
    Recovering from the Pain of Suicide
    • Current Suicidal Ideation
    • Recovery and Growth from Suicide Experiences
    • Coping with suicide death of loved one
    Navigating the unknown and unexpected
    • Women’s Issues, Pregnancy Challenges
    • Parenting, Separated and Coparenting, Foster Parenting
    • Teen and Young Adult Issues
    Finding opportunities for change and growth
    • Court Ordered/Court Referred Counseling

Assessment and Referral
The first phase of therapy, particularly long term therapy, is assessment. 

During a phone session, I make an inital assessment to see if I could be helpful to you. If we agree to meet, I complete a background assessment in sessions 2-3 to better understand your background and treatment needs.  Following that, in the early course of treatment, I may become better aware of your mental health needs, diagnosis, and treatment goals. If I feel your needs are outside my scope of comptence or practice, or if I feel you would benefit from more specialized care, I will refer you to other community resources.

My goal is to provide you excellent care, or refer you to resources where you can secure it.   

I see children/teens occasionally, prioritzing youth who are struggling with suicidal thoughts and/or have experienced a trauma. A parent/guardian is required to be present (in the waiting room) and available to step into session, if needed.

Contact

Contact Melissa Pirwani at (408) 896-4215 or https://forms.hush.com/melissa to schedule an appointment or inquire about services.

Location

1885 The Alameda, Suite 209C
San Jose, CA 95126
United States

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