About Yasaman
Yasaman Sherbaf offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, addiction, or big life changes. She focuses on helping individuals who want clearer communication, stronger self-esteem, and healthier ways to cope. Yasaman uses a compassionate, practical style in sessions and speaks English and Spanish.
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with three years of clinical experience. Yasaman helps people address depression, bipolar symptoms, grief, and work-related burnout.
How Yasaman works
She also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, family-of-origin issues, and struggles with addiction or codependency. In sessions she combines client-centered work with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. That means she listens closely to what matters to each person and then helps them test small changes and build new skills.
Mindfulness exercises and conversations about meaning and values are used when they fit the client’s goals. People can expect practical steps alongside emotional reflection. Yasaman helps clients set manageable goals, build coping strategies, and improve communication patterns.
She pays attention to cultural background and veteran-related issues when those concerns are part of a person’s story. Her bilingual ability allows therapy in English or Spanish, which can make it easier to express difficult feelings. Sessions aim to be collaborative so the person in therapy helps shape what happens next.
Yasaman lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Yasaman works with
The areas below are the ones Yasaman selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s needs and priorities, so sessions start with listening and building a plan that fits each individual. This approach helps people feel heard and guides what skills or topics to bring into subsequent sessions.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday struggles because it emphasizes practice and measurable change.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adds specific skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress. It can be helpful for people who want clear tools to reduce overwhelming reactions and improve relationships.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try based on their goals, history, and preferences. That process may include trying different techniques and adjusting as progress is tracked.
Online therapy lets people connect from many locations using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and interactive work, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels while keeping therapeutic goals central.
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