About Afsheen
Afsheen Izadi is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 11 years of clinical experience in California. He focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, and relationship troubles. He also helps people facing identity questions related to LGBT concerns and those working to rebuild self-esteem.
He aims to make sessions feel approachable and straightforward. He creates a calm space where clients can speak honestly about what they are dealing with.
How Afsheen works
The conversation stays practical and grounded, with attention to immediate needs and next steps. Afsheen brings several therapeutic methods into sessions that match each person's goals. He uses client-centered listening to understand someone’s priorities.
He pairs that with cognitive behavioral ideas to notice unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage strong emotions. He also draws on emotionally focused methods to look at how relationships affect mood and behavior. Mindfulness practices are used to help people pause and respond rather than react.
These tools are offered in ways that fit daily life and practical schedules. People often seek his help for issues like infidelity, codependency, commitment struggles, divorce and separation, domestic violence aftermath, hoarding, and feelings of isolation. He also works with concerns related to kink and alternative sexual culture in an open, nonjudgmental way.
Afsheen emphasizes collaboration and clear goals throughout therapy. He meets with clients in English and accepts international clients for online sessions. Starting therapy is framed as a step-by-step process, with attention to what a person needs next and how progress will be measured.
Afsheen lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Afsheen works with
The areas below are the ones Afsheen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding a person's experience and priorities through active listening and empathic reflection. It helps people clarify what matters most and guides the work toward those goals.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and patterns that keep problems going.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers practical tools for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. It is often used when strong feelings make daily life harder.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Decisions about methods are collaborative and can change as needs evolve.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls provide face-to-face interaction when deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions or live chat can be a lower-bandwidth option or a quicker check-in between appointments. Text-based messaging supports shorter reflections and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options help people keep care consistent while balancing other commitments.
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A practical next step
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