About Shirin
Shirin Roberts is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 26 years of professional experience in California. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and low self-esteem. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at making the first step feel less daunting.
She uses a client-centered style to get to know each person. Sessions move at a person's pace and begin with listening to what matters most.
How Shirin works
Together they map practical steps to reduce anxiety, manage mood shifts, and rebuild confidence. Shirin blends cognitive behavioral techniques when helpful to identify unhelpful thinking and try new patterns. She also uses mindfulness practices to teach simple ways to calm the body and focus attention in daily life.
For people with past trauma, she brings EMDR methods into care when appropriate to help reduce the hold of disturbing memories. Clients can expect straightforward conversations, clear goals, and collaborative planning. Shirin helps people find small changes that add up to better sleep, improved relationships, and steadier coping through life transitions.
She also addresses concerns like addiction, grief, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and work burnout. Sessions are offered in English and are based in California. Shirin frames therapy as a team effort and supports each person as they work toward more stable mood, stronger self-worth, and clearer next steps.
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What Shirin works with
The areas below are the ones Shirin 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
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Shirin often uses client-centered therapy to let each person set the pace and topics for sessions. This approach focuses on listening closely and helping people name what they want to change, which works well in video or phone conversations.She also incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy, a hands-on method that looks at patterns of thought and behavior. CBT can be used in brief exercises during a video call or as homework between sessions to tackle anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes.
EMDR is another option she brings in for trauma work when appropriate; it involves techniques to reduce the intensity of distressing memories and can be adapted for remote formats under a therapist's guidance.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try methods that fit those needs. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit care into a busy life and maintain regular contact with licensed professionals.
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