Nazzi Vazira-BhullarLMFT · Therapy for relationships & women's wellbeing
Licensed online therapist in California for women and couples in their 20s and 30s — for relationships, anxiety, and the patterns that keep repeating.
Is this you?
Relationships and emotions are complicated. I think we forget that, and then we're hard on ourselves for struggling with the hardest things there are.
Before anything else, I want you to feel comfortable. You can't do real work in a room where you're bracing to be judged.
A lot of what I do is help you tell the difference between what you actually want and what you've been told to want — by family, by culture, by the part of you that learned to keep the peace.
I work with a lot of women, and a lot of South Asian clients, on exactly this: the quiet cost of always being the one who adjusts.
We'll go gently, and we'll also get somewhere. I'm solution-focused — I don't want to keep you in therapy forever.
You're allowed to want a relationship — with others and with yourself — that actually serves you.
What the work can feel like.
Before anything hard, the work is about comfort. You can't say the real thing in a room where you're braced to be judged, so we start by making it safe — and only then do we get somewhere.
A lot of what we do is telling apart what you actually want from what you've been told to want: by family, by culture, by the part of you that learned to keep the peace. For many of the women and South Asian clients I work with, that's the quiet center of it — the cost of always being the one who adjusts.
I stay solution-focused, so the work moves rather than circles. We go gently, and we go toward change. I don't want to keep you in therapy forever.
You're allowed to want a relationship — with others and with yourself — that actually serves you.
How I work.
My first job is to make therapy feel safe and unhurried, so you can say the real thing without managing how it lands. From there I stay solution-focused — we work toward change rather than circling it.
I draw on attachment and Emotionally Focused Therapy to understand your relationships, cognitive and solution-focused tools for the stress in front of you, and mindfulness to slow the spin. For more on why this kind of work helps over time, see Why Therapy Works.
What I help with.
The themes that come up most in my work — each links to more on how Align approaches it:
Who I work with.
Women and couples in their 20s and 30s, with particular experience supporting South Asian clients navigating relationships, family, and identity. Individual, couples, and premarital work. I see culture as more than ethnicity — your age, parenting, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and financial reality all shape what you bring in.
Training & credentials.
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, California BBS #102581
- Practicing therapist for over 12 years
- Master's in Clinical Psychology, Pepperdine University
- Bachelor's in Psychology, California State University, Fullerton
- Adjunct Faculty, Pepperdine University — teaches clinical psychology at the Master's level
- Former Clinical Therapist at OTTP/SSG
Logistics.
Sessions are held entirely online, on a secure platform, anywhere in California. Availability is flexible: Sunday through Friday, mornings, afternoons, and evenings. The regular rate is $200 per individual session ($250 for couples), with a limited number of reduced-fee slots and out-of-network reimbursement available. Start with a free 15-minute consultation.
Questions about working with Nazzi — answered.
Who does Nazzi work best with?
Women and couples in their 20s and 30s working on relationships, anxiety, and the patterns that keep repeating. I have particular experience with South Asian clients navigating family, culture, and identity alongside their relationships.
Does Nazzi work with couples as well as individuals?
Yes — individual therapy, couples therapy, and premarital counseling. With couples I work from an attachment and Emotionally Focused lens, getting underneath the surface argument to what each person is really asking for.
What is Nazzi's therapy style?
Warm and comfort-first. I want you to feel safe before we do anything hard, and I stay solution-focused so the work moves rather than circles. Gentle, but we get somewhere.
What does a first session with Nazzi look like?
Mostly a conversation about what brought you in and what you'd like to be different. There's no pressure to perform or have it figured out — we start wherever you are and build from there.
How will I know if therapy with Nazzi is helping?
Often it's a relationship that feels less heavy, a need you voice without guilt, or a problem you solve instead of avoid. I won't promise a timeline, but you'll have a clear sense of what we're working toward.