About Ashkan
Ashkan Shadi is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with eight years of clinical experience. He focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and issues that affect self-esteem and career direction. He speaks English and works with people both inside and outside the United States.
Ashkan views people as experts in their own stories. He helps clients identify strengths they already have and use those strengths to address current struggles.
How Ashkan works
He keeps sessions straightforward and practical so goals feel reachable. In therapy he pays attention to how attachment patterns and communication habits shape relationships. He also helps people who are dealing with caregiver stress, control issues, guilt, shame, isolation, or a midlife reassessment.
Common topics include money pressure, life purpose, sexuality, and challenges tied to mood or obsessive thinking. His approach centers on clear conversation about patterns and small, realistic changes clients can try between sessions. He supports work on intimacy, social anxiety, and building self-love while keeping the focus on what the client wants to change.
Sessions aim to improve daily functioning and relationship connection. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits. Ashkan uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
What Ashkan works with
The areas below are the ones Ashkan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Practical evidence-based approaches for online care
Many clients benefit from focused, evidence-based techniques that target symptoms and improve daily functioning. One common approach addresses anxiety and mood by helping people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this method is useful for worry, social anxiety, and compulsive patterns. Another approach looks at attachment and communication patterns to improve intimacy and relationship stress; it helps people understand how early patterns show up now and how new interaction habits can reduce conflict and increase closeness.Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That means exploring what feels useful and tailoring exercises and conversations to match preferences and life demands.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates and ongoing reflection. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and varied routines.
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