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Mehdi Danesh MA
Farsi & English

I believe every individual has his/her own unique inner world and therefore has his/her own special therapy needs. The relationship between therapist and the client is dynamic and ever evolving. People who have extra-marital affair are looking for more rewarding relationship than what they are experiencing with their spouse. Unfortunately this path almost always ends up in divorce, depression, guilt, financial strain and more stressful life for the couple or the family. Clients seen in Tarzana and West LA.

 


Fazilat Azimi, MA
Farsi & English


MA in Psychology. Certified Hypnotherapy and in Coaching. She is also certified in stress reduction program. Fazilat specializes in anxiety, depression, marital issues, coaching, work and career issues and problems, hypnotherapy, stress management. She uses a variety of approaches such as Cognitive/ Behavioral, Post Modern, and Gestalt. Clients seen in Tarzana.

 


Elaheh Yousefian
Farsi & English

Elaheh is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 20+ years of personal development, coaching and life experience. She is a gifted speaker, as demonstrated in many conferences and radio/television shows. A member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Elaheh has a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Phillips Graduate Institute. She specializes in supporting individuals, couples and families to transform their relationships. Elaheh lives in Pacific Palisades with her husband of 32 years and enjoys spending time with her two beautiful grandchildren.

 


Majid (Max) Molavipour
Farsi, English, and Italian


Majid is a multilingual Certified Drug Counselor who has been helping clients with addiction and their families by using individual, couple, family counseling in relation to substance abuse. He also conducts groups for the families of chemical dependent individuals. He has been in practice since 2003. The types of treatments he uses are Individual, couple, family Substance Abuse Counseling, Group Counseling, Bio-feed back, Relaxation training. He specializes in Substance Abuse, Family education about addiction. Clients seen in Tarzana, West LA and Glendale.

Parviz Nasseri MA
Farsi & English


Parviz is a bilingual (Farsi and English) Marriage and Family Therapist Intern with several years of experience in life coaching and therapy practice. He has a MA from Phillips Graduate. He specializes in marital and relationship issues, coaching, and parenting issues. Parviz also has knowledge of different types of treatment such as family counseling, hypnotherapy, EMDR for individuals suffering from trauma and Imago training for couples. Clients seen in West LA and Tarzana.


Mahnaz Z. Kheiri
Farsi & English

Mhanaz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She specializes in depression, anxiety, marital and relationship issues, and is a child development specialist. Mahnaz also has knowledge of family therapy, trauma, anger management, stress management while using the techniques of biofeedback and hypnotherapy in her treatments. She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT) Master of arts in Psychology. Approach and theoretical orientations: Eclectic, Cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic. Clients seen in Tarzana.



Melina Sattari MA
Farsi & English

My therapeutic style is warm and compassionate. I am dedicated in creating safe space for individuals and couples to explore issues that they may be vulnerable to and have difficulty with. I help people to develop loving, intimate relationships, and to relieve depression and anxiety. My primary goal is to work collaboratively with my clients to better understand their issues that are contributing to their pain, anxiety, confusion or anger in their lives. As a Marriage and Family Therapist Registered Intern, my area of specialties includes Depression, Anxiety, Couples, Relationships, and Intimacy. Therapy is a journey of self discovery, healing, and renewal. Clients seen in Tarzana and West LA.

Ladan Safvati
Farsi & English


Ladan is a bilingual (Farsi/English) Marriage and Family Therapist Intern. She has a Masters degree in psychology with an emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy and Art Therapy and has been in the practice since 2006. Talk Art therapy is a safe and non-threatening way of psychotherapy that involves drawing shapes, images and creating collage and clay forms to express thoughts and feelings especially those that are painful to talk about. Art therapy is for all ages and does not need any artistic skills. She specializes in marital and couple’s issues, parenting issues, children and adolescents’ anxiety and behavioral problems, any kind of relationship issues, emotion regulation and anger management, self-esteem issues. Ladan uses a variety of different approaches such as cognitive behavioral and post modern. Clients seen in West LA and Tarzana.


Nasrin Barkhordari, MA., MFT

Nasrin’s twenty-five years of education and rich experience working with families and children, from her initial employment as a pre-school teacher and pre-school director, to the culmination of her mastery as a child development specialist and marriage and family therapist, have solidified her role as an individual, family, and child psychotherapist as well as consultant. Nasrin’s passion and curiosity for the dynamics of love and relationships attracted her to the field of marriage and family psychotherapy. Throughout her enrichment, Nasrin has found that every human being is born with an ingrained need for a sense of belonging, love, freedom, and power, and that the relationship of child to caretaker is the single-most significant one in his or her development. For this reason Nasrin is a child developmental specialist, working with parents, children, adolescents, and young adults; assisting them in creating and/or reformulating strong, unwavering connections. In her role as a bilingual (English and Farsi speaking) marriage family therapist, Nasrin fosters and develops interpersonal relationships, both for individuals with personal needs and couples with marital needs. Nasrin continues to expand her education in psychotherapy by constantly attending classes, conferences, and seminars. She is a comprehensive life member of The National Association of Education for Young Children (NAEYC), The Association of Play Therapy (APT), and The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT). Nasrin has been a staff member of the Personal Growth Institute since 2003, and meets with clients at her offices in Tarzana and West Los Angeles, California.
 


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