Moon Bloom Therapy
Therapy for life’s transitional spaces — grief, anxiety, identity, trauma, and the continuous process of becoming.
Parisa Gallinger, Psy.D., LMFT
Dr. Parisa Gallinger (she/her/hers) is a licensed marriage and family therapist and AAMFT-Approved Supervisor with a doctoral degree in psychology, based in Orange County, California. She works with individuals, couples, and families navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, loss, identity challenges, and life transitions. Her practice is relational and collaborative. Therapy here is grounded in curiosity, compassion, and the belief that you are the expert on your own life.
This is a place to be heard. You are welcome to bring what is hard, what is tender, what is not yet ready to be put into words.
People find their way here for many reasons — sometimes a particular problem, sometimes a vaguer sense that something is asking for attention. They come from different lives, different histories, different relationships to their own difficulty. What they tend to have in common is the hope to be met as a whole person, in their own words, on their own terms.
I work with adults, teens, children, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds, including various cultures, identities, genders, faiths, abilities, and family structures.
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What if the things that make you different are your strengths?
I am curious about your experiences, the challenges you have come up against, and the meanings you have made of them. Together, we work to reconnect you with your values, preferences, and the knowledge your life has given you. I work with individuals, couples, families, and groups — cultivating growth and healing through relationships shaped by meaning, accountability, and care. Change happens in relationships.
At its best, therapy is a process of rewriting the stories we are living — noticing the moments that fall outside the problem's influence and enriching our understanding of who we are when the problem isn't the loudest voice. I bring dignity, intellect, compassion, humor, and transparency to each session.
Our sense of identity can be overshadowed by overwhelming cultural expectations. I believe that no greater suffering exists than an untold story. Learning about ourselves and choosing how to move forward with that awareness can be freeing. My work is grounded in cultural humility, social justice, and the conviction that each person holds intimate knowledge about their own life. I stand against violence, abuse, marginalization, and oppression in every form.
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting."
— E. E. Cummings
Questions You May Have
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Various types of grief are recognized here, including the passing of a loved one, divorce, relationship endings, miscarriage and pregnancy loss, estrangement, loss of a sense of self, ambiguous loss, anticipatory grief, and the gradual griefs associated with growth and change. Grief is seen as a form of love that transforms, rather than as a problem to be resolved within a specific timeframe.
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Grief is seldom faced alone — it moves through relationships, family systems, and the connections between people. Family therapy offers a collective space where grief can be acknowledged and addressed together, rather than borne alone. It supports families through mourning the death of a loved one, ending a relationship, experiencing anticipatory grief, and navigating the gradual, nonlinear process of finding meaning after loss.
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Yes. Dr. Parisa Gallinger is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California and offers telehealth sessions for individuals, couples, and families throughout the state. Online therapy makes it possible to receive consistent, considered care regardless of location, mobility, schedule, or season of life.
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Affirming care isn't a formal credential; it's demonstrated by how a therapist listens, shows curiosity, provides space for exploration, and responds when they don't understand. An authentically affirming therapist won't ask you to justify yourself before listening, won't see your identity as the source of your problems, and will honor that you are the expert in your own life and know best. Their role is to support you, not to interpret your experience. At Moon Bloom Therapy, this approach is central to the practice. Dr. Parisa Gallinger works with individuals across diverse sexuality, gender, and relationship spectrums — as well as with families and partners in many configurations. The emphasis is on cultural humility, recognizing that each person's story is unique and that the therapist learns and constructs understanding from you.