Prerna Menon, LCSW, CCTP, SIFI

A little about how I work.

Do you feel like parts of your past still shape you, even though you’ve outgrown the life that created them? ​ Anxiety hums in the background, depression dulls the edges of your days, and relationship patterns you swore you’d outgrow keep circling back. Maybe a recent experience, or event, good or bad, has left you with more questions than clarity.

 

At the center of my work is the belief that healing is a form of liberation—freedom from old patterns, self-criticism, and the weight of trauma. I help people calm anxiety, soothe depression, untangle relational wounds, and integrate transformative experiences, while also inviting them to connect with resilience, radical self-compassion for their nervous system, and their own inner wisdom.

 

As a queer South Asian therapist, I don’t pretend therapy happens outside of culture or history. I work relationally and intentionally, weaving together psychodynamic depth with trauma-informed approaches like IFS, DBT, Somatic Experiencing, and Polyvagal Theory. My style is interactive and direct, rooted in evidence and clinical training. At the same time, it’s flexible enough to honor lived experience, complexity, and humor—because sometimes laughing at the absurdity of being human is part of the healing.

 

In therapy, we’ll explore what feels heavy, but we’ll also amplify your strengths. Our work is collaborative and alive: a place to shed what no longer serves you, deepen into who you are, and move toward an integrated, unshackled sense of self.

I believe in the core of this work and would be humbled by the chance to work with you and I invite you to schedule a complimentary 25-minute consultation with me.