About Puneet
Puneet Kumta is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California who focuses on anxiety and stress. She offers straightforward support for people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. Puneet also pays special attention to caregiver stress and women's issues.
She writes and practices in a warm, compassionate way and aims to help people feel understood and steadier in daily life. Her approach is practical and collaborative.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve noticing patterns that cause distress and trying small changes to interrupt those automatic reactions. She uses plain language and gentle guidance so people can apply what they learn between meetings. Puneet brings three years of professional experience as an LCSW in California.
She combines that professional role with a personal commitment to healing and steady support. That background informs a calm, patient style in session. Clients can expect a focus on building coping tools for stress and anxiety, processing losses or trauma at a manageable pace, and making clear plans for next steps.
She encourages people to set goals that fit their life and values. Therapy sessions can include talking through difficult moments, practicing new ways to respond to stress, and checking progress against goals. The work aims to reduce overwhelm and increase a sense of control and connection over time.
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Puneet uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and building coping skills. One common approach helps people identify automatic thoughts that increase anxiety and then practice small, concrete shifts in thinking and behavior to reduce stress. Another approach emphasizes processing difficult experiences at a manageable pace while building strategies to cope with triggers and intense emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and what feels doable. This means adjusting pacing, focusing on skill practice, or concentrating on processing difficult events depending on what the client prefers.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like easy scheduling and fewer barriers to attending. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for ongoing support between meetings or for people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep consistent progress while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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