Nirmala Jagannath, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and a clinical social worker, licensed by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Nirmala is a founder of TransitionEase, an organization that provides mental health services and advocacy to adults and families in San Diego and surrounding areas.

Nirmala has had several years of extensive experience at inpatient/outpatient hospital programs, like Scripps Hospital, San Luis Rey Hospital and Tri City, providing services for patients with mental and emotional challenges. Her broad experience at her private practice includes providing services for trauma, depression, domestic violence, psychosocial skills training and interpersonal issues.

She has received MA and MSW degrees that have allowed her to focus on her interests that include women’s issues, aging and caregiving, inequality and social mobility across cultures and countries. She is a proponent of existential psychotherapy and integrative mental health.

She is a trained Indian classical dancer and her love for arts and crafts are expressed through her design boutique that operates with concern for social issues.

Phyllis Kahaney, MSW, is a psychotherapist with extensive experience working with veterans and their families, those who have experienced trauma, and hospice patients. She is trained as a practitioner of mental imagery, visualization therapies, and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

She worked for several years as a readjustment counselor at the San Diego Vet Center, where she counseled veterans and their families. Phyllis is a former college professor of English who taught literature and writing at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She is the author of several articles and is the lead author of two edited volumes of essays.

Phyllis is a widely published poet and translator, and has a new book forthcoming this fall titled REVERSING TRAUMA: A Handbook for Active Duty Personnel, Veterans and Their Families.