Shirin Roberts, LMFT

Shirin Roberts is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 26 years of practice in California. She focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Sessions are aimed at making space for honest talk and practical steps forward. She emphasizes kindness and steady support during hard times.

Her approach begins by getting to know each person as an individual. She uses client-centered work to understand what matters most to the person in front of her. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. When trauma is part of the story, she can use EMDR-informed methods alongside mindfulness to help reduce intense distress.

Shirin helps people set short-term goals and build skills that fit their daily lives. She focuses on clear, doable strategies for coping with life changes, grief, chronic illness, and caregiving stress. Practical conversations can include sleep, anger, intimacy, addiction concerns, and workplace stress.

Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental tone and an emphasis on collaboration. She encourages people to bring their real concerns and to try small changes between sessions. Progress is treated as a step-by-step process rather than a single solution.

Her practice reflects long experience supporting a range of issues including aging and geriatric concerns, blended family dynamics, cancer and chronic pain, codependency, and first responder stress. Sessions are conducted in English, and prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person rather than a set plan. It involves listening closely, reflecting what is shared, and helping clients find their own answers. This approach is useful for broad concerns like stress, relationship strain, and adjusting to health challenges.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses clear exercises and practice to change unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing symptoms of chronic illness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what felt helpful in the past. That conversation guides whether client-centered conversations, CBT tools, or EMDR-informed techniques are emphasized so the plan fits the person's needs.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use quieter surroundings, rely on audio-only when bandwidth is limited, or pick times that work around caregiving and medical appointments.