Shirin Roberts, LMFT

Shirin Roberts is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 26 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and life changes. Her style is warm and straightforward and she aims to make beginning therapy less intimidating.

She works in a client-centered way, which means she starts by listening and learning about each person's goals and strengths. Sessions usually focus on practical steps you can try between meetings, and on building confidence and motivation. Shirin places an emphasis on open, nonjudgmental conversation so feelings and thoughts can be shared safely.

Her background includes long experience supporting people through grief, addiction concerns, sleep disruption, career and parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues related to aging, chronic illness, blended family dynamics, and caregiving stress. Over time she has combined client-centered work with approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, solution-focused strategies, and EMDR when appropriate.

Shirin aims to help people find clearer perspective during major life shifts, including midlife transitions. She helps clients identify small, doable changes that build clearer direction and better daily coping. The approach is collaborative – goals are set together and adjusted as work proceeds.

People who choose her often want a steady, experienced therapist who listens closely and offers concrete tools. If you want a calm space to sort through hard choices and regain momentum, she can help you take the next step.

How these approaches translate to online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's perspective. In practice this means sessions start with open conversation about your concerns and goals, and the therapist follows your lead while offering reflection and support.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It often includes specific exercises to try between sessions, which can fit well into online work when practical homework and check-ins are assigned.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a structured approach used for processing traumatic memories. When it is used, the therapist guides paced attention and processing aimed at reducing the intensity of distressing memories.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will review your situation, goals, and preferences and then suggest options to try. You and the therapist decide together which methods feel most helpful, and the plan can change as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use written or video tools to track progress between sessions. Many clients find this flexibility helps them stick with steps they want to try.