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Shahla Raboubi

Understanding, practical therapy for life challenges

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
29 years
Licensed in
California
Languages
English, Persian
Format
Online sessions

About Shahla

Shahla Raboubi is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 29 years of clinical experience. She uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and life transitions. Sessions are grounded in clear conversation and hands-on tools rather than jargon.

She speaks English and Persian and brings a calm, steady presence to appointments. Her work adapts to each person’s situation. Shahla draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking and from attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings.

Background and approach

She also uses emotionally-focused and existential approaches when exploring deeper meanings and emotional patterns. Shahla’s background includes long experience both in community mental health and independent practice. Her clinical training includes a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy and other graduate study in psychology, and she holds a California LMFT license (LMFT 46891).

That experience informs practical steps she offers in sessions. In therapy she aims to help clients build clearer communication, stronger coping skills, and better emotional regulation. Common topics she addresses include parenting, relationship strains, grief, trauma-related concerns, anger, self-esteem, and career stress.

She also works with issues such as ADHD, blended family challenges, and aging-related matters. Shahla encourages people to take small forward steps. She explains options, listens to each person’s story, and helps set realistic goals.

Beginning therapy often starts with straightforward talks about current struggles and what a client hopes to change.

Therapeutic approaches for online family and parenting concerns

Attachment-based work focuses on how early and current relationships affect feelings and expectations. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and practice more supported ways of connecting, which can be useful for parenting and relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple, practical tools to test unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems stuck, often helping with anxiety, depression, and stress.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and express core emotions in relationships. It supports clearer emotional communication and can ease chronic conflict or distance between partners or family members.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and try methods that fit each person’s needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process where techniques are adjusted based on what helps most.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging give options for short check-ins, emotional support between appointments, or when travel and schedules are barriers. These formats make it easier to keep continuity and try tools in real-life situations.

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 concerns does she address?
Shahla works with many common concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma and parenting challenges. Other focuses listed include relationship and intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career struggles, bipolar, and ADHD.
What is Shahla's therapeutic style?
She adapts therapy to the person and uses straightforward methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based ideas, emotionally-focused work, and narrative or existential approaches. Sessions emphasize practical steps and clearer communication.
How long has she practiced?
She has 29 years of experience working as a psychotherapist in both community mental health and independent practice settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California with license number CA LMFT 46891 and operates from California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Persian.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.

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Experience
29 years
Licensed
California
Languages
English, Persian

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