Mitra Shahryary

Mitra Shahryary is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, depression, anger, parenting strain, and other life changes. She creates a calm space where clients can speak honestly about what’s hard. Mitra emphasizes practical steps and steady support as people work toward clearer goals.

She combines approaches like attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people understand patterns and try new behaviors. She also uses motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change and solution-focused strategies to set small, achievable goals. Trauma-focused methods are included when past hurt is part of the problem.

Mitra practices as an LCSW, LICSW, and CSW and holds licenses in Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Colorado. She notes that licensing rules limit who she can work with based on where people live. Sessions are conducted in English.

In sessions, Mitra tends to keep language straightforward and concrete. She listens for what matters most, helps name unhelpful thinking or patterns, and offers exercises clients can try between meetings. She supports people as they test new ways of handling anger, relationship strain, or ongoing stress.

Seeking help often feels hard at first, and Mitra aims to make the process manageable. She works collaboratively with each person to set goals, track small wins, and adjust the plan if something isn’t working.

How practical approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in relationships and how early connections shape current reactions. It helps people understand why certain interactions trigger strong emotions and how to build steadier ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers simple tools to shift unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anger or anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice is revisited over time and adjusted based on what helps.

Confirm the specific session formats before booking since this biography does not list them. Many people find online sessions useful because they can fit a meeting into a busy day, avoid travel time, or choose a quieter spot that works for them. Online work also makes it easier to use homework tools and track progress between appointments. The therapist will discuss practical details and help match the way of working to each person's life and schedule.