About Sheida
Sheida Kalantari is a bilingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and low self-esteem. She speaks English and Persian and offers a calm, attentive presence for people who need steady support.
Background and approach
Her style is patient and practical, focusing on what matters most to each person. She brings four years of clinical experience in public mental health settings.
That work included crisis assessment where fast, trauma-informed responses were part of the role. She uses what she learned there to stay pragmatic when emotions feel overwhelming.
Her sessions are client-centered and flexible. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness practices, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy.
She mixes tools to match each person’s needs rather than relying on one method. People can expect clear steps in therapy and small skills to practice between sessions.
Conversations often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, learning emotion-regulation strategies, and using mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity. Sheida pays attention to cultural background and identity in the work.
She aims to make room for each person’s values and life story when shaping goals and treatment plans.
How Sheida Uses Therapy Methods Online
Client-centered work focuses on building a trusting relationship and following the person’s lead. In practice this means asking about priorities, listening closely, and shaping each session around what feels most helpful that day.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, testing new behaviors, and practicing short exercises between meetings to reduce anxiety or depression.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion-regulation and communication skills. It can help when feelings feel intense or when relationships struggle by offering concrete tools for calming down and speaking clearly.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheida collaborates with each person to pick and adjust methods based on their goals, preferences, and daily life. The process is flexible and revisited as progress happens.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break from work. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Persian