About Parisa …
I am currently an Associate Marital and Family Therapist (#127002) at The Wellness Arts Collective, practicing under Rhonda Waller-Dang (license #108744). I am also a registered Art Therapist, and an EMDR Clinician working towards full certification. I take a multifaceted approach to trauma counseling, relationship conflicts, & sexual issues from a perspective of open-mindedness & cultural humility.
I hold three degrees from Georgia State University and Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. Psychology, B.A. Sociology, and a masters in Marital and Family Therapy with specialization training in Art Therapy. I have worked with adults internationally and domestically in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Los Angeles, California where I worked with adolescents at Star View Adolescent Center, families and school-aged children at the Helen B. Landgarten Clinic, and offered bilingual therapy at Single Parents of Power Domestic Violence Counseling Agency.
My approach lies at the crux of transparency, creativity, and compassion so that I may assist couples and individuals with bringing greater understanding to their identities, past traumas, relationships, and sexual issues. Through this understanding, I seek to help you bring greater peace within your everyday lives, and most of all - within yourselves. Together we can create a colorful and reflective space to untangle these issues and explore unforseen avenues for communication and personal betterment. I promise to greet even your "mistakes" with compassionate curiosity instead of criticism, and collaborate with you / your partner to find peaceful boundaries and appropriate strategies for handling conflict.
Growing up as a bisexual, first-generation Persian-American, with multi-racial stepparents... navigating relationships with different languages, religions, and cultural customs is something I have known all my life. There is no "one size fits all" template and sometimes our personal values don't fit neatly into the same categories as those we love the most... and I'm here to say... that's okay !
There is no black and white, right or wrong, yes or no... When it comes to understanding our personal traumas and our relationships, there is only a world of gray... I'll meet you there.