About Mitra
Mitra Shahryary is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience who helps adults manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and low self-esteem. She offers practical support for depression, sleep problems, parenting strain, and career transitions. Mitra focuses on helping people take small steps toward more stable daily life and clearer relationships.
Mitra creates a welcoming space where people can speak honestly about painful or confusing experiences. She aims to reduce shame and build confidence so clients can try new ways of handling problems.
How Mitra works
Conversations are straightforward and goal-oriented, with attention to what feels doable for each person. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships and on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses trauma-focused work when people bring past hurt and motivational interviewing to support change.
Solution-focused methods help set clear, short-term goals and track progress. Mitra has worked across Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Colorado during her career, and she is licensed in those places. Her credentials include Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Social Worker, and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, listed as LCSW, CSW, and LICSW.
People can expect practical strategies, regular check-ins, and collaborative planning. She encourages clients to move at a pace that feels right and to try small experiments between sessions. The work emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Mitra lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Mitra works with
The areas below are the ones Mitra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Attachment-based work looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try new ways of connecting that reduce anxiety and loneliness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing stress. Trauma-focused therapy centers on addressing the effects of traumatic experiences and developing coping tools for intrusive memories, hypervigilance, or dissociation.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend one or a mix of methods. That collaborative planning helps tailor sessions to what the client wants to change and what feels doable.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls let people have fuller face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework, or ongoing encouragement between longer visits. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, follow-up, and maintaining steady progress.
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