About Somaya
Somaya Kalla is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, and major life changes. She speaks English and Arabic and practices in California. Her style is straightforward and supportive for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.
She focuses on problems tied to relationships and early family patterns, like attachment concerns and family of origin issues. Somaya also supports people coping with trauma, abuse, isolation, and the fallout from separation or divorce.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how past experiences show up in everyday reactions and relationships. Sessions aim to identify practical steps that reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Somaya uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage mood swings, impulsivity, and problems with communication.
Conversations are paced to match each person’s needs and readiness for change. She also addresses substance struggles, feelings of guilt or shame, and difficulties after natural or human-caused disasters. When needed, Somaya works with issues linked to Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder and other mood-related concerns while keeping the focus on concrete coping skills.
With three years of clinical experience as a California LMFT, she blends focused problem-solving with attention to personal history. People who want clear steps, steady support, and help rebuilding connection often find this approach helpful.
Evidence-based approaches and online access
Somaya uses a blend of evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at reducing anxiety and improving mood. One common approach focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety and depression. It teaches practical coping skills, breathing and grounding strategies, and ways to test anxious predictions in daily life.She also works with attachment-informed methods that look at how early relationships shape current patterns. These methods help people notice how they connect, communicate needs, and respond when they feel threatened or abandoned. This work often targets relationship worries, communication problems, and feelings of isolation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That plan can change as therapy progresses to match what is most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions may fit lower-bandwidth or hands-free situations, and chat or messaging can be useful for short check-ins or between-session support. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and varying schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Arabic
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