Mani is a Marriage and Family Therapist (NC License Pending) who has made North Carolina her home for the last 20 years. Having completed her master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy at National University, her previous career as a lawyer representing people during the most difficult times of their lives helped guide her decision to become a therapist.

Mani is specializing in working with individuals, couples and families who have been negatively impacted by the judicial system and who are seeking healing in the aftermath or compassionate support while in the midst of these difficulties. Mani further specializes in working with couples who are experiencing relationship conflict due to issues related to trauma, anxiety, communication challenges, and other relationship distress.

Mani values the therapist-client relationship and works to foster safety and connection through empathy and understanding. She views the therapeutic relationship as a collaboration between the therapist and the client, with the client being the expert in their own lives. She walks alongside her clients to help them understand themselves and their relationships better, and to feel empowered in their lives.

Mani’s approach to therapy is practical. She uses emotionally focused therapy to understand attachment issues in relationships, solution-focused therapy to concentrate on specific issues clients are facing, and the Gottman method to strengthen couple dynamics. She understands that we are all affected by factors around us and clients and their relationships should be viewed from a systemic perspective rather than in isolation. She believes that everyone possesses strengths and resources, and that sometimes we just need help identifying and utilizing them. She looks forward to helping clients feel more in control of their lives and their relationships.

Mani is awaiting her NC licensure; stay tuned as she expects to begin seeing clients again in July!