Dr. Malliga Battar , LMFT

Dr. Malliga Battar is a California-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who also holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and brings 20 years of professional experience to her work. She specializes in helping people navigate addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem challenges, and depression, and she maintains additional focus on multicultural concerns, post-traumatic stress, process addictions such as porn or gambling, sex addiction, and recovery from sexual assault and abuse.

Her approach emphasizes evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered in a compassionate, nonjudgmental manner. She collaborates with each person to identify goals, strengthen motivation, and build practical coping skills, tailoring support to the complexity of each individual case. In sessions she aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly and safely, and she partners with clients to develop strategies for lasting change.

Beginning therapy can require courage, and Dr. Battar acknowledges that step while offering steady, goal-oriented care. She accepts clients in California and works with adults facing a range of emotional and behavioral challenges who are seeking structured, clinically informed support.

Trauma and Addiction-Focused Care Online

Dr. Malliga Battar works with evidence-based approaches tailored to trauma and addiction recovery. Trauma-informed care involves understanding how traumatic experiences affect thinking, emotions, and behavior, and focuses on building safety, stabilization, and gradual processing of painful memories to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Addiction-focused interventions emphasize identifying triggers, developing coping strategies, and rebuilding routines and relationships impacted by substance use or process addictions such as gambling or problematic pornography use.

She also offers targeted grief and loss work that helps people process bereavement, reconnect with meaning, and develop adaptive coping after a significant loss. These approaches are practical and skills-oriented, aimed at relieving distress and supporting recovery in measurable ways.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Dr. Battar collaborates with each client to determine the best fit based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling, reduces travel time, and makes it easier to maintain consistent care from home or work while working with licensed professionals and therapists.