Dr. Sahar Khoshakhlagh
Practical family-focused therapy for real-life challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English, Persian
- Format
- Online sessions
About Sahar
Dr. Sahar Khoshakhlagh provides practical, down-to-earth support for people facing family and parenting challenges. She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, intimacy concerns, self-esteem, and LGBT-related issues.
Her work also covers career changes, coping with life transitions, and compassion fatigue. Dr. Khoshakhlagh meets clients where they are and focuses on clear, usable steps to feel steadier at home and in relationships.
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - with twenty years of clinical experience based in New York.
Background and approach
Early in sessions she takes time to hear the full story, not just symptoms. Together with each client she sets realistic goals and builds small, manageable tools for change. Sessions often mix conversation about relationship patterns with hands-on strategies to reduce anxiety and improve communication.
Her approach pays attention to how early attachment and close relationships shape day-to-day reactions. She uses attachment-based work to map connection patterns and emotionally-focused techniques to deepen understanding between partners. Cognitive behavioral tools are added when practical skills and thought work can ease distress.
She also supports issues that arise in blended families, caregiver stress, codependency, infidelity, divorce and separation, and family of origin problems. Work may include rebuilding trust after hurts, clarifying boundaries, and practicing new ways to talk so families can function more smoothly. Sessions are offered in English and Persian.
The therapist uses an assessment at the start and collaborates with each client to decide which approaches fit best for their situation.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit family life
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape current relationships. It helps people understand recurring patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect parenting and family dynamics. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on warm, nonjudgmental listening so clients feel heard and can find their own solutions; this approach is useful when someone needs a space to make sense of changes or rebuild confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT offers concrete steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the client's goals, current struggles, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. Together they adjust the plan over time so the work stays practical and relevant to family and parenting needs.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. These options make it easier to meet between school runs, work shifts, or other commitments. The range of formats also allows people to choose a pace and mode of contact that feels most comfortable while continuing to use attachment, client-centered, or CBT tools in real life.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
How would you describe her therapy style?
What is her clinical background?
Where is she licensed and based?
Which languages are supported in sessions?
What session formats are available?
How are sessions paid for?
How do I begin working with her?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Persian
Next step
Talk to Sahar
- Takes a few minutes to look through
- Nothing to set up just to read
- Stop at any point