About Sheida
Sheida Kalantari is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks English and Persian and brings four years of clinical experience to her practice. Sheida aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable and respectful.
Her style is warm and client-centered. Sessions focus on what matters most to each person and move at a pace the person finds comfortable.
How Sheida works
Sheida draws on practical tools to reduce symptoms and build coping skills that fit everyday life. Sheida uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs, including cognitive behavioral methods to challenge unhelpful thoughts, dialectical behavior strategies for emotion regulation, and mindfulness practices to increase present-moment awareness. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about change.
She has worked in county-contracted agencies and on a county crisis assessment team, gaining experience with both milder and more severe mental health concerns. That background shaped her ability to respond calmly in stressful situations and to focus on safety and stabilizing skills when needed. In sessions she pays attention to cultural background and individual values.
Sheida helps people untangle patterns that come from family history, attachment wounds, and life transitions. Her goal is to help clients build clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and more steady mood management.
Sheida lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Sheida works with
The areas below are the ones Sheida selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English, Persian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that shape online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship. It helps when people need a space to be heard and to decide what changes they want to make. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches clear skills for regulating intense emotions and improving relationships through focused practice.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheida will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting plans together rather than following a fixed script.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people read facial expressions and body language, which supports relationship-focused work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions, and flexible pacing for people who write better than they speak. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing life commitments.
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