Kavitha Goldowitz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and Oregon. She’s experienced in assisting individuals and couples navigate issues related to life transitions, effectively managing anxiety and relationship conflicts. Currently, she provides telehealth therapy via Zoom and Google Meet in both CA and OR.

Kavitha understands the immigrant experience from a personal standpoint, and she brings with her a rich experience of working with various immigrant communities. She speaks Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Japanese, and is very sensitive and aware of the many challenges and issues that affect immigrant groups including identity, cultural assimilation and self-esteem. She has an insightful understanding of working with couples in inter-racial marriages and working with first and second generation immigrant families. Kavitha’s counseling practice stems primarily from a strength-based approach. Her clients value her insight, compassion and genuine respect for their struggles. She adopts an eclectic approach to counseling and draws from Family of Origin principles, CBT, EMDR, Nonviolent Communication and the Gottman Method and various other techniques.

Prior to becoming a mental health professional, Kavitha was a professional athlete, a campaign manager in the advertising industry, and a high school teacher. She enjoys interacting with culturally diverse populations and is keenly attuned to the values, beliefs and expectations of her clients from varying backgrounds and ethnicities. She has worked with clients from over 50 different countries and she recognizes the commonalities that bind us together. Today, Kavitha’s family lives on four continents, and they speak eight languages between them, making her family a microcosm of the modern world.