Saha Jamshed is a licensed social worker in the state of California. She is actively engaged in various settings in support of the most vulnerable within our community. Her therapeutic style is strength-based and incorporates a variety of approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). These approaches help with the development of perspective and coping skills, which in turn enhance quality of life.
Saha is most passionate about addressing the multi-generational cycle of violence with an emphasis on promoting healthy relationships.
Saha has her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Religious Studies from UC Davis, and holds a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California.
CERTIFICATIONS (or in progress):
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing (EMDR)
Domestic Violence Advocate
Positive Discipline
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
The first session is usually focused on reviewing documents and completing a psycho-social-assessment to develop a deeper understanding of a client's needs and goals. The first session is period for you and your therapist to get to know each other and get an idea of how to proceed
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
Empathetic
Diverse
Bilingual- Dari/Farsi
Non-judgmental
Client centered approach
About Saha Jamshd
Appointments
Virtual
My treatment methods
EMDR
EMDR has been life-changing for many of my clients. Through EMDR clients have been able to successfully retrieve memories that have been blocked for years... leading to deep healing.
Attachment-based
Research concludes that early attachment experiences with our primary caregivers shape the adults that we become later in life. Through an attachment lens, I have seen clients overcome the negative effects of their early childhood experiences and learn to develop secure relationships in the here and now.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral theory operates with the the understanding that ourt thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are all connected. It empowers clients with the tools to understand their current maladaptive thinking patterns and to change them to more realistic and healthy thoughts, leading to positive change in their emotions as well as behaviors.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) helps us understand the role that emotions play in creating positive change. EFT focus on strategies that promotes the awareness, acceptance, expression, utilization, regulation, and transformation of emotion as well as corrective emotional experience with the therapist. The goals of EFT are strengthening the self, regulating affect, and creating new meaning.
Couples Counseling
In couples therapy, we aim to help couples understand their existing patterns and take steps to replace the maladaptive patterns that lead to conflict to ones that are health and establish a deeper conncetion. I apply Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) in my work with couples. EFT helps us understand the role that emotions play in creating positive change. Once a couple feels secure and emotionally connected, they are better able to handle relationship challenges and conflicts. By fostering a sense of safety and trust, EFT helps individuals develop a deeper understanding of their own emotions as well as their partner's.
