You might be feeling...
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Burnt out, even when things look successful on the outside
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Stuck in patterns you understand intellectually but can’t seem to shift
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Emotionally flat or overwhelmed without a clear reason
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Like you’ve done meaningful work before, but something still isn’t fully resolving
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Like you’re doing everything right, but still not getting the outcomes you want
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Finding yourself in recurring relational patterns and reacting in ways that feel rooted in the past
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Feeling like you’re fighting your own body or internal responses, even when you’re trying to do everything “right”
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Relying on work, substances, or other coping strategies to manage what’s underneath
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Struggling to trust yourself, your decisions, or your sense of direction
Shayan Salar, LCSW, LCADC
How I Work
My approach is trauma-informed and holistic, grounded in understanding how past experiences, relational patterns, and physiology shape the way you think, feel, and respond.
Rather than focusing only on insight, our work goes deeper—integrating cognitive, emotional, and somatic awareness to help shift patterns that no longer serve you.
This approach integrates:
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Insight-oriented therapy, cognitive strategies, CBT, DBT, REBT, ACT, exposure therapy, and MI.
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Somatic and body-based awareness
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Parts work and IFS
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Exploration of relational patterns
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Work with emotional regulation and nervous system responses
This isn’t a one-size-fits-all process. Therapy is collaborative, direct, and tailored to your specific experiences, helping you build self-trust, regulate your internal responses, and move toward meaningful, lasting change.
Focuses
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Trauma & complex trauma
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Substance Use
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Cultural conflict
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Stressful life transitions
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Identity confusion
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Mood instability
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Relational stress
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Emotional & communicative stuckness
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Burnout