About Mazda
Mazda Lakpour helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by change, stress, anxiety, or relationship strains. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, based in California who speaks English and Persian. He focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable for clients.
Mazda uses straightforward, goal-focused methods to help people clarify problems and try small changes. Sessions often include talking through patterns, practicing new ways of responding, and using short exercises between meetings.
How Mazda works
He blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with mindfulness and hypnotherapy techniques to suit each person’s needs. He brings 14 years of clinical experience to conversations about mood, depression, bipolar symptoms, and anxiety. Mazda also works with issues like addictions, grief, intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Communication problems, workplace stress, and life-purpose questions are common topics he addresses. Sessions may involve coaching-style guidance alongside therapeutic work to build self-esteem and practical coping skills. He also supports people facing divorce or separation, parenting strain, and forgiveness challenges.
The goal is to help clients leave sessions with one or two concrete steps. Mazda offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to keep therapy flexible. He explains how therapy fits into a client’s life and helps choose methods that match goals and preferences.
Mazda lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Mazda works with
The areas below are the ones Mazda selected when setting up a profile. The first one is listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English, Persian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Mazda’s Approaches Work Online
Mazda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is practical and problem-focused, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. He also uses Mindfulness Therapy to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity; short breathing and attention exercises are common and can help with stress and emotional ups and downs.Choosing the right method is part of the work. Mazda discusses goals and preferences with clients and then tries approaches together to see what fits. This collaborative process means adjustments are made over time so the approach stays useful for the person’s needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, while phone sessions work well when a quieter audio check-in is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, and ongoing prompts between meetings. These formats are intended to help therapy fit into a client’s schedule and communication style.
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A practical next step
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