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Finding your authentic, genuine self is the key to achieving a sense of well-being even in the most challenging circumstances. The journey toward uncovering your true self will help you achieve a more meaningful, directed life in spite of the challenges you face. I help my clients empower themselves and make decisions that come from their truest inner selves.
I offer both in-person and virtual sessions for adults and teens in California. My office is located in Encino, and I do my best to create a space that feels safe, grounded, and human, not clinical or cold. I work with individuals navigating grief, anxiety, identity shifts, and complex relational trauma.
I’m especially attuned to people who feel like they’re “too much” or “not enough”... often in the same breath. You don’t need to be perfect to start, and you don’t need to perform for me once we begin.
Sessions are available in English and Farsi. My practice is LGBTQIA+ affirming, neurodivergent-welcoming, and rooted in lived compassion rather than just clinical training.
I believe healing happens in relationships, the kind that lets you exhale.
Almost everything we do is a matter of perspective, including psychotherapy. A major life change might trigger your decision to seek therapy, and you might have already tried other ways to cope with your challenges. Psychotherapy isn't a source of easy answers, but a process of exploration that helps you uncover your own solutions and answers.
The journey can be painful, because it requires you to explore parts of yourself of which you were previously unaware. I've seen my clients exhibit extraordinary courage in their journeys toward improving their lives. The pursuit of knowledge, accountability, and a better life is a journey of great courage, and one that it is my privilege to witness.
The duration of therapy generally depends on why the client has sought help. My most important task for clients is that they use therapy as a tool to gain enough insight and coping skills to think, feel, and behave in such a way that they feel genuine and authentic. My goal is for you to learn how to find purpose and meaning in any situation and from it, make better choices for yourself. How long it takes for a client to achieve that insight varies. Ultimately the client makes the choice and usually knows when their therapy is complete.
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