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Shahla Raboubi, LMFT

  • Experience29 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Family
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
  • LanguagesEnglish and Persian
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About Shahla

Shahla Raboubi is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 29 years of clinical experience.

Background and approach

She blends evidence-informed methods to meet each person's unique needs, drawing on cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-focused strategies, and narrative and existential perspectives to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, addictions, grief, and ADHD. Her clinical work spans community mental health settings and independent practice, which informs a flexible, person-centered style.

Raboubi approaches therapy as a collaborative process, tailoring interventions to the issues presented and the individual's values and goals. She also attends to related topics like parenting, intimacy, self-esteem, career challenges, and coping with life changes, and offers support for more specific areas including abandonment, blended-family dynamics, aging concerns, and social anxiety.

Fluent in English and Persian, she brings experience in helping clients navigate cultural and communication factors while emphasizing practical coping strategies and emotional insight. Clients can expect a thoughtful, adaptable therapist who emphasizes understanding the person behind the presenting problem and working together to develop sustainable changes.

Her California LMFT credential (CA LMFT 46891) is current and reflects long-term dedication to clinical practice.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Attachment-based work focuses on understanding relational patterns and emotional bonds formed in early life and how those patterns influence current relationships; this approach can help people process trust, intimacy, and abandonment concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on the emotional experiences within relationships and supports new ways of expressing needs and responding to partners, useful for intimacy and relationship struggles.

Choosing the right approach often happens together - the therapist will collaborate with each client to assess goals, preferences, and the issues at hand, then blend methods so the work feels relevant and manageable. This collaborative process helps ensure interventions match both the presenting problem and the person's style of change.

Online therapy offers flexibility to engage in these approaches via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access support from home. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, attachment-focused conversations, and EFT-based emotion work to remote formats while helping clients apply strategies between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Shahla address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, grief, bipolar disorder, and ADHD among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and adaptable, combining client-centered listening with techniques from CBT, attachment-based work, emotionally-focused, narrative, and existential approaches to match each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 29 years of experience in both community mental health and independent practice settings, which informs a flexible approach to treatment and diverse clinical exposure.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California, holding the credential CA LMFT 46891.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are available in English and Persian, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
She offers multiple online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to her availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

29+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English, Persian

What Shahla can help with

Shahla Raboubi works with clients on stress and anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and depression.

How Shahla approaches therapy

Shahla's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Shahla is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California, with 29 years of clinical experience.