About Shahla
Shahla Raboubi is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California with 29 years of clinical experience. She draws on several therapy styles and tailors sessions to each person’s needs. Shahla speaks English and Persian and aims to make therapy understandable and practical.
Shahla works from a few core approaches rather than a single method. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current connections. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, anger, self-esteem, and relationship strain. She also helps people navigating parenting challenges, career shifts, coping with life changes, and ADHD-related struggles.
Across nearly three decades she has worked in community mental health settings and in independent practice. That mix informs a practical, down-to-earth style focused on real-life problems and achievable steps. Sessions aim to be conversational and aimed at concrete changes in day-to-day life.
People who come to Shahla can expect a collaborative pace. She listens to each person’s story, then suggests ways to try new skills and perspectives. Her goal is to help people gain clearer choices and steady coping strategies.
Approaches that shape online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect today. Online work with this approach focuses on identifying patterns in relationships and trying different ways to show needs and build trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. In remote sessions CBT often includes simple exercises to practice between meetings and clear steps to track progress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, with the therapist offering empathic listening and reflection to help people find their own solutions. Finding the right approach is part of the process. Shahla treats therapy as a collaboration and will help clients choose or combine methods based on their goals, preferences, and what’s working. That means sessions begin by hearing your story and then testing practical strategies together. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility so therapy can match everyday routines and needs.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Persian
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