Rediscover Hope Therapy
Therapy for children of immigrants who've done the work, still beat themselves up, and want to break the cycle.
Online Therapy Appointments Available in California
You've done the work on yourself. You're still getting hit by the same things.
You've read the books. You did traditional therapy, maybe more than once, maybe self-help classes too. You can trace where all of it came from, which parent, which year, which part of your childhood did what. You can explain your patterns better than most people can explain their own.
None of it reaches the part that's still reacting.
You still lie awake at 1am replaying a conversation from Tuesday. You still reread the email four times before sending it. You still get off the phone with your mother and lose the whole evening.
My clients are kind, capable, hard-working people. They're also tired in a way that's hard to explain to anyone who hasn't been there, carrying something they've been carrying since they were young.
The guilt and the self-criticism get in the way of the things they actually want. Being present with the people they love. Doing the work they're capable of. Going after something without needing to earn it first. They can explain the pattern while it's happening and it happens anyway.
You might be hesitant to reach out because you've already tried a lot and you're tired. That makes sense. You've done the part that talk therapy is good at. What's left is a different kind of work, and it isn't a do-over.
When you're ready, schedule a free 15-minute consultation.
Specialties
Self-Criticism and Never Feeling Good Enough
Nothing You've Achieved Has Made the Voice Quieter.
Family Pressure and Guilt
You Want to Choose Yourself. You Know That's Easier Said Than Done.
When You've Tried Therapy and Still Feel Stuck
You Know Why. Your Body Reacts Anyway.
Hi, I'm Farhad.
I know what it's like to understand exactly why you're the way you are and have it change nothing.
I've been a therapist for over 10 years. I'm also the child of immigrants. I grew up knowing that doing well was the baseline, and that anything I was struggling with was mine to handle quietly. I read the books. I could explain my own patterns in detail. I still froze in the conversations that mattered, still carried guilt that wasn't mine, and for a while I assumed the problem was me.
It wasn't. What was missing wasn't more understanding. It was reprocessing what my body was still holding, which is what EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy® do.
I'd love to help you find that too.
To learn more about my background, passion for this work, and credentials, please visit my About Me page.
