About Sanna Khoja, LPC
Transform your mental health with a South Asian therapist in Texas
Work with a South Asian therapist in Houston, Texas
I am an OCD and trauma therapist based in Houston, TX. I see clients in Houston, Austin, Dallas, and across Texas via telehealth.
My clients are high-functioning and high-performing adults whose trauma adaptations show up as obsessive doubt, rumination, perfectionism, shame, fawning, and self-abandonment.
Many of my clients who survived by overthinking, pleasing, performing, and controlling are learning how to trust themselves again.
My main focus is somatic therapy, which means I work with body-based approaches instead of just talk therapy. Talk therapy is still the basis of all therapy and is essential to developing our relationship. The methods I use most are EMDR, Brainspotting, ERP for OCD, and parts work. I also offer therapy intensives for people who want to work in a more concentrated format. I believe in flexibility, and many of my clients will move from somatic therapy to talk therapy to an intensive session back to talk therapy again. What serves your therapy goals and your needs on the day of our session matters most to me.
I am South Asian, neurodivergent, and an LGBTQ ally. That is not background information. It is part of how I work! I am not a formal therapist. My clients and I laugh together. I will share something personal if you ask me directly. I run a few minutes late sometimes. I show up as a human first, and I encourage you to do the same. If you’re hungry, eat as we talk. If you’re thirsty, bring a water bottle or a soda to sip on. If you want someone who will show up as a real person and actually be real with you, that is what I offer.
I’m also genuinely results-oriented. I want to see you change, not just cope or endure. I have watched the changes and improvements happen over and over with my clients, and I believe it is possible for most people who are willing to do the work.
You do not have to share anything you are not ready to share. We go at your pace. You can talk about whatever you want, in whatever way you want. No formal tone required. You can curse. You can not know what you want to work on. You can vent. You can be angry or cry. Over-sharing or “trauma-dumping” is not a thing in therapy. This is not a classroom or a meeting. You are not getting graded in therapy, and you will not get in trouble. Show up as you.
Who I Work Best With
My clients are usually intelligent, insightful, and self-aware people, but have not been able to change their patterns on their own or through previous therapy. A lot of them are professionals, entrepreneurs, or creatives. Many are South Asian or from other communities of color. Many are struggling with OCD or the long-term effects of traumatic childhood experiences.
I am probably not the right fit if you are looking for a formal professional who keeps a strict distance. I am also not the right fit if you are in acute psychiatric crisis or need medication management, because that is a different level of care than I provide.
If you are not sure, just reach out. I would rather have a short conversation and point you to a better place than have you end up in the wrong one.
