About Hourig
Hourig Kalajian is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She approaches therapy as a collaborative process and aims to help people reduce anxiety, manage stress, and find clearer direction in their relationships and daily lives.
Background and approach
She favors a whole-person view, so conversations address emotions, values, and life circumstances together. Sessions focus on practical steps that fit each person's situation rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.
Hourig uses techniques that help people notice what matters to them and try small changes that add up over time. Her background includes work in schools and community settings supporting students with emotional challenges.
That experience shapes how she meets people where they are and keeps interventions straightforward and age-appropriate. She has three years of experience as a licensed clinician and draws on earlier roles working with young people.
In sessions she tends to be warm and direct, offering space to talk and concrete tools to practice between meetings. Common topics she addresses include anxiety, depression, parenting stress, grief, ADHD, relationship concerns, career questions, and life transitions.
She also supports people facing caregiver strain and multicultural concerns. Hourig adapts her approach to each person’s goals and preferences.
Whether someone wants short-term strategies or deeper reflection, she helps plan a path forward and checks in on progress along the way.
Approaches to change and how online sessions help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to clarify their values and take small committed actions even when feelings are difficult. It’s useful for anxiety, life changes, and situations that feel stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic and depression. It works well for anxiety, panic attacks, and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest techniques that match those needs. Decisions about methods and pacing happen together so the plan fits the person’s life and priorities.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, coping check-ins, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions, practice tools between meetings, and fit therapy into a busy schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English