Afsheen Izadi, LMFT
Compassionate, practical support for life challenges
About Afsheen
Afsheen Izadi is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California with 11 years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship concerns in a straightforward and compassionate way.
Background and approach
Afsheen creates an open setting where clients can speak freely and feel heard. He acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and offers support for that first step.
In sessions he listens first, then helps clients name what matters most to them. He uses practical strategies to reduce anxiety and cope with urges tied to addictive behaviors.
Afsheen also addresses issues around identity, self-esteem, and relationship patterns with clear, direct conversation. He works with people who bring concerns tied to sexuality and alternative culture, including kink and BDSM, and offers a nonjudgmental space to talk about those topics.
He also helps people navigate life transitions such as separation, commitment questions, midlife shifts, and struggles around purpose. Common themes include loneliness, jealousy, and rebuilding after infidelity or domestic violence.
Afsheen draws on several approaches to guide sessions, including client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior skills, emotionally-focused work, and mindfulness practices. He tailors the mix to each person's needs and goals rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online. People who want to begin can follow the site’s matching process to find a time that fits their schedule.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Afsheen uses client-centered methods that focus on listening and understanding each person's experience. This approach helps create a working relationship where clients set priorities and guide what they want to work on. It is useful for building trust and clarifying goals in early sessions.He also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT offers concrete skills for reducing anxiety and changing unhelpful patterns, which can be practiced between sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy adds emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for managing intense feelings and urges.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review your concerns, try techniques, and adjust the mix based on what helps most. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so sessions stay practical and focused on their goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for interactive skill teaching and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text sessions let people check in between longer meetings and keep momentum when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and practice strategies in daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English