Shamita Dhar, LCSW #25585
Shamita is Director of Clinical Operations and Therapist.
My name is Shamita Dhar. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a principle partner, having joined and helped Coyote Coast grow since our first year of service in 2006. I received a Master’s in Social Work, from the University of California, Berkeley. I am grateful to have gained knowledge and experience from clients over 25 years working in mental health and social services. I love supporting teens, young adults, parents, and families in the process of experiencing and growing from important transitions and challenges in their lives.
I believe a strong relationship with ourselves and others is the key to both emotional and physical well-being. Therefore, my practice emphasizes self-exploration and self-understanding through mind, body, emotion, and personal relationships. My therapeutic approach is integrative, blending a range of tools to support clients in achieving more satisfaction and fulfillment in their lives.
Because each person, couple, and family has a unique set of values, needs, and experiences, I work to understand what is important to you. The therapeutic relationship can be a useful venue for self-exploration and looks at what is happening moment to moment in the therapy process and how it generalizes to your relationships and choices outside the therapy space.
I draw on various modalities and frameworks when supporting clients to heal and grow from difficult and/or traumatic experiences, including, but not limited to, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment-Focused EMDR, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT,) and other somatic and experiential therapies, including when appropriate, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). When applicable, we will discuss structural dissociation and the neurobiology of trauma.
Outside of this labor of love, my hands are in my garden, I’m hiking, and anything nature is filling my cup!