My name is Sally Kazemi (Saloumeh Kazemi) I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, in the state of CA and NV. I have a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Counseling/Marriage, Family, And Child Therapy. I am also a Domestic Violence Counselor and Prevention Early Intervention Specialist. I have a Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certification which allows me to understand your current situation more in depth.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
What you can expect from our first session together is for us to spend the majority of our time talking about how you've been feeling recently, and me asking questions to better understand some of why you may be feeling that way. The first session is about us building an initial connection and helping me get a sense of where we should go from there. Each individual is different, therefore this allows me to get to know you better and discuss which therapeutic style will be most beneficial to you.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I believe that together in a therapeutic setting, you can learn to embrace and explore many different parts of your life that can be uncomfortable or cause distress. By leaning into these often-uncomfortable areas, you also open yourself up to new solutions, new ideas, and a fuller more alive experience. It would be a pleasure to join you on your journey of improving your life, relationships, and overall well-being. I use a gentle, strength-based, collaborative approach to help you build insight, and self-awareness and find meaning and solutions to your life’s journey. My goal is to help you create your fullest life; however, you choose to define it. In therapy I always say to my clients… "Take what you need and leave what you don't."
About Sally Kazemi
Sally Kazemi offers therapy covered by Central California Alliance for Health (Medi-Cal), Gold Coast Health Plan (Medi-Cal), Health Plan of San Joaquin - Medi-Cal, L.A. Care Health Plan (Medi-Cal), Orange County Mental Health Plan (Medi-Cal), Partnership HealthPlan of California (Medi-Cal) and San Francisco Health Plan (Medi-Cal) in California.
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Psychodynamic
The psychodynamic approach in psychology emphasizes unconscious processes and unresolved past conflicts as influences on behavior, therefore this allows us to look at the root of the problem and better understand our thoughts and feelings.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way. CBT can quickly help you identify and cope with specific challenges.
Strength-Based
The strengths-based approach is predicated on the assumption that each individual has a unique set of goals and possesses internal strengths and external resources that can help them achieve these goals. In therapy when we focus on these strengths we can use them as a tool to move forward without focusing too much on self-doubt.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a humanistic, evidence-based approach to psychotherapy, drawing primarily from attachment theory to facilitate the creation of secure, vibrant connection with self and others. Rooted in the science of emotions and attachment, EFT helps clients identify and transform the negative processing and interaction patterns that create distress. It’s effective in treating individuals (EFIT), couples (EFCT), and families (EFFT), addressing a wide range of issues from marital distress to individual anxiety and trauma.
Couples Counseling
The Gottman Method for Healthy Relationships is a form of couples-based therapy. One of the major tenets of the Gottman Method is that couples require five times more positive interactions than negative ones, as negative emotions, like defensiveness and contempt, hurt a relationship more than positive ones heal. As a result, the therapy focuses on developing the skills and understanding necessary for partners to maintain fondness and admiration, turn toward each other to get their needs met, and manage conflict. It also focuses on how couples can react and repair relations when they do hurt each other. The method can be applied to many relationship problems but may be particularly useful for couples who are: Stuck in chronic conflict, Coping with infidelity, Struggling with communication, In a stagnant relationship or emotionally distanced, Facing difficulties over specific issues, such as money, parenting, or sex. All Gottman Method therapy is based on a couple’s patterns of interacting, and partners learn and implement relationship-building and problem-solving skills together.